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Alyeska: The Great Land

Episode number: 1

Overview: Examines how the plants and animals of Alaska’s Alyeska wilderness have adapted to the regions harsh climate.

Baja Lagoon

Episode number: 2

Overview: An examination of the plants and animals that make their home in a shallow lagoon found on the Western coast of Mexico’s Baja Peninsula.

Galapagos: How They Got There

Episode number: 3

Overview: This exploration of the Galapagos Islands, located in the Pacific Ocean West of Ecuador, examines theories explaining the arrival of wildlife to the archipelago.

Galapagos: Cold on the Equator

Episode number: 4

Overview: Marine iguanas, cormorants, green turtles, sea lions, and sperm whales are among the animals that thrive in the cold waters surrounding the equatorially located Galapagos Islands.

Galapagos: The Ocean Travelers

Episode number: 5

Overview: A look at the Galapagos Islands’ many birds, include the waved albatross, blue-footed booby, frigate bird and the ground finch; also, man’s relationship with the islands’ changing environment.

Pantanal: Prairie of the Great Waters

Episode number: 6

Overview: A look at how the Pantanal's wildlife species cope with the annual cycle of flood and drought which transforms the marshy prairie from a dry savannah into the world's largest freshwater wetland – a 36,000 square-mile area that encompasses Southwestern Brazil and parts of Bolivia and Paraguay.

Cats

Episode number: 7

Overview: An examination of the behavior of man’s feline friends.

Leopard: A Darkness in the Grass

Episode number: 8

Overview: The activities of an elusive female leopard are traced over a two-day period on the hot plains of Africa.

The Elephant Challenge

Episode number: 9

Overview: A look at the survival of the African elephants, as ivory and foraging land became more valuable.

Ichkeul: Between the Desert and the Deep Blue Sea

Episode number: 10

Overview: A freshwater lake in Tunisia that turns salty every summer.

In the Shadow of Fujisan: See No Evil

Episode number: 11

Overview: The Japanese take efforts to save an indigenous monkey.

In the Shadow of Fujisan: Bird of Happiness

Episode number: 12

Overview: A look at the crane, Japanese symbol of longevity, true love and happiness.

In the Shadow of Fujisan: Long Live the Turtle

Episode number: 13

Overview: Hunters and egg poachers threaten the existence of the giant loggerhead turtle.

America's Wild Horses

Episode number: 14

Overview: Following the wild mustangs of America’s West.

Holy Land: A Wilderness Like Eden

Episode number: 15

Overview: An exploration of the Rift Valley that sweeps North from Kenya to Turkey, where prophets said their god first planted a garden.

Holy Land: Sweet Water, Bitter Sea

Episode number: 16

Overview: The unusual life in the salty Dead Sea, where the desert plunges 1,200 feet below sea level.

The Forgotten Garden

Episode number: 17

Overview: What happens when a finely maintained garden is abandoned.

Lords of Hokkaido

Episode number: 18

Overview: A year on a Japanese island following a family of red foxes.

Designed for Living

Episode number: 19

Overview: The tunnelers, thatchers, weavers, dam builders, sculptors, potters and spinners of the animal kingdom.

Masked Monkeys

Episode number: 20

Overview: Echoing hoots and trills, bandit masks, feathered tufts and orange noses distinguish African forest monkeys called quenons.