Young Lorikeet Recovers from the Wildfires
A volunteer vet examines the lorikeet for injury after being in the wildfire region. The young lorikeet is visibly traumatized by the Australian wildfires.
Watch as an Orphaned Wombat Receives Care
It is unusual to find a young wombat without its mother. However, this baby wombat has been found alone as a result of the devastating wildfires raging in Australia.
Searching for Surviving Glossy Black Cockatoos
Only around 400 of these glossy black cockatoos existed on Kangaroo Island in Australia before the fires wiped out most of their habitat. We worked with producers on the ground to search for any survivors.
Inside NATURE – Hippos: Africa's River Giants
Hippos have a formidable reputation, killing about 500 people across Africa every year. Few filmmakers have attempted to capture their lives in detail, but director Brad Bestelink was determined to take up the challenge.
Watch a Protective Mother Hippo Guard Her Baby
Weighing only 4% as much as an adult, a baby hippo is completely dependent on its mother. The pair stays isolated from the rest of the pod, allowing the calf to imprint on his mother and for the two to forge a vital bond.
Hippos Battle Lions and Hyenas Over Carcass
The scent of a decaying hippo attracts all sorts of predators to the hippo's ground, where they must put up a fight to protect their own. The hippos prove that size does matter in the animal kingdom, as they fight off hyenas, lions and crocodiles.
Hippos: Africa's River Giants - Preview
Go beneath the surface and meet Africa’s river giants, the hippos. Discover an unexpected side of these aquatic mammals that can’t even swim as hippos protect their families, face their enemies and suffer in a drought. Narrated by David Attenborough.
Hippos Fight Off Hungry Birds
When water runs low during the dry season, thousands of hippos are forced to share the same pool, where tensions run high. The stress hits its peak when flocks of hungry birds attempt to use this pool as a feeding ground, getting in the way of the hippos and turning the pool into a war zone.
Inside NATURE – Hippos: Africa's River Giants
Hippos have a formidable reputation, killing about 500 people across Africa every year. Few filmmakers have attempted to capture their lives in detail, but director Brad Bestelink was determined to take up the challenge.
Watch A Team of Heroes Save an Entangled Whale
Whales face major threats from plastic and fishing gear entanglements and have been turning up injured or dead in record numbers, with a 300% increase in humpback entanglements in the last 5 years. In a never-before-filmed sequence, witness a group dedicated to disentangling whales as they undergo the dangerous process of trying to cut free a whale trapped by a rope while not harming themselves.
How to Identify Individual Whales
Determined to find the whale that breached on his kayak in a viral moment, Tom Mustill enlists the help of the founder of Happywhale, a citizen science database that collects thousands of whale tail photos. A humpback’s life story is written in the unique pattern of scars on its tail flukes.
The Island of Whale Autopsies
When dead whales turn up in San Francisco, they’re towed to an uninhabited island for autopsies. Whale scientist Dr. Joy Reidenberg hopes to better understand why these animals died and how to prevent similar incidents in the future.
The Whale Detective Preview
A filmmaker investigates his traumatic encounter with a 30-ton humpback whale that breached and almost landed on him while he was kayaking. What he discovers raises far bigger questions about humans’ relationship with whales and their future.
Black Bear Cubs Practice Climbing
Climbing trees is a survival skill black bears utilize from a very young age, but perfecting the skill takes practice.
Meet the Real-Life Paddington Bear
The spectacled bear is the species on which the character Paddington Bear is based. And just like the fictional character's love for marmalade sandwiches, this spectacled bear has a sweet tooth.
Bears Preview
Follow the adventures of bears across the globe, from grizzlies to pandas to sloth bears, as they draw on their brains, brawn and unique adaptations to survive. Find out what it really takes to be a bear in today’s ever-changing world.
How Drinking Giraffes Avoid a Head Rush
When you're this tall, getting a drink of water can be challenging. With their high blood pressure, one would think giraffes should get a head rush when they bend down to drink from a watering hole. Luckily, their anatomy is tailored to combat this very issue.
Witness a Massive Coral Spawning
On nights when the perfect tide conditions, day-length and sea temperature all align, some 400 species of coral across 3,000 reefs reproduce by releasing their eggs and sperm simultaneously. This ultimately helps grow the world's largest living structure - the Great Barrier Reef.
Nature's Biggest Beasts Preview
Discover the ingenious strategies that nature’s biggest beasts employ to conquer their environments, from the Komodo dragon with a deadly bite to the tallest giraffe to the bird-eating Armored ground cricket. These are their epic survival stories.
Meerkats Meet Migrating Zebras
A family of meerkats watches as zebras migrate south in the Okavango. Simultaneously, they keep an eye out for predators from above and below as they snack on high-protein grubs.
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