Sub-Antarctica is where the mightiest current on Earth flows uninterrupted around our plane, and is peppered by tiny islands, crucial to the survival of millions of marine animals including seals, penguins, albatross and southern right whales.
Actor Colin Salmon narrates this program that takes a look at how monsoon winds have shaped the wildlife and people that reside from the Himalayas to Northern Australia.
Perhaps the most famous swamp in the USA is the Everglades of southern Florida, but there are many more swamps across the continent, all unique and all different in their own way.
Where do our human characteristics come from? Our closest relatives are the Great Apes. Humans aren't the only ones with complicated lives. Life seems as difficult for a great ape as it seems for a human. Apes want to get on in life just as much as we do and they'll do just as much to get ahead.
Forensic science is used to investigate some of the most terrifying encounters people have had with wild animals. Using modern technology, the puzzle of what really happened starts to come together.
Cows loose on campus. A monkey fleeing from the fuzz. And a buffalo going off the deep end. These spectacular animal antics have all been caught on tape. Hear first hand from the people who've survived their encounters with these animal fugitives.
Living the wild life doesn't always mean fun and partying for Bud DeYoung and Carrie Cramer. They live together with over 400 animal residents, and work together, rescuing exotic animals, rehabilitating local wildlife and running a struggling small zoo in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. With no days off and no vacation, their relationship has more than its fair share of pressure. They sometimes butt heads, but mostly they share a deep passion for animals. My Life Is a Zoo follows this couple at their DeYoung Family Zoo as they constantly work to keep up with the demands of their business, while tending to their huge and ever-growing wild family. The zoo is home to a diverse mix of exotic and regional animals, some of them rescued from distant parts of the world. Carrie moved in seven years ago and since then the zoo has grown dramatically. It now includes a rehab and rescue program with Bud and Carrie adopting between three and 10 orphaned animals every week.
The Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) is a buffer zone 4 km wide and 248 kilometers long on the Korean peninsula that splits it into two. Both North and South Korea maintain an immense military presence on both sides of the border. It has been half a century after the Korean War but tension still runs high. Isolated from the outside world for over 50 years and closed off to civilians, this zone has become a paradise for wildlife.