For the first time, the Sumatran tiger is captured on film in the wild. The Central American manakin is better understood through the use of high-speed video cameras. Finding moths in Madagascar with 12-inch-long tongues, proves Charles Darwin's prediction right.
An exploration of the Amazon rainforest reveals giant tarantulas, the strangler fig tree, and a link between bees, orchids and the Brazil nut tree.
In Uganda, the hunting behavior of chimpanzees is studied. In Brazil, capuchin monkeys are filmed using tools. In the Central African Republic, the western lowland gorilla is tracked.