Animal Senses

From the earliest primitive life forms to sophisticated animals like mammals, primates and birds, animals have evolved powerful senses to perceive their environment. These developed senses can turn mechanical waves, airborne particles, and photons into information that helps animals find food, shelter, mates, and communicate with each other. ANIMAL SENSES traces the evolutionary history of those senses.

Wildlife Rescue Australia

At Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital, head vet Dr. Bree Talbot and her amazing team are dedicated to triaging and treating a range of rare and unique Aussie animals, many of which are brought in each day by wildlife rescue volunteers and community members. This fly-on-the-wall observational series takes the audience on a rollercoaster ride of emotions, as the lives of some of these beautiful creatures hang in the balance. WILDLIFE RESCUE AUSTRALIA not only highlights the specialist skills needed to be a wildlife vet, but also the strong and dedicated women who undertake these roles to provide better outcomes for Australian wildlife.

Africa's Hidden Kingdoms

AFRICA’S HIDDEN KINGDOMS explores the wonders of the most primitive plant and wildlife biomes found in Africa. See the flower carpets of Namaqualand — a global biodiversity hotspot – and the southern right whales that mate off the coast of the De Hoop Nature Reserve, as you revel in the beautiful, ancient and bizarre world of South Africa’s wildlife kingdoms.

Fur Seals: Battle For Survival

Follow the first few months of two New Zealand Fur Seal pups lives as they struggle to learn the secrets of survival.

Wild New Zealand: Lost Paradise

The islands of New Zealand were the last major landmasses to be colonized by people. Their beaches, mountains and forests had laid untouched since the dawn of time…. isolated and protected. It was a fertile oasis for marine animals, and a South Pacific Garden of Eden for the land-lovers. Evolution ran riot to create some of the rarest and most unusual wildlife on Earth; making New Zealand a strange land of amazing creatures.

Madagascar's Legendary Lemurs

Learn how the Lemurs of Madagascar have evolved into the species they are today.

Staying Wild

At this wildlife rescue center, every creature has value. Cute or ugly, meek or dangerous, small or big, prey or predator, they each play an essential role in a greater ecosystem. For animals in crisis, this place offers one chance at survival. As these unexpected stories of animal rescue unfold, STAYING WILD examines the human drama that plays out within the treatment of an overwhelming number of injured wildlife.

The World’s Deadliest Weather

With a climate crisis now declared, THE WORLD'S DEADLIEST WEATHER showcases the unstoppable force of Mother Nature, with increasingly volatile natural disasters and extreme weather fronts endured across the planet. Nature’s omnipotent power has the destructive capability to bring civilisation to a standstill… and all we can seemingly do is watch as it has claimed the lives of millions. In recent years, these extreme weather events have become more and more commonplace. Using incredible archive and astonishing user-generated footage of some of the most extraordinary weather the planet has ever seen, we’ll relive these weather spectacles in astonishing minute by minute detail, revealing very personal stories of people who have captured the entire event on camera, and lived to tell the tale.

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.

World's Biggest Baddest Bugs

How big and how bad are the beasties lurking in your backyard? Bugman Ruud Kleinpaste is taking us on an entomological odyssey around the globe in search of the ultimate biggest and “baddest” creepy crawlies.