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Season 1

10 episodes · 2016

  1. 1Arctic

    16 May 2016

    Artic creatures aren't bothered by the cold. Rather, they fear the warmth caused by human activity that is setting the 'Earth's freezer' to 'defrost'.

  2. 2Yellowstone

    21 Jun 2016 · 26 min

    Serene as it seems, Yellowstone National Park is more unpredictable than an atom of Radium-226, thanks to the active super volcano below it.

  3. 3Oceans

    22 Jun 2016 · 25 min

    Most of Earth's animals live in the sea, where they form a "living soup" or a "massive death chowder" in which it's eat or be eaten.

  4. 4Wildebeest

    23 Jun 2016 · 26 min

    The wildebeest, one of the many species of ungulates and "cud munchers" that populate the Serengeti, take part in a grand migration every year.

  5. 5Madagascar

    24 Jun 2016 · 26 min

    Many of the flora and fauna of Madagascar are found nowhere else on Earth, which is why the island isn't called "Normal-a-gascar."

  6. 6Penguins

    27 Jun 2016 · 26 min

    Penguins, "the natural world's answer to Charlie Chaplin," only have to waddle about to make children -- and Amstrong Wedgewood -- smile.

  7. 7Islands

    28 Jun 2016 · 26 min

    Life on islands evolves in isolation from the wider world, and in a manner that is "absolutely potty." Much of this life is weird and wonderful.

  8. 8Great Apes

    29 Jun 2016 · 26 min

    The great apes, not to be confused with monkeys, have opposable thumbs, complex social politics and other "phenomenally humanlike" qualities.

  9. 9Forests

    30 Jun 2016 · 26 min

    In forests, the perfect combination of sunlight and rain "makes trees grow like billy-o." Among these trees, an entire world springs into being.

  10. 10Bearsfinale

    01 Jul 2016 · 26 min

    Armstrong narrates a focus on bears, the largest land predators on Earth which, surprisingly, forage for some of the smallest meals available.