New Dawn | Walking with Beasts

New Dawn | Walking with Beasts

Ancient Civilizations | BBC One | 2001 | 29'11''

The series following on from Walking with Dinosaurs. begins 49 million years ago. The world is heavily forested and birds rule the planet, pre...

Land of Giants | Walking with Beasts

Land of Giants | Walking with Beasts

Ancient Civilizations | BBC One | 2001 | 29'16''

25 million years ago in the Oligocene Epoch lived the Indricotheres. Weighing 15 tonnes and standing 7 metres tall, they were the larges...

Whale Killer | Walking with Beasts

Whale Killer | Walking with Beasts

Ancient Civilizations | BBC One | 2001 | 29'05''

36 million years ago mammals ruled the world. It is in the sea, however, that the most monstrous mammals can be found.

Sabre Tooth | Walking with Beasts

Sabre Tooth | Walking with Beasts

Ancient Civilizations | BBC One | 2001 | 29'01''

This episode follows the progress of a Smilodon called Half Tooth. Smilodon was the largest of all the sabre tooth cats which roamed South ...

Next of Kin | Walking with Beasts

Next of Kin | Walking with Beasts

Ancient Civilizations | BBC One | 2001 | 29'02''

We travel back 3 million years to Ethiopia, where Australopithecus, one of the first upright apes, lived in danger of being hunted by sabre...

Mammoth Journey | Walking with Beasts

Mammoth Journey | Walking with Beasts

Ancient Civilizations | BBC One | 2001 | 28'59''

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 ...

The Beasts Within | Walking with Beasts

The Beasts Within | Walking with Beasts

Ancient Civilizations | BBC One | 2001 | 49'15''

A look behind the scenes at the making of the series on prehistoric mammals. TV special effects show how Man's dextrous hands & expre...

Triumph of the Beasts | Walking with Beasts

Triumph of the Beasts | Walking with Beasts

Ancient Civilizations | BBC One | 2001 | 49'13''

The incredible story of how mammals took over from the dinosaurs as the largest, fastest and fiercest creatures on Earth.

The invasive chameleons of Hawaii | Earth’s Tropical Islands

The invasive chameleons of Hawaii | Earth’s Tropical Islands

Biology | BBC Two | 2020 | 1'57''

Invasive species like these chameleons are a threat to the native wildlfe of Hawaii.

Cockatoos | Australia: Earth’s Magical Kingdom

Cockatoos | Australia: Earth’s Magical Kingdom

Biology | BBC Two | 2019 | 1'39''

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...

Baby ibex chased by fox | Planet Earth II

Baby ibex chased by fox | Planet Earth II

Biology | BBC One | 2016 | 1'12''

Vertiginous slopes keep ibex families safe from predators but they need to descend to flat ground to drink and this brings them in ...

Personal staff | The Trials of Life

Personal staff | The Trials of Life

Biology | BBC Two | 1990 | 2'13''

Looking at how species form partnerships or associations in the fight for survival.

Fun with snowballs | Snow Babies

Fun with snowballs | Snow Babies

Biology | BBC One | 2012 | 1'38''

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...

Lost in a blizzard | Snow Babies

Lost in a blizzard | Snow Babies

Biology | BBC One | 2012 | 2'30''

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...

Human impact | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Human impact | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Biology | BBC One | 2016 | 2'33''

The impact of human life on marine seabirds is quite apparent as the seas warm. This has encouraged different ty...

Scottish wild cat | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Scottish wild cat | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Biology | BBC One | 2016 | 4'14''

Due to diluting with domestic cats, the true genes of the Scottish wild cat are scarce. This has lead to a ...

Caring for reindeer | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Caring for reindeer | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Biology | BBC One | 2016 | 4'32''

Highlanders help maintain the reindeer population, who are very docile, bringing in tourism to the local ...

Rewilding | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Rewilding | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Biology | BBC One | 2016 | 3'02''

Rewilding and reintroducing species to Scotland is controversial and while there are benefits, it is the people of ...

Regenerating forests | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Regenerating forests | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Biology | BBC One | 2016 | 2'42''

After centuries of neglect, the ancient forests of the Highlands are in need of help to naturally regene...

Conserving ospreys | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Conserving ospreys | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Biology | BBC One | 2016 | 3'46''

Due to egg collectors, the osprey was on the brink extinction until the 1950's when conservation began and...

Public engagement | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Public engagement | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Biology | BBC One | 2016 | 2'46''

Public engagement has been vital in succeeding at conservation as it spreads knowledge and awareness about ...

Lost seal pups | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Lost seal pups | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Biology | BBC One | 2016 | 5'04''

When moving around the beach, its easy to become lost as a seal pup. Trying to find mum can be fraught with at...

Salmon breeding | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Salmon breeding | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Biology | BBC One | 2016 | 2'08''

The female digs a small hole in the bottom of the river to lay her eggs, protecting them and preparing them f...

Ptarmigans | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Ptarmigans | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Biology | BBC One | 2016 | 2'35''

As the Winter snow settles, ptarmigans plumage turns white for camouflage and they stick close to the Scottish ski...

Black grouse | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Black grouse | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Biology | BBC One | 2016 | 1'43''

As the snow clears, male black grouse with wheezing calls and plumped up feathers battle to gain the best ground...

Northern lights | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Northern lights | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Biology | BBC One | 2016 | 1'20''

As the Winter solstice approaches, the Northern Lights becomes visible.

Grey seals | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Grey seals | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Biology | BBC One | 2016 | 3'24''

Grey seal clans are controlled by one male who is in charge of a harem of females when settled on the beach, and n...

Reindeer fight | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Reindeer fight | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Biology | BBC One | 2016 | 3'24''

A young reindeer challenges the older male for alpha status.

Hoarding squirrels | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Hoarding squirrels | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Biology | BBC One | 2016 | 2'47''

One red squirrel's hard hoarding work, marking and burying food for winter, is all undone by a rival who f...

Atlantic salmon | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Atlantic salmon | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Biology | BBC One | 2016 | 3'13''

After their 2000-mile journey, Atlantic salmon return to lay eggs at their spawning ground high up in the Hig...

Reindeer | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Reindeer | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Biology | BBC One | 2016 | 2'34''

In the 1950's, Scotland reintroduced reindeer after being extinct in the highlands for 8000 years.

Pete bog dragonfly | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Pete bog dragonfly | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Biology | BBC One | 2016 | 4'23''

When the summer arrives, the heat draws dragonflies out of the bog and into the light to shed their skin a...

Jumping guillemots | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Jumping guillemots | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Biology | BBC One | 2016 | 3'45''

The guillemot chicks have to jump from their high cliffs into the water if they are to grow into adults an...

Guillemot attack | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Guillemot attack | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Biology | BBC One | 2016 | 3'41''

Other seabirds get territorial over the cliffs leaving one guillemot chick to jump poorly and hit the rocks ...

Scottish midges | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Scottish midges | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Biology | BBC One | 2016 | 1'42''

The infamous Scottish midges descend in their trillions come Summer, but luckily there is a plant that feeds ...

Bullying guillemots | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Bullying guillemots | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Biology | BBC One | 2016 | 2'34''

Larger birds take advantage of the guillemots fishing skills and bully them in the air so they drop their...

Golden eaglets | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Golden eaglets | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Biology | BBC One | 2016 | 3'21''

Golden eaglets need a lot of food to grow, with the parents catching up to three full-size hares a day.

Guillemot chicks | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Guillemot chicks | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Biology | BBC One | 2016 | 2'25''

On the precipitous ledge, hunting for food is tricky job with the chicks needing at least 3 sand eels a day ...

Eaglet fight | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Eaglet fight | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Biology | BBC One | 2016 | 1'18''

Hunger drives eaglet siblings to fight each other, with the first born always being stronger and having the adva...

Sea otters | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Sea otters | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Biology | BBC One | 2016 | 2'58''

Baby sea otters are taught everything by their single mum, and are kept warm and waterproof by their dense fur con...

Golden-eyed ducklings | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Golden-eyed ducklings | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Biology | BBC One | 2016 | 2'04''

With the addition of breeding boxes, golden-eyed ducks have been able to spawn ducklings. However once ...

Guillemot eggs | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Guillemot eggs | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Biology | BBC One | 2016 | 5'13''

Guillemots collect on steep cliff edges, laying distinctive eggs so their parents can recognise them, although...

Bottlenose dolphins | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Bottlenose dolphins | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Biology | BBC One | 2016 | 3'42''

Bottlenose dolphins search for spawning grounds to catch Atlantic salmon to eat, although there is a diff...

Baby dippers escape nest | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Baby dippers escape nest | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Biology | BBC One | 2016 | 5'41''

Due to extreme rainfall, the baby dippers have to vacate their nest as they venture in their first o...

Timberman beetle | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Timberman beetle | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Biology | BBC One | 2016 | 2'08''

The rare Timberman beetle is on a mission to mate with a female, with their extended antennae thought to aid...

Osprey nest attack | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Osprey nest attack | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Biology | BBC One | 2016 | 2'09''

A lost male osprey decides to infiltrate a settled nest and it is down to the mother to guard her chicks f...

Capercaillie | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Capercaillie | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Biology | BBC One | 2016 | 3'42''

There are only 1000 wild capercaillie in Scotland and competition to mate is fraught.

Scottish wood ants | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Scottish wood ants | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Biology | BBC One | 2016 | 1'52''

By eating plants, Scottish wood ants protect trees and saplings from destruction and safeguard the future ...