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- Filmmaker Asgeir Helgestad documents the state of nature at his home country Norway, where he has photographed all his life. From the lives of bees at his farm, to wild reindeer on the high mountains, and puffins at the ocean's edge, he shows the beauty of threatened nature and tracks down human actions responsible for its decline. This is a personal story on our connection with the non-human world, the relations between the small and the big, and a reminder of nature's strength and vulnerability.
- CRIMES THAT CHANGED THE WORLD shows spectacular criminal cases that held the world in suspense and changed it forever. They include major judicial scandals, gruesome serial murders and historic assassinations.
- It showcases the twisted motivations and origins of the SS (the Schutzstaffel), which was Nazi Germany's paramilitary unit that was a key architect of the Holocaust.
- Carved by the retreat of a two-million-year-old glacier, North America's five great lakes, Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario; form the largest freshwater ecosystem on Earth.
- A look at the wild life of the honey bees in European forests and the important role they have in nature through the numerous connections they have with other living organisms.
- Meet Dot, the little wild horse foal. She is a Przewalski's horse: the only true wild horse species of the world. Although the origin of this endangered species is in Mongolia, Dot lives in the heart of Europe, on the grassy plains of Hungary called the "Puszta". 25 years ago some were introduced here and the horses instantly formed an organic connection with this magical land with rich and unique wildlife. Today this is one of the largest Przewalski's horse herds on the planet. This is their story.
- 'The Lions Rule' is the saga of three lion families linked together by a strange, charmed place called the Glade: a beautiful oasis in Ruaha National Park where there is always water.
- Eastern Poland is one of Europe's last wild regions; the Biebrza lowlands make up the biggest national park in Poland and are of the utmost value for beavers, otters and countless aquatic birds.
- Madagascar is an ultimate island: Nowhere else on Earth exist so many weird animals in one place. For millions of years, this island lay isolated in the Indian Ocean. Far from the main continents a unique flora and fauna could evolve here. Like the lemurs, a group of prosimians that only live on Madagascar. There are about 100 known species of them - the largest is the Indri. Its home is the rainforest on Madagascar's eastern side. The most adaptable is the ring-tailed lemur, who even can survive in the driest places. But the human population in Madagascar is rising rapidly. To produce charcoal, great parts of the rainforest are being chopped down. Only 10% of the natural rainforest still exists. In his two-part series, wildlife filmmaker Thomas Behrend presents a still - in some areas - mythical world that is on the brink of extinction.
- The mountain worlds of the Caucasus mark the border between Europe and Asia. The film shows the species and landscape diversity of the lesser Caucasus in Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan. Shielded from the main ridge of the Greater Caucasus, a thermophilic flora and fauna has been able to develop there. For the first time, the land bridge between Europe and Persia is portrayed comprehensively: From the mountains of Dagestan to the canyons of the Caspian Basin and to biblical Mount Ararat.
- "Terra Xplore" is a scientific/documentary show on german ZDF.
- The wild boar was hunted for hundreds of years until it was on the brink of extinction, but today the animals are growing in numbers due to their own resistance, intelligence, and animal protection.
- This documentary presents an intimate look at the silverback Kamaya and his family and features a newborn baby gorilla, brave researchers, forest elephants, buffalos and the last remaining wild coastline in the African tropics.
- Angry birds are very popular- especially among game-playing kids, but are there real angry birds out there? Birds battle to survive, find food, and shelter, avoid danger, and raise their young. Life's hard, but will they get in a flap?
- Monkeys are some of the most evolutionarily successful species on the planet, from Japanese snow monkeys to African baboons. Loveable, aggressive, and full of mischief, our distant cousins have much in common with us. Swinging through our primate family tree quickly reveals the diversity.
- No other country in Europe has more bears than Romania. There are probably over 6000. Especially in Transylvania, they often come dangerously close to humans. As a result, people in many places are at their wits' end. The film follows a female bear and her three cubs as they leave the protection of the Carpathian forests and become 'problem bears'. Their dramatic fate highlights the challenges of bear-human coexistence. Is there still a common future in densely populated Europe?
- We live on an ever-moving planet, and as landscapes are altered, wildlife must march to its rhythm. Driven by instinct, they follow the maps hardwired into their DNA. Some run, some fly, but most swim.
- The Baltics are rich in superlatives: a fifth of the world's spotted eagle stocks breed here. One of the largest courtship arenas for snipes is located here in the floodplains of Latvia. More than 1000 wolves go on the hunt in Latvia's forests. Lithuania is the land of storks - with over 13.000 pairs, no other region in the Baltic States has more white storks.
- Cityfoxes and rural foxes in Germany live very separate lives. This documentary takes a close look at how they manage at all and what challenges these animals face respectively.
- The ultimate icons of the polar wilderness able to withstand the harshest environments and remain a top predator; the lives of polar bears are nothing short of remarkable
- The Cheetah: the fastest land animal on the earth and a feared predator. Every fiber of its body is designed to win the race for survival. But before the cubs can dominate the African Savannah, a mother cheetah must transform her offspring from adorable kittens into bold, powerful hunters. We follow the destinies of a young cheetah mother and her first cubs, as she struggles to teach her offspring how to survive in one of the most cutthroat environments on the planet. An epic true story set against the backdrop of one of the wildest places of our planet. High-speed cameras capture the real-life of the sprinters of the African Savannah, and reveals every stunning detail of one of the most important lessons: how to hunt for prey. Although they will one day be feared, the cubs are under constant threat from surrounding lions, leopards and hyenas.
- The film draws an exciting portrait of Norway, the country between fjords and fells.
- Rugged mountains in the North, gentle and hilly landscapes in the South and craggy cliffs along the coastline - a region of contrasts. Experience the fascinating nature of Great Britain's Wild West from completely new perspectives.