In 1910 moose were released deep in New Zealand’s Fiordland in an attempt to set up a hunting herd. They flourished for a while, some were even shot, but then they died out. Or did they? One man, Ken Tustin, still believes they exist, hidden deep in the heart of Fiordland. This is the story of his quest to solve one of New Zealand’s most mysterious secrets.
Paradise Drowned follows Tuvalu’s plight against the sea. Does this small Pacific nation have a future?
In a remote pocket of ancient tropical rainforest in northern Sumatra live a unique group of orangutans so highly intelligent they use tools in their everyday life. Asia’s tropical rainforests are remarkable organisms which are home to a rich diversity of animals. In a remote corner of Sumatra’s lush forests, a group of orangutans reveals new and fascinating behaviour.
New Zealand fur seal pups ... Born on opposite sides of New Zealand’s South Island. It’s a battle field where less than 60 percent of pups make it to their first birthday.
2000 years ago New Zealand looked very different from the rest of the world. It was a primeval paradise for birds, a relic of an ancient world long forgotten.
Little Blue Penguins run the gauntlet to escape Great White Sharks – but they’re not the only species flirting with death on New Zealand’s famous Stewart Island.
New Zealand is home to a variety of remarkable plants and animals; among them species like the Tuatara and Weta, the Kauri and the Kiwi.
A dramatic and poignant portrayal of the fragile alliances and desperate strategies for survival adopted by three species of animals caught in the no-man’s land where the human and natural worlds collide.
The Southern Alps are young mountains, actively growing and changing. As the seasons change, contrasts of storms and silence fill the valleys and ironically in the crash of falling rocks and the noise of avalanches roaring down, the mountains are growing up. Life is tenuous up here. The sound of young mountains is the sound of change.
An amazing array of plants and animals survives in the Namib, the world’s oldest desert. They’ve had fifty million years to evolve cunning ways to cope with the heat and harvest water from the fog that often blankets this unique coastal desert.
Life takes on a new hue 30 metres down a coral reef wall.
Discover why ‘The Devil’s Sea’ off the south coast of Japan is so extraordinarily deadly and decide for yourself if this stretch of water could be the Bermuda Triangle of the Pacific.
Ecologist Robert Richmond has been studying reef systems for a lifetime. What has he discovered?
When the brief subantarctic summer comes to Enderby Island, so does a rare breed of animal: Hooker's sea lion. Enderby is their breeding ground and breeding, for sea lions, is not a lukewarm affair.
The devastating effects of a tsunami hitting Auckland.
In Animal I.T. we explore the world of animal senses and animal intelligence. We may think we’re the smartest creatures on earth but animals often see and hear far more than we can. Their senses are more finely tuned and their responses much faster. Human roboticists are now turning to animal tech for inspiration in building the next generation of artificially intelligent machines.
As winter’s icy fist unclenches, spring brings new life to an array of fascinating freshwater inhabitants in the water-blessed regions of Asia’s north eastern corners.
A clumsy albatross.
An investigation into the anatomy of a tsunami: from the science behind recent events, ramping to a mega tsunami that’s yet to happen – the Mega Disaster.
Discover the darker side of paradise as we reveal the secrets concealed among the crystal blue waters and white sands of idyllic South Pacific islands.
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