Extreme Animals

In EXTREME ANIMALS, we reveal the different personalities and behaviors of the world’s animals and find the most extreme examples in each category. The storyline is simple: count down the ten most extreme animals for any given behavior or location. The journey to find the answer takes the audience into the complex world of animal behavior and the reasons behind why our wild cousins do what they do.

Wild Sky

The skies above our planet never stop moving. Wind, rain, drought and blizzards shape the lives of every living thing. The polar vortex provides hunting opportunities for polar bears and fuels tornadoes dodged by prairie dogs and wolves. In South America a mysterious river of clouds brings life-giving rain to frogs and monkeys, while flamingos and puma eke out a living in the rain shadow. In Africa elephants, meerkats and lions choose different strategies to deal with drought, while in Australia the monsoon baths crocodiles and kangaroos. As weather sweeps across four continents, creatures find ingenious solutions to survive our planet’s WILD SKY.

America's Wild Seasons

AMERICA’S WILD SEASONS is a landmark four-part documentary series that celebrates the drama and spectacle of the American wilderness. Captured over the course of a full year, on the ground, in the air and beneath the waves to weave tales of the diverse and iconic American landscape and the distinctive wildlife that call it home. AMERICA’S WILD SEASONS tells the story of a country that is varied and extreme, where seasonal trials are as big and amplified as the land itself.

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.

Big Cat Country

In Zambia’s Luangwa Valley, three majestic lion prides battle to lay claim to the land and protect their young- as danger lurks at every turn. As the temperature soars through the dry season, every triumph and every tragedy is on brilliant display. Can these prides beat the odds, and survive the greatest challenge of their lives?

The Hungry Games: Alaska's Big Bear Challenge

Welcome to THE HUNGRY GAMES: ALASKA’S BIG BEAR CHALLENGE, the world’s greatest natural competition, where Alaskan bears battle annually for dominance, for food and survival. They have only 150 days to eat at least 3 MILLION calories and gain enough weight to be able to survive the long winter. This fun and ground-breaking series combines two formats - nature documentaries and competition shows - as it takes audiences on a wild and immersive weight gain journey with these captivating creatures. The ursine competitors contend with each other, fierce predators, and mother nature to consume the limited available resources, before they’re forced to retreat to their dens. Their journeys are followed by a team of experts that study the bears' behavior in real time to score beefiness, ingenuity and grit, and to crown the winner of THE HUNGRY GAMES.

Animals At Play

Across the planet, young animals spend huge amounts of time playing – but it’s a behaviour that has long been overlooked by science. Now new research reveals that play is at the heart of almost everything an animal learns. In ANIMALS AT PLAY we uncover why play is so much more than just having a good time.

Red Crabs Crazy Ants

Christmas Island is home to the yearly mass migration of red crabs. Each year many of the crabs fall victim to the alien yellow crazy ants. These ants release formic acid as they crawl over and around the crabs which, with no defence against the ferocity of the onslaught, become stressed and generally die within a few hours.

Chasing The Rains

In this dramatic series, we follow three animal matriarchs as they protect their families while surviving one of the worst droughts for twenty years. Samburu is home to the Royals - an elephant family struggling to survive in the face of a landscape turning to dust. In Laikipia, wild dog matriarch Phoenix introduces five new pups to the pack but faces competition from marauding hyenas, and in Naboisho first-time cheetah mother Kuleta struggles to keep her four cubs alive in a land full of dangerous predators.

Africa's Underwater Wonders

Our planet is made up of seemingly countless seas and oceans, yet to this day so many of their enigmas remain unexplored. AFRICA’S UNDERWATER WONDERS cameras dive into the depths unlike ever before, to explore the treasure trove of fauna, flora and vital ecosystems that make their home under the sea.