
Natural World — Season 26

Two years ago, Simon King’s film *Cheetahs – Fast Track to Freedom* chronicled his efforts to release two orphaned cheetah cubs back into their natural habitat. The story concluded with a heartbreaking loss when one cub, Sambu, was killed b…

The future for India’s tigers is precarious. Three decades ago, India established more than thirty tiger reserves under the auspices of Project Tiger, a program initially celebrated as a triumph. However, in recent years, according to the W…

Anchorage, Alaska’s capital city, holds claim to being the wildest urban environment on Earth, a distinction earned by its remarkable wildlife. Alongside its population of 260,000 residents live as many as one thousand moose, two hundred bl…

The Giant Japanese Hornet stands as perhaps the most formidable insect on Earth, and certainly one of its deadliest. This film chronicles the extraordinary life of a single queen, from her emergence from hibernation to the painstaking const…

This documentary explores the vibrant wildlife inhabiting Hawaii’s renowned surf zone and introduces the surfers and scientists dedicated to its preservation. Sea turtles, dolphins, endangered monk seals, and albatrosses navigate an increas…

Australia’s formidable saltwater crocodiles are experiencing a striking resurgence. Their numbers are expanding with unsettling speed across the billabongs, rivers, and beaches of the Northern Territory. Last year alone, more than 300 had t…

For millennia, dogs served as working animals—not merely companions—meticulously bred for tasks like hunting, guarding, herding, or retrieving. Today, these ingrained instincts sometimes manifest as challenging behaviors in domestic pets. T…

Britain boasts impressive colonies of puffins, guillemots, kittiwakes, and skuas; however, recently many have been failing to reproduce. In the summer of 2006, ornithologist Roy Dennis set out to discover why. He explains that as ocean t…

Lions once flourished within the deserts of Namibia’s Skeleton Coast, until human actions drove them to extinction. Just six years ago, however, the unconventional biologist Flip Stander located a small, surviving group thriving in the near…

Amidst a part of Africa frequently marked by hardship and conflict, Gabon stands as a stable democracy committed to safeguarding its natural heritage. More than ten percent of the nation’s rainforest is now shielded within a network of nati…

This documentary explores a year within the Wye Valley, following the rhythm of the river and the lives intertwined with it. The film focuses on four individuals—cider maker Mike, beekeeper Gareth, salmon fisherman Lyndon, and sheep farmer …


