Empire of the Vineyard
Choose sides in the animal battles that rage all around the best-tended vines.
Choose sides in the animal battles that rage all around the best-tended vines.
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South East Asia offers mysterious old cultures, steaming cook-shops, exotic plants and animals, and monks deep in prayer. A journey through this area reveals everything that life has to offer. We visit Myanmar, where tourism is still in its infancy and undisturbed temples and nature are sights to behold. Then, in Cambodia we find the mysterious temples of Angkor. And finally, we head over to Vietnam to enjoy the beaches, rivers, and Buddhist pagodas.
South East Asia offers mysterious old cultures, steaming cook-shops, exotic plants and animals, and monks deep in prayer. A journey through this area reveals everything that life has to offer. We visit Myanmar, where tourism is still in its infancy and undisturbed temples and nature are sights to behold. Then, in Cambodia we find the mysterious temples of Angkor. And finally, we head over to Vietnam to enjoy the beaches, rivers, and Buddhist pagodas.
In western China, along the border to Tibet is the Baima Snow Mountain reserve. Both humans and animals have to be persistant, willpowered and strong to be able to survive in over 3000 metres height. The Baima snow mountain reserve is one of the most mysterious and impenetrable regions of the world, full of breathtaking beauty and contrasts.
Tour the world's driest desert and its oddly rich coast, both teeming with life.
The Great Gobi Nationalpark in the southwest of Mongolia is home oft he most fascinationg mammals alive: the wild camels. The arcaic desert, impenetrable and misterious, ist he home of approximately 800 wild camels which are nearly extinct. The Gobi is one of the most sparsely populated areas around the world. We experience humans which live in the rough and misanthropic desert: Jangaa who breeds camels and specialises in camel polo Surendjav who owns a salt mine Erdene who built an oasis in the middle of the dessert.
Travel to the extreme south to experience one of Earth's most diverse regions.
Coral Kingdoms was filmed on the kaleidoscopic reefs of Indonesia and the Maldives Islands.
Like us, humans, they are primates sometimes their gestures resemble ours, their looks, their expressions... We most often think about the Amazonian jungle when we think of our cousin the monkey.
Today, the grizzly bear is a star in Yellowstone National Park (United States)! But the history of the bear is rooted in that of a large family of mammals: the carnivores, which appeared 60 million years ago.
Choose sides in the animal battles that rage all around the best-tended vines.
These iconic American horses opened up routes through a continent and conquered its plains and unspoiled heart. Today, these untamed horses are fighting for their freedom and even their very survival in the wide open spaces of the American West. But who is aware that these present-day Mustangs are first and foremost the guardians of an unheralded heritage? That of the horses of the New World. This is an epic story, nearly 500 years old, and we have chosen to tell it through an exceptional journey, akin to that taken by the horses themselves.
Meander through a peaceful marine reserve that's home to huge schools of fish.
Catch orcas on the hunt for rays and wading birds feasting as the tide goes out.
The Irrawaddy Delta in southern Myanmar is home to the most diverse mangrove forests in the world. The forests serve as natural protection against cyclones that regularly strike the region. The Irrawaddy's widely branching tributaries not only provide schools of fish and rich nutrients, but also function as the most important transport route for the people living in the delta. The greengrocer couple U Tin Hlaing and Daw Khin Lay supply the villages downstream with their fresh produce. But they do not go any further than the Meinmahla Kyun Wildlife Sanctuary. From that point on, the river becomes increasingly turbulent, too dangerous for their small, flat boat. The sanctuary is home to a variety of animal species including the rare Irrawaddy dolphins, saltwater crocodiles, birds of prey such as black kites and brahminy kites, migratory birds such as spoon-billed sandpipers, woodcocks, great cormorants and various anatids. Ranger Lha Soe Win and his colleagues regularly patrol the nature reserve to monitor the animal population and make sure the mangroves are no longer illegally logged for firewood. Since the 1970s, the mangrove population has declined by more than 60 percent, with dramatic consequences for the inhabitants of the delta. Cyclone Nargis, the most devastating cyclone to date, claimed the lives of around 130,000 Burmese in 2008. Together with scientists from the conservation charity Flora and Fauna International, the rangers are working on reforesting the mangroves to restore their function as a natural barrier in the future.
Bejeweled Fishes captures the spectacular beauty of fishes inhabiting the coral reefs of the Tropical Pacific.
Observe tiny penguins cheating death, while seahorse dads pull double duty.
Experience the summertime trials and tribulations of a busy fur seal colony.
Travel to the extreme south to experience one of Earth's most diverse regions.
Follow nature's biggest carnivores as they hunt their victims.
Learn about the unique methods wild animals use to make the deceased disappear.
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