The series following on from Walking with Dinosaurs. begins 49 million years ago. The world is heavily forested and birds rule the planet, pre...
25 million years ago in the Oligocene Epoch lived the Indricotheres. Weighing 15 tonnes and standing 7 metres tall, they were the larges...
36 million years ago mammals ruled the world. It is in the sea, however, that the most monstrous mammals can be found.
This episode follows the progress of a Smilodon called Half Tooth. Smilodon was the largest of all the sabre tooth cats which roamed South ...
We travel back 3 million years to Ethiopia, where Australopithecus, one of the first upright apes, lived in danger of being hunted by sabre...
Last in the series follows a herd of mammoths as they make their way south for winter, running a gauntlet of ice-age hunters including ...
A look behind the scenes at the making of the series on prehistoric mammals. TV special effects show how Man's dextrous hands & expre...
The incredible story of how mammals took over from the dinosaurs as the largest, fastest and fiercest creatures on Earth.
Invasive species like these chameleons are a threat to the native wildlfe of Hawaii.
A parrot finds a tree hollow to lay her eggs in, the hollow is dry and out of reach from predators. The cockatoos also w...
Vertiginous slopes keep ibex families safe from predators but they need to descend to flat ground to drink and this brings them in ...
Looking at how species form partnerships or associations in the fight for survival.
Some troops of Japanese macaques have learned how to make snowballs. A young macaque has learned the technique but is not quite sure what to...
Emperor penguin chicks have evolved to withstand the cold, but when a blizzard blows up even they feel the effects. Worse still, they have b...
The impact of human life on marine seabirds is quite apparent as the seas warm. This has encouraged different ty...
Due to diluting with domestic cats, the true genes of the Scottish wild cat are scarce. This has lead to a ...
Highlanders help maintain the reindeer population, who are very docile, bringing in tourism to the local ...
Rewilding and reintroducing species to Scotland is controversial and while there are benefits, it is the people of ...
After centuries of neglect, the ancient forests of the Highlands are in need of help to naturally regene...
Due to egg collectors, the osprey was on the brink extinction until the 1950's when conservation began and...
Public engagement has been vital in succeeding at conservation as it spreads knowledge and awareness about ...
When moving around the beach, its easy to become lost as a seal pup. Trying to find mum can be fraught with at...
The female digs a small hole in the bottom of the river to lay her eggs, protecting them and preparing them f...
As the Winter snow settles, ptarmigans plumage turns white for camouflage and they stick close to the Scottish ski...
As the snow clears, male black grouse with wheezing calls and plumped up feathers battle to gain the best ground...
As the Winter solstice approaches, the Northern Lights becomes visible.
Grey seal clans are controlled by one male who is in charge of a harem of females when settled on the beach, and n...
A young reindeer challenges the older male for alpha status.
One red squirrel's hard hoarding work, marking and burying food for winter, is all undone by a rival who f...
After their 2000-mile journey, Atlantic salmon return to lay eggs at their spawning ground high up in the Hig...
In the 1950's, Scotland reintroduced reindeer after being extinct in the highlands for 8000 years.
When the summer arrives, the heat draws dragonflies out of the bog and into the light to shed their skin a...
The guillemot chicks have to jump from their high cliffs into the water if they are to grow into adults an...
Other seabirds get territorial over the cliffs leaving one guillemot chick to jump poorly and hit the rocks ...
The infamous Scottish midges descend in their trillions come Summer, but luckily there is a plant that feeds ...
Larger birds take advantage of the guillemots fishing skills and bully them in the air so they drop their...
Golden eaglets need a lot of food to grow, with the parents catching up to three full-size hares a day.
On the precipitous ledge, hunting for food is tricky job with the chicks needing at least 3 sand eels a day ...
Hunger drives eaglet siblings to fight each other, with the first born always being stronger and having the adva...
Baby sea otters are taught everything by their single mum, and are kept warm and waterproof by their dense fur con...
With the addition of breeding boxes, golden-eyed ducks have been able to spawn ducklings. However once ...
Guillemots collect on steep cliff edges, laying distinctive eggs so their parents can recognise them, although...
Bottlenose dolphins search for spawning grounds to catch Atlantic salmon to eat, although there is a diff...
Due to extreme rainfall, the baby dippers have to vacate their nest as they venture in their first o...
The rare Timberman beetle is on a mission to mate with a female, with their extended antennae thought to aid...
A lost male osprey decides to infiltrate a settled nest and it is down to the mother to guard her chicks f...
There are only 1000 wild capercaillie in Scotland and competition to mate is fraught.
By eating plants, Scottish wood ants protect trees and saplings from destruction and safeguard the future ...
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