13 episodes · 9th October 1983
The vast areas of kelp growing on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean provide a vital food source for countless creatures.
As an agent of decay, fungi performs a function essential to life on earth.
A great variety of wildlife species live in and around the thorny acacia trees on the African plains.
Wildlife photographer Hugh Miles finds an opportunity to film a female otter on one of the remote Shetland islands.
Insects such as the beetle, firefly and moth make use of their natural chemicals as weapons against their enemies.
The time-honored and ritualistic relationship of the highland peoples of Papua, New Guinea, to the birds of paradise is examined.
A look at this large bird’s life cycle, from hatching in the Scottish highlands through migration to Africa and its annual return to Scotland.
Examined is the giant industry of bee cultivation in the U.S. and its relation to the billions of dollars annually at stake in the alfalfa crop.
An examination of the effects of alien plants and animals on Florida’s resident wildlife, agriculture, commerce and health.
An examination of the nest-building habits of birds in various parts of the world.
The life cycle of the bumblebee is compared to that of humans in order to explain the “energy crisis” confronting the insects.
The will of wildlife to survive is documented by photographers Stanley Breedon and Belinda Wright at the Keola Deo National Park in India during one of the droughts that occurs every 20 to 30 years when the monsoons do not come.
An exploration of the sunken Japanese war machinery destroyed by the Allies during World War II in the South Pacific, which provides an environment for underwater plant and animal life.
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