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Season 1

  • S01E01 Arctic

    • May 16, 2016
    • BBC

    Arctic creatures aren't bothered by the cold. Rather, they fear the warmth caused by human activity that's setting "the Earth's freezer" to "defrost."

  • S01E02 Yellowstone

    • June 21, 2016
    • BBC

    Serene as it appears, Yellowstone National Park is more unpredictable than an atom of Radium-226, thanks to the active super-volcano beneath it.

  • S01E03 Oceans

    • June 22, 2016
    • BBC

    Most of Earth's animals live in the sea, where they form a "living soup" or a "massive death chowder" in which it's eat or be eaten.

  • S01E04 Wildebeest

    • June 23, 2016
    • BBC

    The wildebeest, one of the many species of ungulates and "cud munchers" that populate the Serengeti, take part in a grand migration every year.

  • S01E05 Madagascar

    • June 24, 2016
    • BBC

    Many of the flora and fauna of Madagascar are found nowhere else on Earth, which is why the island isn't called "Normal-a-gascar."

  • S01E06 Penguins

    • June 27, 2016
    • BBC

    Penguins, "the natural world's answer to Charlie Chaplin," only have to waddle about to make children -- and Amstrong Wedgewood -- smile.

  • S01E07 Islands

    • June 28, 2016
    • BBC

    Life on islands evolves in isolation from the wider world, and in a manner that is "absolutely potty." Much of this life is weird and wonderful.

  • S01E08 Great Apes

    • June 29, 2016
    • BBC

    The great apes, not to be confused with monkeys, have opposable thumbs, complex social politics and other "phenomenally humanlike" qualities.

  • S01E09 Forests

    • June 30, 2016
    • BBC

    In forests, the perfect combination of sunlight and rain "makes trees grow like billy-o." Among these trees, an entire world springs into being.

  • S01E10 Bears

    • July 1, 2016
    • BBC

    Bears, the largest land predators on Earth, live in the tropics as well as the Arctic and exude a general air of "bear-iness."