Episodes
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1. Alyeska: The Great Land
1986-10-19 · 53m
Examines how the plants and animals of Alaska’s Alyeska wilderness have adapted to the regions harsh climate.
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2. Baja Lagoon
1986-10-26 · 53m
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.
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3. Galapagos: How They Got There
1986-11-02 · 53m
This exploration of the Galapagos Islands, located in the Pacific Ocean West of Ecuador, examines theories explaining the arrival of wildlife to the archipelago.
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4. Galapagos: Cold on the Equator
1986-11-09 · 53m
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.
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5. Galapagos: The Ocean Travelers
1986-11-16 · 53m
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.
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6. Pantanal: Prairie of the Great Waters
1986-11-23 · 53m
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.
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7. Cats
1986-12-07 · 53m
An examination of the behavior of man’s feline friends.
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8. Leopard: A Darkness in the Grass
1986-12-14 · 53m
The activities of an elusive female leopard are traced over a two-day period on the hot plains of Africa.
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9. The Elephant Challenge
1987-01-18 · 53m
A look at the survival of the African elephants, as ivory and foraging land became more valuable.
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10. Ichkeul: Between the Desert and the Deep Blue Sea
1987-02-08 · 53m
A freshwater lake in Tunisia that turns salty every summer.
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11. In the Shadow of Fujisan: See No Evil
1987-02-22 · 53m
The Japanese take efforts to save an indigenous monkey.
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12. In the Shadow of Fujisan: Bird of Happiness
1987-03-01 · 53m
A look at the crane, Japanese symbol of longevity, true love and happiness.
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13. In the Shadow of Fujisan: Long Live the Turtle
1987-03-08 · 53m
Hunters and egg poachers threaten the existence of the giant loggerhead turtle.
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14. America's Wild Horses
1987-03-15 · 53m
Following the wild mustangs of America’s West.
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15. Holy Land: A Wilderness Like Eden
1987-04-12 · 53m
An exploration of the Rift Valley that sweeps North from Kenya to Turkey, where prophets said their god first planted a garden.
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16. Holy Land: Sweet Water, Bitter Sea
1987-04-19 · 53m
The unusual life in the salty Dead Sea, where the desert plunges 1,200 feet below sea level.
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17. The Forgotten Garden
1987-04-26 · 53m
What happens when a finely maintained garden is abandoned.
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18. Lords of Hokkaido
1987-05-10 · 53m
A year on a Japanese island following a family of red foxes.
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19. Designed for Living
1987-05-17 · 53m
The tunnelers, thatchers, weavers, dam builders, sculptors, potters and spinners of the animal kingdom.
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20. Masked Monkeys
1987-05-24 · 55m
Echoing hoots and trills, bandit masks, feathered tufts and orange noses distinguish African forest monkeys called quenons.
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