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- A group of scientists predict what Earth and Life will look like in the future
- A whaling ship called the Essex becomes shipwrecked and those on board struggle for survival.
- Redwood Kings is an Animal Planet reality show that follows fraternal twins, Ron and John Daniels as they run their tree house and theming business, Daniels Wood Land.
- A glimpse into the lives of gorillas and their relationships with humans in an experiment that has never been attempted before.
- Operation Wild is a landmark, three-part series that joins veterinary teams around the world as they undertake groundbreaking operations to save the lives of animals.
- Two special programmes set at Monkey World in Dorset - a farewell tribute to Jim Cronin, founder of one of the largest ape and monkey rescue centres in the world. We look back at Jim's conservation dream, how he fought to build the park and how he devoted his live to rescuing and rehabilitating primates.
- There are thousands of dog parks all across America, each with their own rich history and unique cast of characters. And in New York, where characters are often supersized, the Washington Square dog park is no exception. In this Web-only series, follow the story of five dog park patrons to see how life in the dog park unfolds.
- The Animals' Guide to Survival illustrates how global warming and drastic climate change are impacting animals worldwide. For tens of thousands of years, animals have adapted to ever-changing conditions. However, human activities have accelerated the pace of change, diminishing the chances for animals to adapt and survive. From hippos in Kenya and lynx with leopard-like markings in Spain to kalon in the Amazon rainforest, all animals are engaged in a losing battle against the effects of drastic climate change.
- Show Summary Daniel and Our Cats is a British documentary film produced and directed by Julika Kennaway which tells the story of a married couple in Namibia who owned two leopards and a lion before they were cruelly taken away. The documentary originally aired in the UK on Animal Planet on 25 December, 2007. It is 48 minutes long. Daniel and Our Cats aired in South Africa on DStv's Animal Planet on Sunday 23 March 2008, at 20h00. Repeat Monday 24 March: 02h40 Synopsis This award-winning documentary film tells the fateful story of Catherine, a French woman who travelled to Namibia in search of Africas big cats. In the midst of the desert she married Daniel, known locally as the lion man. Fascinated by his extraordinary ways with animals, Catherine lived an unusual and idyllic life in the remote Namibian hills with two leopards, a black-maned lion and her new husband. One fateful night everything she loved was snatched away. Daniel, Catherine and their cats were on their way to a film shoot when their cats were confiscated by the authorities at the Namibia/South Africa border. Without the right paperwork they stood no chance with the authorities. Daniel was imprisoned and the cats taken to a secret location. Following Daniel's eventual release, viewers watch as he and Catherine are forced to start a new life in South Africa. When Daniel is finally able to track his cats down in Namibia, incredible footage shows the reunion between him and cats, as all three cats remember Daniel, highlighting their unique bond. But as Daniel begins the long journey home to Catherine and his lawyers in a desperate attempt to reclaim his cats, yet another tragedy befalls them all. Daniel and our Cats is a personal, true story of love, loss and healing, told in Catherines own words.
- The Whale Wars TV special documents a mission known as Operation Desert Seal, where members of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society face serious risks to capture the brutal killing of seals on Namibia's Skeleton Coast. They successfully film the aftermath, capturing the moment when the bodies of slaughtered seals are dumped from a truck that arrived from the seal beach.
- "Dolphin Days" follows two pods of dolphins; one wild in the warm and clear waters off the coast of the Bahamas, and the other in the semi-captive environment of a research center in the Florida Keys. This series will uncover the real personalities of dolphins and promises to uncover a few surprises along the way.
- A farewell series of 3 programmes celebrating the last 10 years of the phenomenally successful 'Monkey Business'. The series has followed the day -to -day lives of apes and monkeys at one of the largest primate rescue centres in the world. In today's programme we look back at the Monkey Business rescues.
- A mixture of natural history and investigative current affairs, Gibbons: Back in the Swing is an intimate portrait of the pressures faced by gibbons in Thailand and the dedicated work being done to help guarantee the primates a future.
- Thousands of elephants once roamed China's vast continent. Today, only 250 are left. This film documents the quest of Grace Gabriel and Richard Kirby, as they battle to conserve and film these animals in the wild before they are gone forever. Featured by XIVETV.
- Two tribes, 17 families and 60 acres in which to roam - this is the tale of an extraordinary Staffordshire Forest, home to 140 endangered Barbary Macaque monkeys. League of Monkeys, follows the everyday lives of the Macaques as they forge political alliances, uphold traditions, fight their battles and welcome the beginning of new lives whilst others are ending.
- Jay Young lives the wild life, wrangling, raising and wresting alligators deep in the heart of Colorado's Rocky Mountains. In this unusual location, Jay and his family run a reptile farm that attracts people from all over the world.
- A tiger loose in the streets of suburban New Jersey tips off locals to a larger and potentially deadly problem.
- There's a gang war happening in the Luangwa Valley in Zambia, a battle among hippos for territory, dominance, mating rights, and survival. The reason? Dry season: a seven-month drought that forces over 30,000 hippos to the deepest part of the river to stay wet and cool. Follow these three-ton beasts as they fight lions, crocodiles, and other hippo gangs, struggling to stay alive until the next rainfall. Only then can they return to the lush paradise they once called home.
- During the dry season in the Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe, there isn't enough water. There isn't enough food. The fifty thousand elephants that live there need to migrate. We follow one gang of fifteen on their journey to the Chobe River in Botswana. Led by its matriarch, the gang is completely made up of her offspring and it's her responsibility to get her family safely to the river. Despite all the dangers, the matriarch's gang makes it. She didn't give up. She did her best to protect her offspring. They are her family. And to an elephant, family is everything.
- The Okavango Delta in Botswana is so large it is visible from space. This is home to an alphabet of wild animals, from aardvark to zebra. And some of the smallest mammals live here. Meet the Mongoose gang. They may look cute and cuddly but they'll do whatever it takes to protect themselves. And it's a never-ending battle. Snakes, birds of prey and other predators are always lurking, dive-bombing or attacking. Survival is tenuous - especially being so little, and vulnerable. Preservation of the gang depends on keeping up the numbers. As many as eight generations of mongooses live together. We follow one gang as it struggles to endure. Besides predators, they have to deal with the threat of nature. A flood forces them to evacuate the abandoned termite mound they inhabit in search of another safe haven. The journey becomes a gauntlet of peril. They risk injury... and death. But nothing will stop them from reaching their new home. If they can keep growing in numbers this gang will beat the odds. More than anything, they are a loving and caring family. It's what has kept them going. And it will keep them going. They're small but they're feisty. They're survivors. They're banded brothers.
- They're not called wild dogs for nothing. They're ruthless. Relentless. Unmerciful. But they're also loving, caring and protective. They look after their young, injured and elderly. More than anything else, they're a team. A pack. A gang. They live together, hunt together and are completely dependent on each other. There are no outsiders. Everyone is related. It's one big family. And they are led by an alpha male and an alpha female. We follow a gang in the Mashatu Game Reserve in Botswana as they are forced to migrate when its den has been compromised by hyenas. The survival of the pups is at risk. Two of the youngsters grow up together, nurtured, taught and protected. They learn to hunt but, tragically, the inexperience of one of them leads to his death. The surviving brother eventually grows to adulthood. One day he may even take over as the alpha male. But the pack is too large. It's forced to split up. By doing so, a new gang is formed. Thus, the cycle continues. A cycle of survival. A constant battle. Will our gang make it? Will they kill for food, or be killed for food?
- Kennai a female Indian wild dog who has lost her mother to a tiger when she was young, has decided to leave her natal pack and is now the alpha female of her tiny young pack. As it is hard to hunt with her inexperienced pack members, her mate, the alpha male, is being lazy, and her sons, the Brothers, are planning to leave The Pack.
- In the desert wilderness of Namibia there is a river that lies hidden beneath the sand for most of the year. The abundance of water flowing over the desert is short-lived, in just a few days it all seeps into the ground and the plants and animals of the desert have to rely once more on their skills to survive in one of the harshest environments on Earth.
- Africa's landscape is sculpted by some formidable rivers and the Zambezi is one of the continent's mightiest. When the summer rains come to the valley, and fill the pools of the land buffaloes and elephants leave the river, but some animals, like the resident birds and spotted-neck otters, will always rely on this river - one of Africa's mightiest - the Zambezi.
- Hidden between the mountains of Africa's Rift Valley flows a majestic river that brings an abundant surge of water to the Luangwa Valley. But after six months of no rain life for the animals becomes extremely desperate. Just as there seems to be no hope of survival, the clouds gather over the mountains and rain brings relief to the Luangwa Valley and its inhabitants.
- One of Africa's most remarkable rivers spreads its waters over the desolate plains of the Kalahari Desert, forming the largest inland delta on earth, the Okavango. Fed by the summer rains that fall over southern Angola, the Okavango River flows into the heart of the desert in Botswana. As the water recedes, the desert reclaims its land.
- The seasons bring life to the valleys forged by the African rivers, but they also play a part in nature's tragedies. For most of the year, the Mara River flows peacefully through the wide plains of southern Kenya, but during the dry months it displays the ultimate life-and-death struggle: the crossing of hundreds and thousands of wildebeests.
- The quest to find the source of the Nile built and shattered explorers' dreams for centuries, until it was eventually discovered that the river's birthplace is Lake Victoria. Nile crocodiles have been using the banks of the river as nesting sites for centuries, showing a nurturing side unique in the reptile world.
- The Sand River is shorter and smaller than many of Africa's rivers, but it has great importance because it supports such an abundance of wildlife. Lions stay close to the river, knowing that their prey, such as buffalo, must pass regularly through their territory. To avoid competition with these powerful nocturnal predators, the cheetah hunts by day.
- The Limpopo river in southern Africa is a giant in size, and in the wealth of animal life it supports. In the dry season, it is the only source of water for the giants such as elephants, predators such as the python and the leopard. The river is a lure for their prey, particularly in winter.
- The Rufiji River flows through Tanzania in East Africa, through the vast Selous Game Reserve - the largest reserve in the whole of Africa. It is home to a variety of creatures such as the unique Selous wildebeest, and is a precious haven for endangered animals such as elephants and wild dogs.
- At the southern tip of Africa, the Olifants (Elephant) flows through and nourishes the unique Cape Floral Kingdom. Despite being the smallest of the world's six plant kingdoms, it is the richest and most spectacular, containing 3% of all the plant species found in the whole world.
- When in flood, the Pongola River creates a whole new wild world of quiet backwaters, hidden animals and ancient rituals. With the summer rains, the Pongola floods, filling its pans which are home to hippos, great white egrets and Goliath herons. Cane rats live in the lush vegetation along the banks, unseen by the warthogs and other creatures.
- The Ogooue River flows throughout the year through the lush tropical rainforest of Gabon in West Africa. The country is an unspoiled wildlife haven where nature is almost untouched by humans, providing a precious refuge for endangered primates such as western lowland gorillas, chimpanzees and black colobus monkeys.
- The Shire River is one of the few African rivers that flows steadily and peacefully throughout the year. It flows serenely through southern Malawi, fed by the abundant waters of Lake Malawi. The lake contains more fish species than any other lake in the world, including at least 600 types of cichlids, small colourful fish that protect their eggs and fry in the mother's mouth.