Earth Sounds • 2024 • 12 episodes • 6h:02m
Earthsounds is a 12-part natural history documentary series that uses cutting edge audio technology to reveal the unexpected, unfamiliar and untold stories of how animals use sound in the natural world. Narrated by Tom Hiddleston.
In ancient woodlands, a crocodile relies on sound to protect her babies, koalas release powerful roars, and an enchanting frog choir communes.
S1E1 • 2024 • Nature
Mountains act as a huge echo chamber for elusive creatures-like snow leopards-who use the landscape to amplify their rarely heard love songs.
S1E2 • 2024 • Nature
In one of the richest soundscapes, howler monkeys attempt to out-voice each other and sloths break their silence to search for mates.
S1E3 • 2024 • Nature
Whale songs and dolphin clicks hold hidden meaning in an underwater world full of clever acoustic tricks.
S1E4 • 2024 • Nature
Predators listen for frantic footsteps, cocktail ants craft a battle cry, and lions embrace the transformative power of rolling rain and thunder.
S1E5 • 2024 • Nature
In subzero conditions, emperor penguins use custom calls to find their families. After dark, the northern lights make mesmerizing music.
S1E6 • 2024 • Nature
Silence may seem golden in the desert, but secret sounds connect curious meerkats - and tip off eavesdropping predators like cobras and eagles.
S1E7 • 2024 • Nature
Where land meets sea, rockhopper penguins, orca whales, and elephant seals find incredible ways to cut through the chaos.
S1E8 • 2024 • Nature
In North America's forests, a snowy game of hide-and-seek unfolds between foxes and voles. When seasons change, elk strike up a sonic rivalry.
S1E9 • 2024 • Nature
The Okavango Delta is awash with sound. And locals - from pied kingfishers to hippos - tune in to life above and below water to survive.
S1E10 • 2024 • Nature
New technology reveals a raucous symphony of pops and squeaks in an underwater amphitheater full of flirtatious fish and graceful manatees.
S1E11 • 2024 • Nature
Meet the scientists studying sound around the globe to help stop the rapid progression of climate change and wildlife endangerment.
S1E12 • 2024 • Nature