Forbidden Love in the Manor

A young male meerkat enters enemy territory for a chance at love.

Unusual Neighbors: Manatees and Alligators

At this Florida manatee hangout, youngsters get the chance to meet some unusually chilled-out reptiles.

Capercaillie Gladiators

These competing suitors only get one shot to impress a female.

Cicada Zombie March

This periodical cicada swarm is the largest insect invasion on the planet.

Caribou in Search of Mineral Salts

It’s easier to hide when there’s only two of you.

The Predator You Never See Coming

Of all the hungry hunters, these are the ones that salmon can never see coming.

Leopard vs. Porcupine

Desperate times call for desperate measures.

Beware the Land-Walking Octopus

Octopuses live and breathe underwater, but that doesn’t stop the Australian Abdopus from roaming on land, too.

Fascinating Harpy Eagle Facts

This muscular hunter can lift prey over half its own body weight.

Best Dressed in the Jungle

In Sing-Sing, New Guinea it’s the most eye-catching who get the most attention.

Fascinating Blue Whale Facts

The world’s largest animal can weigh up to 190 tons.

Fascinating Darwin Bark Spider Facts

These spiders’ silk is the toughest natural fiber on the entire planet.

How to Film Chimpanzees

The ‘Dynasties’ team spent two years with David, the Marlon Brando of chimps.

Cameraman Spends 10 Days in a Tree

This ‘Planet Earth II’ cameraman describes what it was like to camp out in the canopy.

How Does a Cockeyed Squid Hunt?

With an oversized left eye, this deep-sea squid can detect silhouettes of prey swimming above.

Young Meerkat Lovers Risk It All

The attraction is mutual between these two young meerkats. But will family come between them?

Mira the Chimpanzee is Rescued From a Chain

Now safe at Liberia Chimpanzee Rescue & Protection, this sweet girl enjoys cuddles with her carers.

Californian Burrowing Owls Fall in Love

These adorable owls enjoy seasonal beetle delights and settle in for the breeding season.

Annual Penguin Mating Mixer

Emperor penguins — serial monogamists —move from ocean to ice to choose their mates for the year.

Spatula Tailed Hummingbird

A highly endangered hummingbird with an extraordinary courtship ritual.

Weedy Seadragon Mating Dance

A seadragon couple shares a graceful dance in the evening light.

A Sloth Swims for Love

This three-toed pygmy sloth is doing his best to find “the one”!

A Lurking Lothario in Meerkat Manor

“Randy Shandy” has a flirtatious reputation, and his rival males are having none of it.

Flirtatious Rhinos

Will this young female rhino fall for a would-be mate’s eccentric style?

Zebra Stallion Dominance

A Grévys zebra proves his worth to a mate.

Red Deer Antler Match

The rules are simple: winner takes all.

Arctic Ground Squirrel Mating Game

Love is in the air, and this Arctic ground squirrel doesn’t want to miss his first date!

Lemur Seduction

Male lemurs woo females via the power of pheromones.

The Radiant Damselfly

In Southern France, the Damselfly is on the hunt to find the most suitable mate for breeding.

Giant Bullfrog Combat

Male giant bullfrogs, which can weigh more than two pounds, battle it out during mating season.

An Insect’s Guide to Seduction

These giraffe-neck weevils go to impressive lengths to find a mate.

Competitive Widowbird Mating Jumps

This young male widowbird figures out how to (literally) raise his game.

Fish Changes Gender

After reaching a certain body size, Kobudai fish can change from female to male!

Seductive Blenny Dance

How far will a blenny go for love?

Hanging Out at Baby Chimp Rescue!

Rescuers (and dogs!) bond with curious young chimps at Liberia Chimpanzee Rescue & Protection.

Leopard vs. Antelope vs. Hyena

Watch the surprising twist ending when an opportunistic hyena interrupts a leopard and her prey.

Zambia Animal Babies

In the Luangwa Valley, conditions are perfect for baby leopards, elephants, monkeys and more to take their very first steps in the world.

Desert Rain Frog Hunts by Night

While on the hunt for insects, this patient frog must be on the lookout for ambushes by other hidden predators.

Seals and Jackals on the Skeleton Coast

The ‘Eden: Untamed Planet’ crew faced extremely hostile conditions to film wildlife on the remote coast of Namibia.

Ostrich Romance

An alpha male woos some lusty females with a show-stopping performance.

Meerkats at the Rodeo!

While their babysitter naps on the job, two curious meerkats sneak out to a dangerous cattle ring.

Eagle Alert in Meerkat Manor

Baby meerkats make for easy eagle pickings. Can this young one’s family find him in time?

Small Pups, Big Moves

Ready or not, it’s time for these baby meerkats to leave the only home they’ve ever known.

Novice Meerkat Babysitters

It’s hard work to keep an eye on three rambunctious baby meerkat pups.

Meerkats Into the Unknown

A meerkat family must rely on one member’s navigational skills to lead them to a better life.

Meerkat Stranger Danger

What do you do when you spot a suspicious solitary figure? Sound the alarm!

Sleepy Meerkat Pup Snuggles

The first day out of the den is equal parts exhilarating and exhausting for these tiny meerkat pups.

Meerkat Pups Leave the Den

Triplet meerkat babies explore the world outside their den for the very first time.

Meerkat Desert Boys’ Club

Mama meerkat Flint has found herself with a family full of rowdy boys!

Monitor Lizard Chases Sengi

For its size, the sengi is faster than the cheetah. Can this crafty mother escape a hungry monitor lizard?

Naughty Lion Cubs on the Loose!

These playful young lion cubs annoy their sleep deprived parents in the grasslands.

Athletic Caracal Hunts in the Grasslands

It’s sunset in the Kalahri — will this hungry Caracal get her supper?

The Beauty of a Storm

Experience a powerful storm alongside lions, sengis, and reptiles in the African grasslands.

Lizard and Hawk Play Hide-and-Seek

A hungry hawk chases a crafty lizard through cacti in the desert. Will it end in a successful hunt or a great escape?

Elephant Family Rally Around Their Baby

After surviving a sand storm, desert elephants rely on teamwork to save their youngest member.

Elephant Family Reaches Fruit Trees

After enduring a sandstorm and miles of walking in brutal heat, these desert elephants celebrate with a fruit tree feast.

Baby Chimps Learn to Use Tools

Young students at Liberia Chimpanzee Rescue & Protection learn to use rocks to crack open their food.

Rescue Chimp Learns to Trust Again

Johnny sadly spend ten years on a chain. But heroic rescuers at Liberia Chimpanzee Rescue & Protection have given him a whole new life, full of 24/7 love.

Baby Chimp Students Are Adorably Distracted

It’s hard to keep these little one’s attention, but the rescuers at Liberia Chimpanzee Rescue & Protection are up to the challenge.

The Naked Mole Rat Princess

This youngster has an important destiny to fulfill on the dangerous surface.

Swallows Navigate Poison Oasis

After traveling thousands of miles, swallows quench their thirst in the heart of the Sahara.

Mission Impossible: Lizard Edition

These bold lizards of the Savannah hunt flies on top of sleeping lions.

Kalahari Leopard on the Hunt

The nearer he gets to his skittish prey, the quieter he must be.

Drama at the Watering Hole

Baby ostriches dodge elephants, giraffes, zebras, and brawling lions while trying to quench their thirst.

Giraffe Rival Challenge

This Kalahari territory isn’t big enough for the both of them.

Inside a Crown Eagle Nest

This mother bird’s risk paid off — she’s the only resident eagle in this entire forest!

A Tiny Hero of the Sahara

Meet the tiny little dung beetle that could.

Mountain Gorillas: Earth’s Largest Primates

This baby monkey’s ancestors have roamed Earth’s forests for millions of years.

Fantastic Wildebeest River Crossing

For this herd, the grass is always greener on the other side.

Springboks Pronking Around

Pronk around! Pronk around! Pronk up, pronk up and get down!

For the Love of Honey

A brave chimpanzee uses tools to break into a hidden beehive.

How Habitats Shape Predators

Why are cheetahs so fast? Why do tigers have stripes? Habitats force animals to adapt, and the results are fascinating.

Baby Turtle Beach Sprint

The last hatchling on the beach dodges predators from above and below on her way to the safety of the sea.

Turtle Hatchling Reaches the Deep Blue Sea

Only one hatchling in 1,000 will survive to adulthood, but the ones that do can live over 80 years.

Wildlife Film Crew Encounter Poachers

While tracking gorillas in the Congo, a ‘Seven Worlds, One Planet’ camera crew were forced to abandon their shoot and flee through the jungle in the middle of the night.

Meet Orangutan Bachelor Alfred

Is expert jungle traveler Alfred destined for life in the orangutan lonely hearts club?

Carmine Bee-Eater Cliffside Feast

These African birds treat themselves to a bee hive feast on the side of a cliff.

Can Science Save the Northern White Rhino?

After roaming the earth for millions of years, the Northern white rhino population is down to two.

Lowland Gorilla Growing Pains

The jungle is these lowland gorilla’s playground.

Baboons On the Flooded Plains

Jump on in, the water’s fine!

Acrobatic Flat Lizards

The river holds a secret for any lizard willing to leap for it.

Wild Bactrian Camels

Few animals can survive in the harshest desert in the world, but these rare Bactrian camels manage just fine.

Baboons Who Live in the Sky

The three-mile-high summits of the Ethiopian highlands are for expert climbers only: Gelada baboons.

Graceful Lechwe Flood Dance

Flood waters bring safety to this frolicking antelope family.

Underwater Drama

Each animal plays their part in the annual spectacle of the South African Sardine Run.

The Mighty Sengi

This tiny female ‘elephant shrew’ outwits her enemies with cheetah like movements.

Radio Collars for African Wild Dogs

These special radio collars are saving African wild dogs’ lives.

Lions vs. Buffalo

Each battle has a different ending.

Four Weeks With a Cheetah Mother

This extraordinary cheetah mother managed to get all her cubs through their first year.

The Lizard that Walks on Water

A human would need to run at 100 mph to do what the “Jesus Christ lizard” does easily!

A Chameleon’s Life in the Trees

Don’t climb another panther chameleon’s tree unless you’re looking for trouble!

Sand Dune Stealth Mode

What these ping-pong ball-sized moles lack in sight, they make up for in hearing.

Fascinating Cheetah Facts

The fastest land animal on the planet, cheetahs can reach 58 mph while hunting.

Antogo Lake Fishing Frenzy

Follow a fisherman’s journey alongside two thousand others into Antogo Lake!

An Alpha Chimp’s Throne

Everyone wants to wear the crown.

Mama Lion Protects Her Cubs

One lion faces off with an entire herd of buffalo to keep her little ones safe.

The Keys to Wolf Pack Power

Bulk up, share, mind your manners and work on your speed!

To Catch a Hunter, Use a Hunter

The ‘Blue Planet II’ crew went old-school to film airborne Giant trevally in South Africa.

Honeybadgers Really Don’t Care

But this Painted wolf mama certainly does!

Stories of Life, Death, and Power

Dynasties’ Producer Mike Gunton takes us behind the scenes of nature’s most dramatic stories.

How to Raise Lion Cubs

It takes a fearless and patient mother to keep curious cubs safe.

The Life of a Wildlife Filmmaker

Giant spiders, brutal weather conditions, and hours and hours of waiting are all worth it for the moments of pure animal magic.

Close Encounters of the Animal Kind!

Meet the adorably curious animal stars of ‘Eden: Untamed Planet’, who got up close and very personal with the lucky crew.

Flying Squirrels Hunt for Truffles!

The ‘Eden’ crew films flying squirrels by night as they search for delicious truffles.

Baby Tortoises Grow Up in the Galapagos

Discover how scientists track the turtles of Galapagos National Park to give them the best chance of living full, healthy lives — of up to 150 years or more!

Nectar Craze: Hummingbirds vs. Bees

Hummingbirds must consume half their weight in nectar each day — plus compete with hungry bees!

Sloth Climbs At Top Speed

She’s very slow and very determined. Watch a sloth’s journey to a juicy clump of fresh leaves.

Snowshoe Hare Camouflage

The Yukon’s sneakiest residents are masters of disguise all year round.

Baby Otter Learns the Ropes

A mother otter keeps her pup warm and fluffy while teaching it how to hunt.

Mama Turtle Completes Epic Journey

A female turtle spends five long years returning to her birth site to lay hundreds of eggs of her own.

Gorgeous Owl on the Hunt

A hungry owl and a clever vole engage in a snowy game of cat and mouse.

Chinstrap Penguins Raise Twin Chicks

These penguins gather on Deception Island, an active volcano, to breed.

Guanacos Grow Up in South America

Watch a gangly Guanaco calf take its very wobbly first steps.

Femme Fatale Firefly Sets Trap

Watch a opportunistic Photuris firely set a trap behind a spider’s web.

Film Crew Barely Escape Elephant Seal Fight

After facing the roughest seas in the world, the ‘Seven World, One Planet’ Antarctica crew found themselves in the middle of an elephant seal duel!

Sir David Attenborough’s Search for Orangutan

The naturalist recounts the changes he’s witnessed to Borneo’s tropical forests — home to the endangered orangutan.

Eurasian Bear Cubs’ First Tree Climb

Practice makes perfect for these brown bear cubs of Finland.

Singing Belugas and Swimming Polar Bears

What better way to celebrate your birthday than with beluga whales and polar bears?

One Million-Year-Old Rock Carvings

Australia holds the largest concentration of prehistoric images in the world — including those of an ancient Tasmanian devil and the extinct Thylacine wolf.

Seal Pups Dance

Seal pups perform a playful dance in front of an audience of very unimpressed penguins.

Here Be Baby Dragons!

Otherwise known as “olms”, these creatures can go an entire decade without a meal.

Wild Hamsters Roam Cemetery

Graveside flowers are worth fighting for.

Flying Lemurs

The nickname “Flying Lemur” may be a bit misleading, but these Colugos are the masters of the glide.

Gosling Chicks and Fox Cubs

An arctic fox must hunt tirelessly to feed her seven pups.

Tibetan Fox and Pika Nemeses

Why the square face? Well, you’ll see.

Siamang Gibbons Send a Message

It starts with a duet and ends with a frenzied chorus. The message is clear: stay away from our territory!

Dolphin Tail Slapping

Here’s how to hunt in the shallowest of waters.

Dugon Sea Grazers

As the largest herbavores in the sea, dugons can eat an entire football field’s worth of sea grass in a single day.

Chokka Squid Capsules

In temperate seas, there are even more squid than fish.

Mola Mola Reef Bath

With the help of angelfish, this oceanic wanderer rids itself of clingy parasites.

Inside Underwater Volcanos

Measured from the sea floor, some of these peaks are taller than Everest!

Vampire Squid from Hell

The weirdest deep sea creature in the world of the strange.

Amazon River Dolphins

These highly social boto dolphins use sonar and teamwork to navigate life in the murky water they call home.

Panda in the Snow

When that bamboo diet doesn’t get you fat enough to hibernate…

Cichlid Fish Carry Babies in Mouth

It’s the best way to keep their young safe in busy tropical waters.

Penguin Chick Survival Skills

Within their first year of life, penguin chicks face many extraordinary hardships in the arctic.

Polar Bear Swims in the Open Sea

As their ice world disappears, polar bears have been known to swim up to 60 miles offshore in search of food.

Beaver Dam Building

The beavers of Yellowstone fell hundreds of cottonwood trees every year as they construct their homes.

Alaskan Animal Winter Prep

Tiny squirrels and giant bears alike must take great risks to prepare for winter.

Snow Owl Family Meal

There’s food in the tundra, if you know where to look.

Humpback Pod At Work

Watch how this humpback family works together to hunt off the coast of Alaska.

Jellyfish Blooming Mahem

Simplicity is the key to a jellyfish’s success.

Swimming With Pigs

Pigs can’t fly, but they sure can swim!

The Most Dangerous Bird on Earth

The Southern cassowary is the closest animal we have to a living dinosaur.

Humpback Whales Bubble Net Fishing

Humpback whales use ingenious teamwork, bubbles and sound to trick herring to the surface.

Arctic Unicorn Secrets

Narwhals are some of the most mysterious and elusive animals in the oceans.

Venus Flytrap Pollentation

Take a closeup look at what happens when venus flytraps call a temporary truce.

Venus Flytrap Attack

Watch how this deadly plant trap its prey.

Creeping Jungle Plants

A fascinating look at how creeping plants anchor themselves in the search for sunlight.

Insects Spraying for Protection

These insects pack potent chemical weapons to protect against predators.

Japanese Mud Skippers

These amphibious fish fight and mate on land.

The Itty Bitty Brazilian Pygmy Gecko

Watch how this itty bitty floating lizard manages to survive in the rainforest despite its tiny stature.

Inside a Sea Snake Cave

Sea snakes breed in underwater caves and have some of the most toxic venom in the world.

Clownfish Life in the Anemone

The clownfish male is under constant surveillance by the female to ensure his egg-caring performance is up to par.

Cunning Capuchins

These clever monkeys have a brilliant strategy to gain access to food.

Polar Bear Cliff Walk

Brave? Yes. Insanely risky? Also yes.

High Flying Fish

These unique fish spread their wings and leave the ocean to escape predatory Dorados.

What’s Your Ethiopian Wolf Hunting Style?

Whether it’s playing the waiting game or facing a challenge head-on, everyone’s got their own unique style.

Sneaky Jaipur Bandits

These fruit thieves are a vendor’s worst nightmare.

Hyperlapse: Hong Kong

The lights in this city of seven million are a sight behold.

Flying Draco Lizards

Draco lizards can glide over 100 feet with a single leap.

Behind the Scenes with Komodo Dragons

Would you have the guts to get up close and personal with these dangerous predators?

How to Wrangle Reindeer

This young woman must lead her herd on a perilous month long migration.

Inside an Active Volcano

These sulfur miners journey into one of the world’s most dangerous volcanic sites in Indonesia.

Fascinating Brown Bear Facts

Alaskan brown bears get up to 90% of their annual energy during the coastal salmon run.

Fascinating Polar Bear Facts

A polar bear can smell a seal’s breathing hole from over a half a mile away.

Octopus in a Shell Suit

Watch the first-ever footage of an octopus using shell armor to hide from a shark!

Cute Tiger Cubs Become Invisible Hunters

To survive in the forest, tiger cubs must learn to blend in.

Chimpanzee Chain of Command

Which chimps have what it takes to climb the hierarchy?

500 Hours Underwater

It takes weeks underwater to find and film the fascinating animals of the deep.

Iceberg Mega-Dome Success

Discover how the ‘Blue Planet 2’ crew filmed a mother walrus and her pup using the UHD Mega-dome.

Rare Sperm Whale Cam Footage

Suction cup cameras provided the ‘Blue Planet II’ crew with a whole new perspective of a sperm whale family.

Orca Secret Weapon

A gathering of orca whales use fascinating teamwork to hunt herring.

Slow Motion Puffin Theft

See how ‘Blue Planet II’ cameramen used special slow-motion cameras to capture high-speed, bird-on-bird theft!

Filming Tigers from an Elephant

This ingenious crew took their cameras atop elephants to follow tigers into the forest.

Portuguese Man o’ War Sailing

One touch from this beautiful but deadly creature is enough to paralyze.

Painted Wolf Impala Hunt

Painted wolves have an 80% hunting success rate, one of Africa’s very highest.

Genius Giant Trevally

No bird is safe from these giant trevally, who’ve learned how to calculate the trajectory of their prey in flight.

Painted Wolf Dynasty

Painted wolf Tait’s pack is surrounded by enemies: lions, hyennas, and her rival daughter, Blacktip.

Finding a Hidden Tiger Den

Like a true star, tigress Raj Behra chose a den no paparazzi could reach by car.

Cutthroat Eel Escape

Can this eel escape a toxic brine pool death trap at the bottom of the sea?

How to Film a Sperm Whale Dive

Sperm whales can dive up to 3,280 feet deep. Meet the underwater cameraman who managed to capture this split-level footage..

What’s Beneath the Boiling Sea?

Dolphins, sailfish, and rays all get in on the lanternfish hunting action.

Spider Crab Molting

Around the first full moon of winter, hundreds of thousands of spider crabs gather to shed their shells.

How to Army Ant Proof Your Boots

Note these tricks of the trade to avoid painful ant bites!

Straightscope Cameras in the Reefs

It took a very special camera stytem to film the lives of the creatures of the reefs.

Mysterious Moving Rocks

How do these gigantic rocks move on their own?

Cactus Flowers at Night

Saguaro cactus flowers bloom over a period of successive nights in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona.

Macaque Waterpark!

These crab-eating monkeys have found a one-stop-shop to swim, fish, and play.

Leaf Monkey Babies

These gray leaf monkeys might appear drab, but their newborns stick out like a (cute) sore thumb!

Splishing, Fishing and Splashing

Watch and learn, grizzly cubs!

Meerkats Watch the Sunrise

There’s nothing like some Vitamin D to kickstart your morning.

The Sounds of the Rainforest

Lose yourself in the sounds of the forest floor.

Mama Grizzly: High Risk, High Reward

Fortune favors the brave bears.

Brilliant Hornbills Hunt for Bats

Using their binocular vision and precision beaks, hornbills successfully catch bats for dinner — for the first time ever caught on camera!

Filming in an Ancient Bat Cave

The ‘Eden: Untamed Planet’ crew dodged thousands of roosting bats and millions of hungry cockroaches while filming inside a magnificent cave.

Incredible Tarsier Hunting Skills

With night vision 20x stronger than humans, these tiny primates are some of the jungle’s most impressive predators.

Hatching Baby Seadragons

It’s a seadragon dad’s job to carry the fertilized eggs until they hatch.

Kangaroo Joeys Learn How to Box

90% of Australia’s wildlife is found nowhere else on earth.

Dingos in the Outback

Tracking Australia’s most elusive predators was the crew’s greatest challenge, but eventually led them to a very special surprise.

Troglobite Cave Specialists

Isolated for thousands of years, these mysterious creatures have everything they need inside their caves.

Polar Bear Cubs Learn From Mother

A determined polar bear mother leads her cubs into a dangerous new world.

Where Does “Alien Star Jelly” Come From?

There are many different theories behind these mysterious blobs.

Why Do Stoats Dance?

The reason is more sinister than you may imagine.

Creating ‘The Hunt’ Musical Score

Oscar-winning composer Steven Price (‘Gravity’) on how to score nature scenes.

Deep-Sea Coral Reefs

Coral has been found all the way down at 6,000 meters deep, but these reefs are incredibly vulnerable.

Tracking Wild Dogs 2

The Hunt’ producers filmed a wild dog hunt from both land and air — and the results are riveting!

Sharing Our World With Dolphins

Meet the group who’ve been helping dolphins suffering from plastic since the 1980’s.

Bobcat Cubs Welcome Mother Home

Watch these curious cubs welcome their mother back to the den.

Amur Leopard: The Rarest Cat on Earth

One of only 40 Amur leopards left in the wild, a mother works hard to get her young cub through the winter.

The Biggest Fish in the Sea

A whale shark enjoys it’s annual plankton feast while other fish use it as a giant shield.

Baby Ducklings Take the Leap

From fifty-feet up in a tree, mandarin ducklings take their first flights!

Grizzly Adopts Orphan Cubs

Now she has four babies to fatten up for the winter. Her secret? Pine nuts.

Baby Otter Snuggles

This mama otter keeps her baby’s fluff on fleek.

Black Bear Cub Climbing Lessons

How does a rookie bear cub get down from a tall tree?

Seabird Chicks Take Flght

These 20-day-old chicks must face the first challenge of their lives.

Giant Bullfrog Guardian

One male stays behind to watch out for everyone’s tadpoles.

Clownfish in a Coconut House

A clownfish family comes together to make home improvements.

Raising a Humpback Whale Calf

A mother humpback whale must go without food while her calf consumes 500 liters of her milk a day.

Tiger Cubs Leave the Den

Tigress Raj Behra’s two week old cubs take their very first steps.

Flying Lizard Escapes Snake

It’s every lizard for themselves when a snake interrupts a tree trunk courtship.

Bull Elk Antler Duel

What happens when two powerful bulls are evenly matched?

Humpback Whale Heat Run

Male humpback whales compete with each other while racing after a female.

Calliope Hummingbirds in Yellowstone

One of Yellowstone’s smallest migrating birds fights to defend his flower patch.

The Sounds of Hummingbirds

Experience the unique sound of wings flapping 15 times per second.

The Sounds of a Meadow

These busy grasses have their own special music.

Flamingo Chicks Escape Frozen Patagonia Lake

Young flamingo fledglings use the help of a seasonal wind to break their shackles of ice.

Filming a Successful Puma Hunt

The ‘Seven Worlds, One Planet’ crew tracked this fearless puma mother for a hundred miles to film her life and death struggle to provide for her cubs.