This documentary follows a spectacular pioneering story of nature preservation. Engadin was created 100 years ago and the wildlife left without human interference to re-populate the Alps first nature reserve. Now ibex, lynx and wolves are thriving in this pristine area.
Wildlife series. Steve Backshall descends into the crater of a giant extinct volcano in New Guinea which biologists have long believed could be home to spectacular new creatures.
3/3 • Lost Land of the Volcano • 2009 • Nature
Meet the exceptional animals that have adapted to survive in the difficult conditions of the Andes' Altiplano plateau.
2/3 • The Wild Andes • 2019 • Nature
Svalbard in the Arctic spends many months of the year in complete darkness, an unrelenting frozen winter with temperatures down to -40 Celsius. But when the sun finally reappears, the landscape magically transforms from an ice world into a rich tundra, full of exotic plants, birds, arctic foxes, polar bears, walrus and reindeer. This film captures the changes in all their glory and reveals how this transformation is only possible thanks to some bizarre micro-organisms that feed on ice and the stunning abilities of migrating birds.
2/3 • Earth's Greatest Spectacles • 2016 • Nature
How all animal architects aim to keep both the elements and intruders at bay through features that include defensive moats.
6/12 • Trials of Life • 1990 • Nature
Traveling is extremely arduous for microscopic sperm -- think of a human trying to swim in a pool made of...other humans.