Documentaries : Nature

It's been called an army of thieves and cutthroats. A band of hired killers. But from the burning sands of Northern Africa to the jungles of South America, whenever the odds are long and the battle fierce, the French Foreign legion has been called into action....

The companion book to the six-part Discovery Channel series, Weird Nature is an astonishing exploration of nature's strangest behavior. The ingenuity of all kinds of animals is celebrated including the flying dragon or draco whose membrane wings resemble early designs for aircraft wings, spiny lobst...

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Take a journey into the world of WOLVES as these amazing animals work and play while struggling to survive against the elements....

Just how smart are monkeys? Their innate curiosity leads them to try new things, but it's their culture — the passing of information from one generation to the next — that teaches them much of what they know. Their young learn by reaching out with their hands to experience the world arou...

To the earliest observers, the cosmos was the realm of the gods. They controlled day and night, the passage of the sun and moon. So too the constellations, and those wandering stars we know today as planets. Great monuments honored the gods, but they had a practical function: They were the first obs...

The human body is highly adaptable to change. It adjusts when you vigorously exercise, move in and out of different temperatures, or face stressful situations. But what about when your body is pushed to extremes, like those of climbers attempting to summit Mt. Everest, which rises 8,848 m (29,028 ft...

A simple, carved figure bought at an auction in New York leads David Attenborough on a global journey from Russia to Australia, from England back to the Pacific. On the way, he delves into the history ......

This episode looks at the superorganisms formed by bees, ants and termites. Attenborough reveals that their colonies, whose individuals were once considered purely servile, are "full of conflict, power struggles and mutinies." They evolved when such creatures moved away from a solitary exi...

This episode focuses on the relationships between invertebrates and plants or other animals. It begins with ants and aphids: the former ’herd’ the latter and protect them in return for secreted honeydew. The activities of gall-inducing insects are described, using the example of the oak ...