Wild Survivors

Africa’s animals display an incredible diversity – countless species have evolved into endless shapes, colours and sizes. Each has its own solutions to day-to-day problems and each behaves differently in its quest to eat, mate and survive. WILD SURVIVORS takes a look at the relationship between animal and environment, and reveals the various ways each impacts the other.

Jaguar Journals

JAGUAR JOURNALS is an exciting new five-part series led by biologist, conservationist and animal tracking expert Lizzie Daly. Lizzie joins forces with Oncafari, an extensive 10-year jaguar research project, on their mission to monitor, study and conserve the world’s most elusive big cat. Combining beautiful natural history and innovative science, the series tracks five key jaguar characters as they survive and thrive in the Brazilian wetlands. Delving into a decade of data, Lizzie works with passionate scientists who spend their lives getting to know wild jaguars on a first-name basis, with a mission to document new animal behaviours and understand the complex social structure within the densest jaguar population on the planet.

How to be a Wild Elephant

In 2010 a baby elephant named Sities was rescued and brought to the Trust’s Nairobi Nursery to begin her rehabilitation. Her remarkable story was followed by audiences worldwide who watched her progress from day one. Three years later we catch up with Sities and learn of her challenges as she leaves the safety of the Nursery and moves on to the next phase of her journey back to freedom.

World's Deadliest

In the wild there are more ways to die than anyone can count. From the moment an animal is born, nature is trying to knock it out of the race to exist and multiply. In this seven part series, living and dying isn’t always a zero-sum game. Instead of winners and losers there are hunters that are barely making do and multitudes of prey that have to escape death every day of their lives. Nature is a cruel mistress, but life goes on in WORLD'S DEADLIEST.

Amazing Animal Friends

This heart-warming and fascinating returnable series brings you the most surprising animal friends from around the world. From a duck that won't enter the water without her Labrador retriever guardian, to a very special friendship between a rhino and a lamb, to an elephant who thinks she’s a buffalo. We travel the globe to track down the cutest, funniest and most unusual animal relationships and bring you the delightful and compelling stories behind these bizarre animal bonds, why they have formed and how they help animals find a brighter future.

Hunting The Ice Whales

An elite squad of highly trained experts is on a mission to prove that you can research whales without killing them.

13 Hours To Survive

Journey to the breathtaking, miniature ocean world where the tide creates both opportunity and peril. As the ocean recedes with each low tide, sea creatures—hermit crabs, octopuses, baby sharks, and more—are trapped in tide pools, forced into an intense struggle for survival. In this ever-changing microcosm, predators and prey face off as conditions worsen: the water grows warmer, more acidic, and low on oxygen. Filmed off the coast of Brittany, France, with cutting-edge underwater technology, the series reveals unexpected animal behaviors, from fierce battles to surprising alliances, births, and the will to survive. With just 13 hours until the tide returns, who will make it out alive?

Trimates

Narrated by award-winning actress Sandra Oh (Grey’s Anatomy, Killing Eve), TRIMATES is a documentary for the whole family. This is a story of two generations of women: the young pioneers - Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey and Birute Galdikas - who set out into the jungles over half a century ago to live with our closest ancestors, the great apes. This is also the story of a generation who followed their articles, transfixed by their stories and determined to follow the same distant paths. Featuring an original musical score, and up-close and personal footage filmed by one of the world’s most renowned natural history cinematographers, this film takes us deep into the jungles and mountains of Uganda, Borneo and Congo, as we explore the frontiers of important research and our human origins.

Woodpeckers: The Hole Story

There are over 240 species of woodpeckers. They live on every continent except Antarctica and Australia. Woodpeckers come in all shapes and sizes, each uniquely engineered for their particular lifestyles. Some are sap drinkers, others live exclusively in forests ravaged by fire. Others catch insects on the wing acting more like a swallow than a woodpecker. And still others drill deep into the bark of decaying trees using their spear like tongue to fish insects from deep in the cambium. WOODPECKERS: THE HOLE STORY pecks away at what makes woodpeckers so special. We will follow intimate stories of two very different families raising their young, explore woodpeckers’ unique evolutionary journey and the powerful role they play in every ecosystem they inhabit.

Siberia's Wild Year

Only the hardiest animals are capable of carving out a life in Siberia. Over a wild year, polar bears, reindeer, red-crowned cranes, cherry salmon and least weasels must endure a long unforgiving winter and take advantage of the brief abundance of spring. From the ice-covered shores of the north, across miles of barren tundra, to the depths of the taiga forest, these animals must face incredible challenges and fight for survival.