The series opener features rare footage of newly awakened black bears hunting on the Yellowstone Plateau. Also: male bighorn sheep battle for breeding rights in the Rocky Mountains; puma cubs learn to hunt in the Chilean Andes.
In the deserts of the Americas, an abundance of wildlife has developed an array of bizarre and baffling against-the-odds survival strategies. Go to the Atacama Desert along the coast of northern Peru, where Humboldt penguins raise their families in the driest place on earth. Filmed for the first time in high-speed infrared, see the tiger moth dodge millions of hungry bats emerging from caves in the Chihuahua Desert.
At the frozen poles or the sultry tropics, the coasts of the Americas host some of the greatest spectacles on earth. At the Falkland Islands in the southern end of the Americas, watch male gentoo penguins perform mating jigs to attract females. Farther north, plunge into the Sea of Cortez off the coast of Mexico, where hordes of voracious giant Humboldt squid cannibalize their kin.
Wildlife in the forests of the Americas is examined. Included: river dolphins, jaguars and caiman crocodiles in the Amazon; Kermode bears in Canada's Great Bear Rainforest.
In the northern wilderness, the moose reigns as king. Symbols of strength and endurance, these beasts are constantly fighting for survival against man, nature and the extreme temperatures of the chilling Alaskan winter. Follow along their tracks as the NGC offers an inside look at their battle against starvation and deadly encounters. Though many will fall and die along the way, witness the triumph of the victorious in Moose: Titans of the North.
