Nature

The animals of the world may increasingly need our help with big issues like preserving habitat or species conservation.

A growing number of scientists, conservationists and grass-roots environmentalists have come to regard beavers as overlooked tools when it comes to reversing the disastrous effects of global warming and world-wide water shortages.

Sir David Attenborough takes us on a journey through the weird and wonderful world of frogs, shedding new light on these charismatic, colorful and frequently bizarre little animals through first-hand stories, the latest science, and cutting-edge technology.

Alongside the fastest, strongest, smartest animals are nature's misfits, odd, bizarre and unlikely creatures that at first glance seem ill-equipped for survival.

For most, a trip to France includes fine food, local wines, beautiful cities and celebrated culture of all kinds.

In the heart of the Antarctic Peninsula there's a post office surrounded by jaw-dropping scenery and 3,000 gentoo penguins.

Ecologist Chris Morgan (Bears of the Last Frontier) travels to the jungles of Northern Sumatra to document the work being done to save its population of wild orangutans, which is quickly dwindling due to deforestation.

For centuries, owls have been fascinating hallmarks of children's stories and folk tales the world over.

This is the true story of a family of Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys living in the highest forests in the world.

One of the most overlooked ecosystems on the continent consists of a massive sea of sagebrush that stretches across 11 states in the American West.

Watch rescue center caregivers help wild baby orphans get back on their feet.

Watch two-toed baby sloth Pelota learn to be independent in Costa Rica, while in Australia, young kangaroo Harry must be taught to socialize with his mates.

Explore the evolution and unique stories of ostriches, emus, rheas, cassowaries and kiwis.

Delve into the hearts, minds and even souls of elephants through the eyes of award-winning filmmakers Dereck and Beverly Joubert, whose uniquely personal experiences with these iconic creatures of Africa provide a window into their remarkable lives.

In this astonishing program filled with innovative photography and scientific revelation, we investigate how our favorite pets get in touch with their wild side through play.

In a program packed with incredible filming techniques, from Schlieren photography that makes smells visible, to moving X-rays, ultra slow-motion, and ultraviolet vision as well as HD horsecams and doggycams, discover how our pets experience the world through their astonishing senses and hidden channels of communication.

High up in Canada's Rockies, by a crystal-clear lake rimmed with old-growth forest, a moose is born.

Witness the work of paleontologists bringing the largest dinosaur ever discovered to virtual life.

Feel the emotion as keepers and carers reunite with the wild animals that were once in their care to learn whether the close interspecies bonds that developed over many years in refuges and orphanages have stood the test of time.

Witness the incredible story of Asia's last wild lions, once on the brink of extinction, but who now live dangerously close to the villagers of India.

Learn the value of teamwork among animal partners, even ones as odd but perfect as hippo and fish.

Witness the day-to-day drama at one of the world's wildest hospitals deep in the Guatemalan jungle.

With high speed camerawork and breakthrough new science, we enter the fast-paced world of hummingbirds as never before.

Vianet Djenguet has lived half of his life in Europe, yet his heart still lies in his homeland, his Congo.

What does it take to relocate a herd of wild giraffes in Africa? One man, his family, and a band of enthusiastic helpers are about to find out.

Discover how the first cats arose in the forests of Asia, how they spread across the continent and later came to conquer Africa.

Track the story of cats into the Americas, from battles with the rival Canids, to the rise of domestic cats.

Travel across the snow globe with wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan to meet animal survivors of winter, from the penguins of Antarctica to the Arctic fox and the bison of Yellowstone.

Yosemite is a land forged in wildfire and sculpted by water, but with climate change, water is scarcer and fire more common.

Welcome to the "Hotel Armadillo," where the elusive giant armadillo digs a daily hole deep in the Brazilian rainforest and leaves behind a suite for 25 species of jungle clientele.

Forests are far more complex than previously imagined.

The camera eyes of 13 ingenious Spy Creatures, including Spy Dolphin, Spy Nautilus and Spy Turtle, capture the dolphins' "superpod" behavior never filmed before.

The camera eyes of 13 ingenious Spy Creatures, including Spy Dolphin, Spy Nautilus and Spy Turtle, capture the dolphins' "superpod" behavior never filmed before.

Born inside a sanctuary in the wilderness of Botswana, Naledi the baby elephant loses her mother and faces the world alone.

Intelligent, resilient and bold, the red fox can change its behavior to thrive in new environments, from urban locales to the Arctic tundra.

Filmmaker Charlie Hamilton James follows the story of three curious river otter orphans in Wisconsin and visits otters all over the globe.

Helen Macdonald's best-selling book H Is for Hawk told the saga of a grieving daughter who found healing in training a goshawk.

For nearly two years in the forested hills of Zimbabwe, wildlife cameraman Kim Wolhuter shadowed a wild cheetah family on foot, to reveal in intimate detail the cubs' remarkable journey to adulthood and their mother's dedication in raising them.

Great things come in small packages. This film tells the epic survival stories of the world's smallest animals, from a tiny sengi, the "cheetah" of the shrew world, to a small shark that walks on land.

Discover the white wolf, one of the most hardened predators on the planet, in Ellesmere Island's unforgiving ice and snow.

Explore the astounding abilities of butterflies 360 vision, deceptive camouflage, chemical weaponry and fantastic flight.

Explore the astounding abilities of butterflies-360° vision, deceptive camouflage, chemical weaponry and fantastic flight.

Meet the animals who will steal, cheat and fight to get food, including kleptomaniac crabs, thieving macaques, con artist spiders, tricky tigers, and cannibalistic lizards.

Some animals will do whatever it takes to survive.

Getting ahead in the mating game requires some astonishing behavior-from promiscuous prairie dogs, to backstabbing manakins, kidnapping macaques, and hyenas with a bad case of sibling rivalry.

Join conservationist Maria Diekmann in the crusade to save pangolins, the most trafficked animal in the world.

Meet the planet's ultimate cats. Cheetahs are the fastest animal on land.

Discover how cats have conquered the world, thriving in almost every landscape on Earth, from fishing cats in the wetlands of Asia, to a pregnant jaguar in Costa Rica, to margays in Central American treetops, to a swamp tiger on the Indian shore.

See how new technologies help uncover some cats' most intimate secrets, including the cheetah's gymnastic abilities and why lions are able to hunt cooperatively.

Join some of the world's top squirrel scientists who are making groundbreaking discoveries, from the fox squirrel who can remember the location of 9,000 nuts, to the gray squirrel whose treetop leaps are the basis of new designs in robotics.

See into the heart of an African wild dog family. When lions kill her mate, a wild dog mother must raise two generations of pups all on her own.

Travel to the Arctic to follow the life-changing journey of two newborn polar bear cubs as they leave their den for the first time.

Join Sir David Attenborough as he pieces together the remarkable discovery of the Ichthyosaur, a fearsome fish lizard that lived during the age of dinosaurs.

The relationship between man and his noble steed is almost as old as civilization itself.

The relationship between man and his noble steed is almost as old as civilization itself.

Experience the natural world through the eyes of the Vikings.

Uncover the variety of activity, both human and natural, that occurs on the slopes of active volcanoes.

The egg is perhaps nature's most perfect life support system.

Tracing the green wave that sweeps across the continent in spring, see how the rising temperatures and longer days spur plants to awaken and flower.

Breeding and the greening of the landscape are tied to another major spectacle of spring: the mass movements of animals as they take advantage of spring's bounty.

Nature's perfect partnerships, precisely synchronized, have evolved over thousands of years.

Follow an Alaskan professor as he raises and studies a pet octopus in his home, making remarkable discoveries about its extraordinary intelligence, personality and skills.

Explore some of the most remote and spectacular places on Earth with a pioneering group of scientists who make surprising discoveries that transform human understanding of nature and ecology.

Go undercover with a film crew on a perilous journey to the untouched wilderness of biodiversity in the Amazon rainforest.

See the landscape and wildlife of the Upper Okavango River.

See the landscape and wildlife of the "Middle River," the delta of the Okavango River.

Discover the landscape and wildlife of the Lower Okavango River, where the land is baked dry by the scorching sun.

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.

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.

A filmmaker investigates his traumatic encounter with a 30-ton humpback whale that breached and almost landed on him while he was kayaking.

Go beneath the surface and meet Africa's river giants, the hippos.

Florida is home to beaches, coral reefs, pine forests and the famous Everglades wetland, but a growing human population and abandoned exotic pets like pythons are threatening this wild paradise.

Discover the truth about the infamous weasel, often associated with unsavory behavior.

In the crystal-clear waters of the Caribbean, Cuba is an island teeming with exotic biodiversity: from coral reefs pulsating with life to five-foot-long Cuban rock iguanas.

There are more than 100 domestic and wild kinds of rabbits and hares, from snowshoe hares to Flemish giants.

Unlock the mysteries of wild pandas whose counterparts in captivity are known for their gentle image.

Meet the people rescuing and caring for the animal survivors of Australia's devastating bushfires.