David Attenborough celebrates the amazing variety of the natural world in this epic documentary series, filmed over four years across 64 different countries.
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- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes aired
- 11
- Latest aired
- S01E11
- Total runtime
- 9h 20min
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S01E01 From Pole to Pole
March 5 · 53min find the promo
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A global tour examining the behaviors of animals and revealing the effects of climate change on their environments.
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S01E02 Mountains
March 12 · 49min find the promo
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An exploration of the world's major mountain ranges and the habitats they create.
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S01E03 Fresh Water
March 19 · 51min find the promo
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Although merely 3% of water on earth, fresh water plays an important part in the planet's weather and erosion. It is immensely important for all non-marine wildlife, which drinks fresh water and swims, procreates, hunts in it. Its concentrations, such as rivers, lakes and swamps, abound in aquatic and other species, often adapted to 'wet' life.
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S01E04 Caves
March 26 · 50min find the promo
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Although often overlooked, caves are remarkable habitats with bizarre wildlife. Explore the structures created inside the earth as well as the adaptations animals have made to thrive in these environments.
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S01E05 Deserts
April 2 · 50min find the promo
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Despite the lack of rain, deserts are the most varied of our ecosystems. In fact, about thirty percent of the earth's land surface is covered in desert. Explore the unique conditions present in deserts as well as the survival mechanisms developed by the animals that inhabit them.
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S01E06 Ice Worlds
November 5 · 51min find the promo
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Experience life in the most hostile corners of the planet by exploring the terrain, seasons, and animals of the Arctic and Antarctic.
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S01E07 Great Plains
November 12 · 50min find the promo
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This episode deals with savanna, steppe, tundra, prairie, and looks at the importance and resilience of grasses in such treeless ecosystems. Their vast expanses contain the largest concentration of animal life. Over Africa's savanna, a swarm of 1.5 billion red-billed queleas are caught on camera, the largest flock of birds ever depicted.
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S01E08 Jungles
November 19 · 51min find the promo
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Jungles cover roughly three percent of our planet yet contain fifty percent of the world's species. Experience the countless flora and fauna that inhabit these unique areas.
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S01E09 Shallow Seas
November 26 · 51min find the promo
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A look at the shallow seas of the earth, from coral reefs to kelp forests and beyond.
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S01E10 Seasonal Forests
December 3 · 51min find the promo
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Trees are Earth's largest organisms and are also one of the planet's oldest inhabitants. Seasonal forests (unlike tropical rain-forest) are the largest land habitats. A third of all trees grow in the endless taiga of the Arctic north. Northern America has forests that include California's sequoias, the Earth's largest trees. There and elsewhere, their vast production of photosynthesis and shade presides over a seasonal cycle of life and involves countless plant and animal species.
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S01E11 Ocean Deep
December 10 · 53min find the promo
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An exploration of the deepest, darkest realms of the ocean, spanning countless species to a depth of 2,000 meters.