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Since its start in 2009, WILDLIFE has been the pillar nature series on NHK, consistent in its delivery of quality and high standard. Produced by the seasoned Natural History Unit of NHK Enterprises, the series reveals the pulsating life of the kingdom. Through its commitment to innovative storytelling, each episode is filmed over long periods and makes use of the latest equipment in pursuit of new visual experiences.

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NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) is Japan’s sole public NHK Enterprises, Inc. (NEP) was established in 1985, as an broadcaster. Funded by fees from Japanese households, affiliated company of NHK, to produce TV programs for NHK. it has a reputation for impartial, high-quality programming. Over the years, NEP has expanded its business across a wide Through its four nationwide TV channels and three radio range of content-related activities both at home and abroad to channels, NHK reaches about 50 million households. Besides become one of the leading companies in the content industry. being a broadcaster, NHK produces a vast array of high- quality programs covering news, documentaries, children’s and educational programs, music, entertainment, culture, animation and drama. Known as the pioneer of HD, NHK now actively produces programs in 4K and 8K. Survival Instincts: Ingenious Egg Layers: Iguana vs. Basilisk White-Spotted Bamboo Sharks

50 min. 2018 206950 4K VOD 50 min. 2017 206949 4K VOD

The rainforests of Costa Rica in Central America is full of life, A small bay lying southeast of the island of Shikoku in southern Japan where over 70 species of thrive. The 80-centimeter basilisk is the only known spot in the world where carpet sharks gather for is a ferocious predator, while the iguana is herbivorous and can breeding. With help from a top shark researcher, the cameras grow to be 2 meters. The episode features the basilisk’s ability to observe the sharks for 6 months, and discover a surprising enemy run across water, as well as how newly hatched iguanas live as a that cuts open the eggs to devour the developing embryos inside. group to survive.

A Family’s Bond: Battle of the Alphas: Dingoes Mandrills

50 min. 2017 Except for Australia 206948 4K VOD 50 min. 2017 206947 4K VOD

At the top of the food chain on Fraser Island off the coast of Amid the lush rainforest in Gabon, Africa, live rare monkeys with Australia is the dingo. The cameras follow a family with 9 pups as unforgettable faces. The male mandrill boasts magnificent blue it overcomes the deaths of members, skirmishes with other packs, cheeks with a bright red stripe down its nose, a trait used to and a deadly forest fire, featuring a rarely documented case where establish hierarchy. With help from researchers, the episode an older male sibling helps his parents raise the puppies. captures the struggle to unseat an older alpha male, where the females play a decisive role.

http://pf.nhk-ep.co.jp/ 01 When Frogs Dance and Sing: No Time for Sloth: The Mysterious Amphibians of Borneo The Sloth Bears of Sri Lanka

52 min. 2016 206638 4K VOD 52 min. 2016 206637 4K VOD

With giant trees nurtured by rich water resources, the jungles of The rare sloth bear, almost never spotted in the wild, looks Borneo are home to a vast array of frog species. One, the black-spotted deceivingly cuddly. But it is fierce, feared for its long sharp claws. rock frog, can hop across water surfaces in a ninja-like manner. In Sri Lanka’s oldest national park, the cameras successfully Males also use the webbed toes of their hind legs to court females. capture the mysterious creature’s unique hunting habits as well as The cameras accompany a research team into this frog paradise. a mother raising her cubs.

Blessed by Volcanoes: Surviving Deadly Slopes: The Marine Life of the Izu Islands, Japan The Japanese Serows of Mt. Hakusan

52 min. 2016 206642 VOD 52 min. 2016 206641 VOD

Lying in the Pacific Ocean south of Tokyo, the Izu Islands were Designated by the Japanese government as a special natural born from undersea volcanoes that are still active today. Each monument, Japanese serows live solitary lives hidden in the forests of the five northern islands features distinct landscapes. This of rugged mountainous areas. Across four seasons on the steep episode highlights the lives of creatures that have adapted to this slopes of the Hakusan mountain range, the cameras capture a rare, extraordinary environment. in-depth look at the unique lives of serows in their harsh habitat.

02 A Family’s Tale: Acoustic Predators: Brown Bears Great Gray Owls

49 min. 2016 206383 VOD 49 min. 2016 206448 VOD

Japan’s Shiretoko Peninsula is a stronghold for the brown bear, Of the 11 species of owl in Canada’s Manitoba province, the great the country’s largest land predator. Cameras follow one family gray owl is one of the largest. Equipped with highly sensitive ears, over a period of two years, discovering the shift in the mother-cub it hunts by detecting rodents through thick layers of snow. From relationship. The young must be willing even to fight with its own winter where temperatures drop to -40 degrees Celsius to spring mother in order to survive in this great wilderness. when chicks hatch, the episode features the gray owl and other graceful hunters.

Leaping Lemurs of Madagascar: Survivors of the Plains: Indri Lions of Tsavo

49 min. 2016 206384 VOD 49 min. 2016 206385 VOD

Among Madagascar’s 100 varieties of lemurs, the indri is the In Tsavo’s national park in Kenya live male lions that have lost largest. Despite being as tall as 1.4 meters standing upright, the much of their mane. These males participate in hunts and work for lemur has chosen to remain a tree-dweller. The cameras showcase their share, rather than swoop in to take the first bite after the the indri’s incredible agility in jumping 10 meters from tree to tree, lionesses do all the work, as usually happens. Tsavo’s harsh as well as document its unique female dominant family structure. environment holds the key to the mysterious change in the behaviors of its lions.

http://pf.nhk-ep.co.jp/ 03 Impressing the Troop: When the Sky Goes Dark: Toque Macaques The Megabats of Africa

49 min. 2016 206449 VOD 52 min. 2016 206281 VOD

A main attraction for the ruins of Sri Lanka’s ancient city of For 2 months a year, 10 million megabats gather and descend on Polonnaruwa is its population of toque macaques. Living under a a small forest in Zambia. The mass is great enough to impact the strict social hierarchy, new males display extraordinary effort to win forest ecosystem, and also attracts hungry giant eagles and . approval from the alpha male. From caring for injured babies to Why this many, and why here? Cameras focus on this recently scheming defection, the cameras focus on the eager social climbers. discovered spectacle.

The Caiman Hunters: Desert Survivors: Jaguar, Brazilian Wetlands Arabian Wolf

52 min. 2016 205786 4K VOD 52 min. 2016 205787 4K VOD

The program goes after the elusive jaguar, on the riverbank of the A unique presence in Israel’s Negev Desert, a place with no rain for Pantanal wetland in Brazil during its dry season. With numbers 6 months and temperatures reaching 50 degrees Celsius, is the recovering as result of conservation efforts, the cameras are able Arabian wolf, the smallest in the wolf family. They don’t hunt in packs, to capture a treasure trove of footage, including the carnivore’s nor do they follow prey over long distances. The cameras capture dramatic hunt, where it kills with one bite using its incredibly these extremely rare wolves raising pups and fighting hyenas. powerful jaws.

04 Evolutionary Mayhem: Ferocious Midnight Hunter: The Flightless Birds of the Galapagos The Brown-Marbled Grouper of Bali

52 min. 2016 206279 4K VOD 52 min. 2015 206280 VOD

The Galapagos Islands are home to the endangered flightless In the waters off the coast of Bali, the brown-marbled grouper hunts cormorant, the world’s only flightless cormorant. While its small at night. Powerful enough to break coral and able to suck prey into wings make life on land a struggle, in water, it is the master of the its large mouth in one gulp, the monster fish teams up with the hunt. Cameras capture how these birds survive and raise young on deadly moray eel. The unique symbiotic relationship plays out around the barren island covered with lava rocks. a sunken ship in one of the world’s most popular diving spots.

AWARD Realm of the Spiraled Egg: Modern Dinosaurs: Port Jackson Shark The Gharials of Chitwan National Park

49 min. 2015 Except for Australia 205942 VOD 52 min. 2015 206278 4K VOD

Every year, Port Jackson sharks travel en masse to a secluded bay Extending over the Himalayan foothills in Nepal, the Chitwan in Australia. There, they lay extraordinary looking eggs that are National Park is home to endangered rhinoceroses and elephants spiral shaped. The episode captures the rare moment the female and also the gharial, one of the world’s largest crocodiles. Filmed lays the egg. Observation reveals its amazing built-in mechanism over the dry and rainy seasons, the episode features its strikingly that protects the young life inside. long thin snout, used for hunting and courting. Matsalu Nature Film Festival, 2017

http://pf.nhk-ep.co.jp/ 05 Survivors of the Recovered Forest: Hive Hunters: Moon Bears Oriental Honey Buzzards

49 min. 2015 205943 VOD 49 min. 2015 206382 VOD

The Ashio Mountain Range in Japan, once nearly stripped of its Every year, the oriental honey buzzard arrives in Japan’s Shirakami forests by intensive mining, has seen a return of the elusive moon Mountains to nest and prey on the hives of stinging insects. This bear. In the spring, the mother fights to raise her cubs, while roaming time, the cameras capture the birds’ 20,000-kilometer migration as males look to kill the babies so as to mate with the mother himself. well as their gargantuan fight with the world’s largest and perhaps The episode showcases the little documented life of these kings of most formidable honeybee. the forest.

Gentle Yet Protective: Ingenious Molluscs of the Volcanic Sea: Borneo Pygmy Elephants Coconut Octopus

52 min. 2015 205788 4K VOD 49 min. 2015 205944 VOD

The rare Borneo elephant, measuring a diminutive 2.5 meters from A small strait in Sulawesi, Indonesia is home to unique octopuses the ground to the top of its back, live hidden away deep in the that display high intelligence. The mimic octopus mimics over ten forest. A team of researchers from the World Wildlife Fund discovers different , while the coconut octopus uses tools. Coconuts the unknown lives of these elusive elephants, where different discarded by humans are turned into shields against predator fish, family groups cooperate to fend off predators like the saltwater and sophisticated baiting is used to hunt prey. crocodile.

06 Battle Royale: The Lions and Hyenas of A Walking Red Carpet: Maasai Mara National Park Christmas Island Red Crabs

52 min. 2015 206277 4K VOD 52 min. 2015 Except for Australia 205869 4K VOD

On the African savannah ensues the battle between lions and hyenas. On Australia’s isolated Christmas Island at the beginning of As both target the same prey, bumping heads is inevitable. To the the rainy season, some 50 million red crabs set off on a march lions’ overwhelming power, the hyenas counter with teamwork. The from the forest to the beach, to mate and spawn. The journey standoff quickly escalates, and hyena pups are caught in the middle. is treacherous, and as the eggs are released into the water, the Power faces off against numbers in the fight for the top spot. world’s largest fish, the whale shark, lurks in wait.

Insect Architects: The Paternal Bond: Cathedral Termites Barbary Macaques

49 min. 2015 Except for Australia 205961 VOD 49 min. 2015 205941 VOD

A striking feature of the plains in Australia’s Northern Territory is The cedar forest of Morocco’s Atlas Mountains is home to the the towering mounds built by Cathedral termites. Each of these rare Barbary macaque. Atypical to macaques, the males commit mounds houses several million, and a colony is said to last 50 to caring for the young instead of physical combat. Against the years. Worker and soldier termites cooperate to maintain this backdrop of a mountains surrounded by desert, the episode colossal society, in spite of the constant threats nature throws captures the unique life of the peaceful macaques. their way.

http://pf.nhk-ep.co.jp/ 07 An Amazing Evolutionary Path: Small in Size but Big on Personality: Penguin Dwarf Mongooses

52 min. 2015 205283 4K VOD 52 min. 2015 206276 4K VOD

The South Island of New Zealand, home to more than 8 species of Measuring 25 centimeters, the dwarf mongoose of Africa’s savannah penguin, is considered to be the flightless bird’s place of origin. From is the smallest of the mongooses. Living in packs of around 20 with the little penguin, which still holds features of archaic penguins, to a rigid hierarchy, the lowest-ranking member takes on the most the Fiordland crested penguin that breeds in forest caves, the dangerous duties, like standing long watches. The selflessness episode captures the rich variety found on this island of penguins. later translates to a decisive change in the power dynamics.

The Ninja Birds of Kakadu: Life on the Edge: Comb-crested Jacanas The Dry Season of Ruaha, Tanzania

52 min. 2015 Except for Australia 205282 4K VOD 52 min. 2014 205785 VOD

For the birds of Kakadu National Park on the northern tip of In the dry season at Ruaha National Park in eastern Tanzania, Australia, the rainy season is a time for raising young. Among them the river completely dries up, and vegetation dies out. But the is the comb-crested Jacana, which is polyandrous. The female elephants, hippos, and lions are able to survive, thanks to the mates with multiple males, and leaves childrearing to the male few trees that bear fruit at this time of the year, and the massive alone. The cameras look into the birds’ unique lifestyle. baobabs that act as reservoirs.

08 The Monkey with a Thousand Faces: A Tale of Gentle Giants Crested Black Macaque

52 min. 2014 205281 4K VOD 49 min. 2014 205404 VOD

During summer, the Atlantic coast straddling northeastern United In the jungles of Sulawesi, Indonesia lives the crested black macaque, States and southeastern Canada attracts marine giants looking for whose great variety of nuanced expressions enable sophisticated plankton. By attaching specially developed cameras directly on the communication. The episode focuses on how these peace-loving creatures themselves, the episode follows the basking shark and monkeys settle confrontations without physical violence, welcome leatherback sea turtle into their world underwater. outsiders, and form a united front to fight deadly predators.

Designed to Hunt: Survival in the Ice Kingdom: Polar Bears

49 min. 2014 205960 VOD 52 min. 2014 205146 4K VOD

Madagascar is home to some 90 varieties of chameleons. Among In fall, 900 polar bears gather along the Canadian coast to wait for them, the smallest on Earth, at just 2.5 centimeters in sea ice. Though appearing awake, the bears are in fact in a state of size, is believed to be the key to understanding the curious lizards’ hibernation, enabling them to endure long periods without eating. evolutionary path. Cameras capture rarely seen footage of the tiny The episode films a female emerging from her den with her cubs, creature, including its hunt and survival tactics. having given birth after an astonishing 8 months of fasting.

http://pf.nhk-ep.co.jp/ 09 Out of the Cold, Into the Fire: Visions of Mermaids: Yellowstone Supervolcano The Dugongs of Moreton Bay

49 min. 2014 205406 VOD 52 min. 2014 Except for Australia 205784 VOD

Yellowstone National Park straddles the Rocky Mountains, covering Moreton Bay on the east coast of Australia is a rare site where some 9,000 square kilometers. It is home to large mammals like over 100 of the nearly extinct dugongs gather. After a major search, bison and deer, while top predators like wolves and bears also the cameras capture the shy creatures, including a calf riding on roam. In winter, many remain on the frozen landscape, surviving in the back of its mother and footage of the little known dugong’s enclaves created by Yellowstone’s active volcanoes. feeding habits.

Secret Hunter of the Mountains: Dazzling and Deadly: Mongolia’s Snow Leopard The Blue Ringed Octopus

49 min. 2014 205400 VOD 49 min. 2014 Except for Australia 205031 VOD

In May 2013, WWF Mongolia began tracking a 4-year-old female The deadly blue-ringed octopus is among the many cephalopods snow leopard named Tenger in the Altai Mountains. 40 high- found in the waters of Australia. Though only 8 centimeters long, precision automatic cameras are set 1 kilometer apart, and capture one bite from this tiny creature is enough to kill even humans. rare footage of Tenger and her two cubs, as they fight to survive in Once thought to be invincible, experts have recently discovered the austere mountains. that the devil fish actually has a surprising natural enemy.

10 Journey into Danger: Battles of the Mothers: Buffalo vs. Lion Ring-tailed Lemurs

49 min. 2014 205033 VOD 52 min. 2013 205279 VOD

Along the Chobe River in Botswana, Africa, fierce battles are waged For the ring-tailed lemurs in the forests of southern Madagascar, between lions and buffaloes. During the dry season, huge herds it is the female at the forefront when settling territorial disputes. of buffaloes gather, while lions lie in wait. The buffaloes huddle Carrying babies on their backs, the females will engage in physical to form a solid defense and charge at their foe, and lions use kicking and pouncing, while the males prefer to stay in the guerrilla tactics to confuse and drive the prey into the river. background. The cameras follow the lemur’s unique lifestyle.

Masters of Mimicry: The Matchless Marsupial: The Insects of Costa Rica Koala

52 min. 2013 205280 VOD 49 min. 2013 Except for Australia 205028 VOD

The Central American tropical forests of Costa Rica contain unique The koala population is dense in the Otway Forest south of insects that have evolved to become mimics. Their diversity is Melbourne in Australia. Up to 6 individuals can be spotted in a staggering. There are nearly 3,000 species of treehoppers alone. single tree, and while awake, the males are surprisingly active. But Using a high-speed camera and microphone that can pick up insect they are awake for only 4 hours a day. This episode reveals the sounds, the episode reveals the amazing world of insect mimicry. latest findings on the link between the eucalyptus and the koala’s need to sleep.

http://pf.nhk-ep.co.jp/ 11 Bringing Life to the Desert: Carving a Niche: Giant Cactus Okinawa Woodpecker

49 min. 2013 205032 VOD 49 min. 2013 205403 VOD

In the Sonoran Desert in North America, the lives of unique birds The Okinawa woodpecker is extremely rare, with only about 600 revolve around the giant cacti. The greater roadrunner nests in the thought to be living in Okinawa’s Yambaru forest. The birds don’t cactus’s spiny crevice. Small owls use holes left by woodpeckers. In necessarily peck wood, but eat fruit on trees or insect larvae dug the harsh desert environment, the survival of these animals hinges up from the ground. The episode follows these little known birds on the protection the cacti offer. from the time the chicks hatch in the spring until they leave the nest in the fall.

AWARD Grand Journey Across North America: Sophisticated Farmers: Sandhill Cranes Leafcutter Ants

52 min. 2013 205278 VOD 49 min. 2013 204712 VOD

Every spring, half a million sandhill cranes flock along a river in Deep in the tropical forests of Central America, the leafcutter ant is at the American Midwest. This is their stop before the long journey to work. As many as a million make up a colony, where highly specialized Alaska, where they will spend the summer. In these three months, individuals cut and carry leaves back underground to farm fungi. chicks need to mature and join the flight back south. The episode Parasitic flies, birds, and torrential rain all pose daily threats, but the captures the cranes’ great journey across North America. ants combat them with their complex social order and teamwork. Matsalu Nature Film Festival, 2014 / Science Film Festival, 2014

12 Kilimanjaro’s Superherd: Realm of the Rat Catchers: African Elephants Ethiopian Wolves

49 min. 2013 204713 VOD 49 min. 2013 204711 VOD

As the dry season begins, 300 African elephants come together to The windswept plains of the Ethiopian highlands are home to one form a super-herd at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro. The elephants of the world’s rarest animals: the Ethiopian wolf. Less than 500 are are related. For these social animals, the great family gathering is thought to exist. At 1 meter in length and weighing 20 kilograms, meaningful in of itself. But there is another reason: a large number they live and raise their young in packs, but hunt alone. The episode guarantees finding of a certain medicinal plant. films them from January to February, when the pups are born.

An Unbreakable Bond: Tancho, Legend of the Marshes: African Wild Dogs © Kentaro Noda Red Crowned Crane

49 min. 2013 205405 VOD 49 min. 2013 205402 VOD

The African wild dog is one of the most skilled hunters on the planet, During winter, the Kushiro Marshland in Hokkaido, Japan is home with a success rate of over 80 percent. Seeing near decimation to the red-crowned crane, or tancho. Famed for their graceful in the twentieth century, they have now surged back to over 200 courtship dance, the cranes, once coupled, stay together to raise individuals in Tanzania’s Serengeti. The cameras capture Africa’s their young. The episode also captures rare moonlit images of the mighty pack hunters as they fight back from the brink of extinction. flock at night, using super high-sensitivity cameras.

http://pf.nhk-ep.co.jp/ 13 Crossing the Cliffs: Reigning the Amazon River: Nubian Ibex Giant Otters

49 min. 2013 204558 VOD 49 min. 2013 204709 VOD

In Israel, the 400-meter cliffs towering over the Dead Sea are The Amazon River Basin is crowded with rare and extraordinary home to the Nubian ibex. Traversing these death-defying heights wildlife, but one of the few at the top of the food chain is the giant on a daily basis, the cliffs are where male ibexes fight for females, otter. Forming a family of over 20 individuals, the otters display and the young practice locking horns. The episode showcases life superb teamwork as they cooperate in everything from teaching in the harsh, dramatic environment. pups to swim to facing their No.1 enemy, the caiman.

Evolution in Paradise: Rodent Monsters: Ogasawara Islands The Capybaras of the Ibera Wetlands

52 min. 2013 204903 VOD 52 min. 2013 205783 VOD

The Ogasawara Islands of Japan have a unique ecosystem not In the Ibera Wetlands northeast of Argentina, capybaras live in found anywhere else on the planet. Filmed with the latest large families of some 20 members. Females breastfeed all the cameras, the episode features one island in particular, Hahajima. offspring in the herd equally, and protect them when crossing the Captured with striking beauty are the Bonin white-eye, known for river, while males engage in surprisingly fierce fights to prove its protective parenting, as well as the island’s one-of-a-kind snails dominance. The cameras capture the little known lives of the and flowers. world’s largest rodent.

14 Echoes of the Forest: Rabbits vs. Stoats: Taiwanese Squirrels War in the British Countryside

49 min. 2012 205029 VOD 52 min. 2012 204902 VOD

The forest in Kenting, extending across southern Taiwan, is home In the quiet, rolling English countryside, a fierce battle is brewing. to the Taiwanese squirrel. Utilizing a wide range of calls, the The stoat, of the weasel family, is a vicious hunter. Despite the cute squirrel has specific warning sounds for each predator, including looks, it can kill rabbits ten times its own weight with a single blow. the monkey, eagle, and snake. Courting involves a different sound. Rabbits counter by use of clever teamwork to outwit the enemy. The episode features the squirrel’s unique vocal survival tactics. Thus unfolds a life-and-death drama amid the picturesque landscape.

Back from the Deep: Dragons of the Galapagos: Giant Sea Bass Marine Iguanas

49 min. 2012 204710 VOD 49 min. 2012 204462 VOD

In September, the waters surrounding California’s Channel Islands On the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific lives the marine iguana, become mating ground for the giant sea bass. Since their a skilled swimmer who holds a monopoly over the algae on the resurgence, research is beginning to shed light on the regal seafloor. Despite being cold-blooded, the is equipped lifestyle of the 2-meter-long giants, like how they swallow lobsters with a mechanism that allows it to stay warm in the cold ocean whole, and have an entourage of smaller fish that cleans parasites currents. The episode features the unique evolutionary paths of off of their bodies. life found on the isolated islands.

http://pf.nhk-ep.co.jp/ 15 Return of the Giants: Follow the Footsteps: The Indian Rhinoceros Blue Wildebeest

49 min. 2012 205030 VOD 49 min. 2012 204461 VOD

In the Chitwan National Park, stretching along the base of the Every year on East Africa’s Serengeti, blue wildebeests set out to Himalayas, lives the endangered Indian rhinoceros. At a specific make its 1,000-kilometer trek north in search of fresh grass. This time in the summer, these 3-ton creatures come out from hiding episode documents the migration of over a million including many and gather in great masses at marshes. The episode focuses on a newborns, and illustrates how in the seeming chaos there is order mother and her calf to showcase the rarely seen life of the and calculation to minimize casualties. rhinoceros.

Home to Richly Colored Birds: Running Along an Icy Cliff: Terraced Rice Paddies of Bali Mountain Goat

52 min. 2012 204398 VOD 52 min. 2012 204397 VOD

Terraced rice paddies line the base of Mount Agung, the highest In the Rocky Mountains of North America, the mountain goat roams mountain in Bali, Indonesia. The paddies form an oasis for a variety the steep cliffs, equipped with slip-proof hoofs and long hair that of creatures, including more than 10 species of frog. Immersed in protects against the cold. Filmed over four seasons, the cameras the mystical landscape, the cameras capture life in these waters, capture young goats in training. In two short months, they must including frogs, water scorpions, and the Javan kingfisher. prepare for the winter, where temperatures can drop to -40 degrees Celsius.

16 Ingenious Aerial Hunters: Strong Brotherly Bonds: Birds of Borneo Cheetahs

52 min. 2012 204396 VOD 52 min. 2012 204395 VOD

In April, the birds of Borneo are busy raising their young. To feed A cheetah can reach speeds of over 100 km/h, but it is mostly them, the greater racket-tailed drongo targets insects in low-lying females who rely on speed to hunt. Male cheetahs use strength. bushes, while the dollarbird catches prey in mid-air. The Wallace’s The episode follows a pair of male cheetahs on the Serengeti -eagle and the bat hawk ambush bats. The varied hunting Plains of Africa, featuring their unique nocturnal behavior as well styles reveal unique survival strategies in the tropical rainforest. as interactions with females.

Penguin Island: Master Hunter of the North: The Falklands Crested Kingfishers

49 min. 2012 204012 VOD 52 min. 2012 205401 VOD

The Falkland Islands in the south Atlantic are breeding ground for Chitose River in Hokkaido rarely freezes, thanks to its many springs. five unique species of penguin, among them rockhopper penguins, In the river’s winter waters, a high-speed camera films the hunt of gentoo penguins, and king penguins that stand 95 centimeters tall. the crested kingfisher, capturing its dynamic dive. The episode also The episode follows the penguins during the summer, as they raise features the birds raising young between the spring and summer, their young braving stormy seas and fighting vicious predators. in nests built directly on high cliffs.

http://pf.nhk-ep.co.jp/ 17 An Ear for Danger: Guardians of the Kelp Forest: Bat Eared Fox Sea Otters

49 min. 2012 204460 VOD 49 min. 2012 204459 VOD

Among the diverse wildlife on the Serengeti in East Africa is In California south of San Francisco is Monterey Bay. Here, the bay the bat-eared fox. With big long ears, it can hunt for insects by houses the largest underwater forest of giant kelp on Earth, which detecting ultrasonic waves. The episode follows one couple during serves as a habitat for sea otters. The episode follows a family of the rainy season, as the male and female rely on each other to sea otters, revealing not only how the kelp forest helps the otters, fend off deadly predators and raise their young. but how the otters in turn help protect the kelp.

Secrets of the Stag: Underwater Bullet: Hokkaido Sika Deer Sei Whale

49 min. 2012 204458 VOD 52 min. 2012 204347 VOD

Shiretoko in Hokkaido, Japan is a natural World Heritage site The sei whale is a racer in the waters off the Bay of California in where the Hokkaido sika deer thrives. Shot over a period of one Mexico. Despite its hefty size measuring 15 meters in length and year, the episode delves into their lives, illustrating how Shiretoko’s weighing 20 tons, the whale can swim at speeds exceeding lush forests allow the 150-kilogram stag to grow its massive 60 km/h. The cameras capture the whale swallowing a school of antlers, and doe to rear its young. anchovies in one gulp, and how speed affects the hunt.

18 Family Ties: Life Under Giant Whirlpools: Western Lowland Gorilla Saltstraumen

52 min. 2012 204394 VOD 55 min. 2011 203912

Though males weigh over 200 kilograms, the giant gorillas of On the northern part of the fjords of Norway, the world’s fastest Gabon’s rainforest are agile, able to climb 30-meter trees. The currents swirl at 50 km/h. Life is surprisingly abundant here, as episode follows a large family that has been under observation jellyfish with 8-meter tentacles float by, and swarms of sea for over 9 years, revealing an incredible story of the family rallying anemones and corals cling to the rocks. Deep-water fish like cod behind a young gorilla after it loses its arm in a tragic accident. and anglerfish also come to these waters, to hunt bivalves.

Amazing Hunters of the Aegean: Designed to Dance: Eleonora’s Falcon Birds of Paradise

55 min. 2011 203911 49 min. 2011 204011 VOD

In the fall on the Greek islands, many migratory birds heading New Guinea is a true garden of Eden for birds. With plenty of south converge, including the Eleonora’s falcon. With plentiful prey, food and very few natural predators, they have evolved splendid this is the optimal time for breeding. The episode features the courting rituals. Wildlife photographer Tadashi Shimada captures falcon’s efficient group hunting, fight to protect its young, and its for the first time images of the blue bird-of-paradise’s courting journey to Madagascar, where it will spend the winter months. behavior.

http://pf.nhk-ep.co.jp/ 19 The Kazinga Channel: King of the Northern Skies: Hippo Paradise Steller’s Sea Eagle

49 min. 2011 204010 VOD 52 min. 2011 204346 VOD

In the savannah of western Uganda is a unique area inhabited by The Steller’s sea eagle is the world’s largest eagle, with a wingspan over 5,000 hippos. The episode features hippo behavior rarely caught of 2.5 meters and weighing 8 kilograms. Found in the Sakhalin on film, including females suckling the young underwater, a 4-ton region of eastern Russia, only 6,000 are said to remain. Cameras adult agilely making dolphin-like jumps out of the water, and a capture the rare birds as they raise chicks, including scenes of confrontation with an elephant in a clash of might versus might. hunting fish as well as fending off an attack from a brown bear.

March of the Masses: AWARD Amazon Alliance: Great Spider Crabs New World Monkeys

49 min. 2011 204009 VOD 49 min. 2011 204007 VOD

In the waters off Melbourne, Australia in June, swarms of great spider In the Peruvian jungle lying upstream on the Amazon, the crabs cover the seafloor. The crabs, numbering 10,000 strong, risk Andean titi and the brown-mantled tamarin live in an interesting their lives to come to this spot. And at places, the pile of crabs can arrangement. Tamarins catch insects for titis, and vice versa when reach 2 meters thick. With help from scientists and using the latest tamarins want to eat Inga beans. Each keeps a lookout for the equipment, this mysterious gathering is successfully filmed in full. other’s predators. This episode reveals the reason behind the International Matsalu Nature Film Festival, 2013 cooperation across species.

20 The Ocean’s Gentle Giant: Stalking the Savannah: Whale Shark Birds That Choose Not To Fly

55 min. 2011 203910 49 min. 2011 204008 VOD

Large numbers of giant whale sharks, measuring up to 13 meters in The savannah in southwestern Kenya is home to birds that choose length, converge in Donsol Bay at Luzon Island in the Philippines. not to fly. Secretary birds and ground hornbills spend most of the Why these usually solitary giants do so at this particular spot is day on the ground looking for food, and fly to treetops only to a mystery. A research crew attaches a transmitter to the shark, sleep or raise their young. Their peculiar habits and the reason revealing its little known migration routes. behind their life on the ground are the focus in this episode.

Prey vs. Predators: Safe Haven: Survival on the Serengeti Iguazu Falls

49 min. 2011 203666 VOD 55 min. 2011 203600

With the start of the rainy season in November, herds of wildebeests, Lying between Argentina and Brazil, the mighty Iguazu Falls zebras, and Thomson’s gazelles gather in the vast plains of the serve as perfect protection for the great dusky swift. Able to fly Serengeti in Tanzania, seeking fresh pastures. Waiting for them are horizontally at speeds of up to 170 km/h, thousands of these lions, cheetahs, leopards, jackals, and hyenas. The cameras capture swallow-like birds maneuver the great water curtain to reach their the age-old battle for survival as it unfolds on the savannah. lairs behind it.

http://pf.nhk-ep.co.jp/ 21 AWARD Big Bird in an Old Forest: Secrets of the Ocean: Southern Cassowary Aleutian Magic

55 min. 2011 Except for Australia 203599 49 min. 2011 203665 VOD

The southern cassowary, standing 1.8 meters tall and weighing up Each year, the remote, stormy seas of the Aleutian Islands off the to 60 kilograms, is a vital part of Australia’s northeastern tropical coast of Alaska become packed with 10 million sea birds and rainforest. The giant flightless bird swallows large and even 500 whales, attracted by the explosion in krill population. It is a poisonous fruits whole, supporting germination of some 150 plant magical spectacle that lasts only for a few hours. Also, for the first species, thereby helping to maintain one of the world’s oldest forests. time, cameras capture the hunting and courting of the albatross. International Wildlife Film Festival, 2012

The Wild Bunch: A Portrait of the Wild: Hamadryas Baboons The North Woods of Canada © hidehiro otake

55 min. 2011 203598 49 min. 2011 203484 VOD

In the intense heat and extreme dryness of Ethiopia’s Great Rift The North Woods region in Canada’s interior occupies 1/3 of Valley, hamadryas baboons form a super-herd numbering 1,000 the country’s land area. Roaming its reaches are bison, reindeer, individuals. The male leads in all matters including food, parenting, and other indigenous creatures including wildcats and cranes. and fending off lions and hyenas. High-speed cameras capture the The episode takes a 1,300-kilometer journey north to south, dynamic lives of these famously hot-tempered primates. encompassing the region’s boundless natural beauty.

22 Elusive Feline: Our Street Smart Neighbors: Tsushima Leopard Cat Sparrows

52 min. 2011 203453 52 min. 2011 203452

The Tsushima leopard, living exclusively on Tsushima Island in Sparrows are among Japan’s most common wild birds. At 15 southern Japan, is one of the most endangered animals in the centimeters in length, they are plucky, resourceful little creatures, country. Over the course of one year, automatic HD cameras film building nests in ingenious places like the crevices on traffic lights. these mysterious felines, successfully capturing a night hunt as From overcoming the winter to fending off powerful predators, the well as heartwarming scenes of a mother and her cub. episode films the surprising life of the sparrow over the course of a year.

Secrets of the Waterside: Living on the Edge: The Canals of England Tara Canyon

49 min. 2011 203483 VOD 49 min. 2011 203485 VOD

The canals that crisscross England have long supported rich The steep slopes of Tara Canyon in Montenegro can be a vertical natural habitats. Along the Macclesfield Canal in central England, drop of up to 1,300 meters, but this inaccessible habitat is home diving rodents called water voles hunt for prey, while kingfishers to the chamois. The goat-antelopes nimbly roam the perilous vie for fish from tree branches on the bank. The episode captures rocky cliffs, where one mistake can mean becoming prey to the the four seasons along England’s canals. golden eagles circling above. The episode chronicles a year in the life at Tara.

http://pf.nhk-ep.co.jp/ 23 Hunter in Rural Japan: Mysterious Giant of the Sea: Grey-faced Buzzard Munk’s Devil Ray

52 min. 2010 203334 52 min. 2010 203333

The grey-faced buzzard is found in the satoyama, or traditional The planktons of Mexico’s Gulf of California attract huge marine village landscape, in Tochigi, central Japan. Not an especially animals, including the Munk’s devil ray. Sightings of the ray are skillful hunter, the bird gets by thanks to the biodiversity of its extremely rare, but the episode meets a huge school of several habitat. Frogs in rice paddies are abundant in the spring, and thousand, and captures a spectacle where rays as large as 2 meters insects fill the groves in early summer. Nature tended by man wide successively make 2-meter jumps out of the water. houses a rich cycle of life.

Survival Strategy: Acrobat of the Hokkaido Forest: Humpback Whale Eurasian Red Squirrel

52 min. 2010 203332 52 min. 2010 203222

Near the Queen Charlotte Islands off the west coast of Canada, The Eurasian red squirrel can be found in the virgin forest inching humpback whales have been spotted swimming vertically with up to Sapporo, the fifth largest city in Japan. Its life centers on the their heads down and splashing water with its tail fin. The forest, nesting in the hollows of trees, and feeding on nuts and behavior appears to be in response to the drop in herring berries even in the winter. Filmed over the course of a year, the population. Cameras capture the whales’ new survival tactic episode showcases the forest and its small animal residents. underwater, on water, and from above.

24 Love-warrior of the Rocky Mountains: Predators in the Surf: Greater Sage-grouse Killer Whales

52 min. 2010 203223 49 min. 2010 203221 VOD

The greater sage-grouse inhabits the high desert in the Rocky Killer whales living off of Peninsula Valdes in Patagonia hunt by Mountains. Males make a great show inflating and deflating the air running aground onto to the beach at speeds up to 50 km/h. They sacs on their chests, but only 1 in 100 will successfully mate. The then drag unsuspecting South American sea lions back into the episode captures the bird’s survival tactics in the harsh environment water. NHK’s high-speed cameras follow the hunts and reveal the where water is scarce, including the perilous beginnings as chicks. high intelligence and technique involved.

AWARD Return to Shark Island: Life in the Jungle Canopy: Elephant Seals Kinkajou

49 min. 2010 203220 VOD 52 min. 2010 202989

Winter on the small island of Guadalupe, off the coast of Mexico, A vast and untouched jungle sprawls from the edge of the Panama is mating season for elephant seals. The episode features the Canal, and in its tree canopies lives the kinkajou, 30 meters up from the gargantuan clashes between the dominant big bull and the younger ground. Moving nimbly from tree to tree, this adorable relative of the bulls, as well as the deadly great white sharks that lurk in the waters raccoon munches on figs, and in the dry season, searches out nectar nearby, waiting for a chance to prey on weak females and pups. from the white balsa flower. The jungle’s unique wildlife is revealed. International Matsalu Nature Film Festival, 2011

http://pf.nhk-ep.co.jp/ 25 Life in Kalinzu Forest: Uganda’s Chimpanzees Hunting Art of the Marsh Harrier

49 min. 2010 202955 VOD 52 min. 2010 202811

Deep in the rich forests of Uganda live wild chimpanzees The typical rural landscape in Japan of rice paddies and ample threatened with extinction. Unafraid of humans, the herd is noted water sources supports a rich variety of small animals as well as for exhibiting “culture,” whereby a particular way of hunting is birds of prey. Among these is the marsh harrier, a member of the shared across generations. The cameras capture the behavioral hawk family. It displays artistic hunting skills that make full use of ecology of these rarely filmed apes, documenting the process by its habitat. which culture is passed down.

Dancers on Fire: Havens of Harmony: Flame Bowerbirds Satoyama

49 min. 2010 202707 VOD 49 min. 2010 202954 VOD

The island of New Guinea is a paradise for dancing birds. With Satoyama are Japanese landscapes where nature tended by humans abundant food and no natural enemies, the birds have honed create unique ecosystems. It houses myriad creatures while splendid displays of courtship. The episode focuses on one display providing bounties for human sustenance. Photographer Mitsuhiko in particular, the dance of a flame bowerbird. With golden plumes Imamori captures the co-existence between humans and nature, and a fiery red face, the dance has been rarely captured on film. rediscovering the allure of the satoyama.

26 Modern Day Eden: AWARD On the Edge of Survival: A Japanese Temple Garden Brazil’s Wild Dogs

49 min. 2010 202706 VOD 49 min. 2009 202953 VOD

Japanese gardens are noted for the distinct philosophy that lies Wild dogs live among the diverse fauna of the cerrado, a tropical behind the resulting beauty. Now, the garden is also attracting savannah east of the Andes Mountains. These canines, including the research as a unique ecosystem. At Honen-in Temple in Kyoto, maned wolf and the bush dog, whose long body and short legs are the animals and plants form a delicate, cyclic balance, a sort of adapted for hunting armadillos underground, have rarely been filmed, mandala of life within this small universe. and are now being pushed to extinction by expanding farmland. CMS VATAVARAN-Environment & Wildlife Film Festival, 2011

Unlikely Eden: Curious Jumpers of Madagascar: Ngorongoro Crater Sifakas

49 min. 2009 202952 VOD 52 min. 2009 202810

The Ngorongoro Crater in northwestern Tanzania is a green oasis The isolated island of Madagascar is a world unto itself, with amid the deadly aridity of the dry season. Walled in by its natural primates that can be found nowhere else on Earth. Sifakas have an outer rim, the abundant springs inside support life even as extremely unique way of bipedal movement when on the ground, everything outside dries up. Cameras capture the secrets of this hopping sideways on their hind legs. The episode looks into the extraordinary enclave, as endangered black rhinoceroses, lions, lemur’s roots to discover how this bipedalism evolved. and cheetahs roam.

http://pf.nhk-ep.co.jp/ 27 Life at Desert’s Edge: Giants of Alaska: Ghost Crabs Brown Bears

52 min. 2009 202809 49 min. 2009 202951 VOD

Oman’s beaches are where the desert meets the sea. Here, rows of The Katmai National Park on the Alaska Peninsula is a venerable mounds 30 centimeters high run for an astonishing 25 kilometers. kingdom of brown bears, with over 2,000 individuals. At the They are the works of the male ghost crab, locked in fierce beginning of summer, these 400-kilogram giants jostle in great competition to build the tallest mating chamber. Which one will numbers to hunt salmon. Cradled between volcanoes and glaciers, come out as winner in this summer beach love contest? the episode captures dynamic images of life on this land of bears.

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Builders of Large Communal Nests: Canopy Gliders of the Borneo Rainforest Sociable Weaver

49 min. 2009 202705 VOD 52 min. 2009 202558

On the equatorial Borneo Island, it’s not only birds and insects that On a tree in the arid region of Namibia in is the can fly. , amphibians, and mammals also soar through the world’s largest bird nest. Weighing one ton, the mass of dried grass air, using varied methods. Photographer Tadashi Shimada takes up comprises of over 100 nests of the social weaver, and houses a the challenge of capturing them in flight. total of some 300 birds. The episode captures these tiny, energetic birds and life in their huge living accommodation. International Wildlife Film Festival, 2010

28 Desert Survivors: Rainforest Warriors: Honey Badger and Namaqua Chameleon Army Ants

52 min. 2009 202557 52 min. 2009 202556

The honey badger of Africa’s Kalahari Desert is listed in the Guinness Army ants, fearsome killers of Ecuador’s rainforest, march in Book of World Records as the most fearless animal on earth. It swarms like a deadly black carpet on the forest floor. Any poor devours venomous snakes and even confronts lions head-on. creature that crosses its path is cut up and carried away with That it makes a meal out of anything it can get its claws on is a merciless precision, leaving nothing. The cameras capture these testament to its strength and tenacity. little known assassins, their organization and massive migrations.

Wilderness in Japan: Back from the Brink: Hokkaido Red Fox Okinawa Spiny Rat © Masakazu Kudaka

52 min. 2009 202555 49 min. 2009 202554 VOD

On the vast land near the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk in Hokkaido, With no native carnivores the primeval forests of Yambaru on the 2 mother Hokkaido red foxes are raising 10 pups. The pair is main Okinawa Island has retained its pristine ancient form to an mother and daughter, and each uses her strengths to achieve extraordinary extent. In 2009, the Okinawa spiny rat, believed to astounding parental teamwork. The episode follows this big fox be extinct after the recent wave of environmental impact, was family over a period of one year. rediscovered for the first time in 30 years.

http://pf.nhk-ep.co.jp/ 29 Life on the Savannah: King of the Prairie: Big Cats Bison

49 min. 2009 202553 VOD 49 min. 2009 202552 VOD

The vast east African savannah is the only place in the world The central plains in North America stretch 3,000 kilometers north where lions, leopards, and cheetahs can be seen in a single to south, and house the American bison, also known as the buffalo. location. This is the story of life on the endless grasslands, of the Once numbering 60 million, these magnificent animals have since gazelles, buffalos, and the 100-plus species of herbivores, as well overcome near decimation. Against the backdrop of the changing as the big cats reigning at the top of the food chain. seasons, the episode paints a portrait of life on the prairie.

30 Episode list

Survival Instincts: Ingenious Egg Layers: Iguana vs. Basilisk White-Spotted Bamboo Sharks

50 min. 2018 206950 4K VOD p.01 50 min. 2017 206949 4K VOD p.01

A Family’s Bond: Battle of the Alphas: Dingoes Mandrills

50 min. 2017 206948 4K VOD p.01 50 min. 2017 206947 4K VOD p.01

When Frogs Dance and Sing: No Time for Sloth: The Mysterious Amphibians of Borneo The Sloth Bears of Sri Lanka

52 min. 2016 206638 4K VOD p.02 52 min. 2016 206637 4K VOD p.02

Blessed by Volcanoes: Surviving Deadly Slopes: The Marine Life of the Izu Islands, Japan The Japanese Serows of Mt. Hakusan

52 min. 2016 206642 VOD p.02 52 min. 2016 206641 VOD p.02

A Family’s Tale: Acoustic Predators: Brown Bears Great Gray Owls

49 min. 2016 206383 VOD p.03 49 min. 2016 206448 VOD p.03

Leaping Lemurs of Madagascar: Survivors of the Plains: Indri Lions of Tsavo

49 min. 2016 206384 VOD p.03 49 min. 2016 206385 VOD p.03

Impressing the Troop: When the Sky Goes Dark: Toque Macaques The Megabats of Africa

49 min. 2016 206449 VOD p.04 52 min. 2016 206281 VOD p.04

The Caiman Hunters: Desert Survivors: Jaguar, Brazilian Wetlands Arabian Wolf

52 min. 2016 205786 4K VOD p.04 52 min. 2016 205787 4K VOD p.04

Evolutionary Mayhem: Ferocious Midnight Hunter: The Flightless Birds of the Galapagos The Brown-Marbled Grouper of Bali

52 min. 2016 206279 4K VOD p.05 52 min. 2015 206280 VOD p.05

http://pf.nhk-ep.co.jp/ 31 Realm of the Spiraled Egg: Modern Dinosaurs: AWARD Port Jackson Shark The Gharials of Chitwan National Park

49 min. 2015 205942 VOD p.05 52 min. 2015 206278 4K VOD p.05

Survivors of the Recovered Forest: Hive Hunters: Moon Bears Oriental Honey Buzzards

49 min. 2015 205943 VOD p.06 49 min. 2015 206382 VOD p.06

Gentle Yet Protective: Ingenious Molluscs of the Volcanic Sea: Borneo Pygmy Elephants Coconut Octopus

52 min. 2015 205788 4K VOD p.06 49 min. 2015 205944 VOD p.06

Battle Royale: The Lions and Hyenas A Walking Red Carpet: of Maasai Mara National Park Christmas Island Red Crabs

52 min. 2015 206277 4K VOD p.07 52 min. 2015 205869 4K VOD p.07

Insect Architects: The Paternal Bond: Cathedral Termites Barbary Macaques

49 min. 2015 205961 VOD p.07 49 min. 2015 205941 VOD p.07

An Amazing Evolutionary Path: Small in Size but Big on Personality: Penguin Dwarf Mongooses

52 min. 2015 205283 4K VOD p.08 52 min. 2015 206276 4K VOD p.08

The Ninja Birds of Kakadu: Life on the Edge: Comb-crested Jacanas The Dry Season of Ruaha, Tanzania

52 min. 2015 205282 4K VOD p.08 52 min. 2014 205785 VOD p.08

A Tale of Gentle Giants The Monkey with a Thousand Faces: Crested Black Macaque

52 min. 2014 205281 4K VOD p.09 49 min. 2014 205404 VOD p.09

Designed to Hunt: Survival in the Ice Kingdom: Chameleons Polar Bears

49 min. 2014 205960 VOD p.09 52 min. 2014 205146 4K VOD p.09

Out of the Cold, Into the Fire: Visions of Mermaids: Yellowstone Supervolcano The Dugongs of Moreton Bay

49 min. 2014 205406 VOD p.10 52 min. 2014 205784 VOD p.10

32 Secret Hunter of the Mountains: Dazzling and Deadly: Mongolia’s Snow Leopard The Blue Ringed Octopus

49 min. 2014 205400 VOD p.10 49 min. 2014 205031 VOD p.10

Journey into Danger: Battles of the Mothers: Buffalo vs. Lion Ring-tailed Lemurs

49 min. 2014 205033 VOD p.11 52 min. 2013 205279 VOD p.11

Masters of Mimicry: The Matchless Marsupial: The Insects of Costa Rica Koala

52 min. 2013 205280 VOD p.11 49 min. 2013 205028 VOD p.11

Bringing Life to the Desert: Carving a Niche: Giant Cactus Okinawa Woodpecker

49 min. 2013 205032 VOD p.12 49 min. 2013 205403 VOD p.12

Grand Journey Across North America: Sophisticated Farmers: AWARD Sandhill Cranes Leafcutter Ants

52 min. 2013 205278 VOD p.12 49 min. 2013 204712 VOD p.12

Kilimanjaro’s Superherd: Realm of the Rat Catchers: African Elephants Ethiopian Wolves

49 min. 2013 204713 VOD p.13 49 min. 2013 204711 VOD p.13

An Unbreakable Bond: Tancho, Legend of the Marshes: African Wild Dogs Red Crowned Crane

49 min. 2013 205405 VOD p.13 49 min. 2013 205402 VOD p.13 © Kentaro Noda

Crossing the Cliffs: Reigning the Amazon River: Nubian Ibex Giant Otters

49 min. 2013 204558 VOD p.14 49 min. 2013 204709 VOD p.14

Evolution in Paradise: Rodent Monsters: Ogasawara Islands The Capybaras of the Ibera Wetlands

52 min. 2013 204903 VOD p.14 52 min. 2013 205783 VOD p.14

Echoes of the Forest: Rabbits vs. Stoats: Taiwanese Squirrels War in the British Countryside

49 min. 2012 205029 VOD p.15 52 min. 2012 204902 VOD p.15

http://pf.nhk-ep.co.jp/ 33 Back from the Deep: Dragons of the Galapagos: Giant Sea Bass Marine Iguanas

49 min. 2012 204710 VOD p.15 49 min. 2012 204462 VOD p.15

Return of the Giants: Follow the Footsteps: The Indian Rhinoceros Blue Wildebeest

49 min. 2012 205030 VOD p.16 49 min. 2012 204461 VOD p.16

Home to Richly Colored Birds: Running Along an Icy Cliff: Terraced Rice Paddies of Bali Mountain Goat

52 min. 2012 204398 VOD p.16 52 min. 2012 204397 VOD p.16

Ingenious Aerial Hunters: Strong Brotherly Bonds: Birds of Borneo Cheetahs

52 min. 2012 204396 VOD p.17 52 min. 2012 204395 VOD p.17

Penguin Island: Master Hunter of the North: The Falklands Crested Kingfishers

49 min. 2012 204012 VOD p.17 52 min. 2012 205401 VOD p.17

An Ear for Danger: Guardians of the Kelp Forest: Bat Eared Fox Sea Otters

49 min. 2012 204460 VOD p.18 49min. 2012 204459 VOD p.18

Secrets of the Stag: Underwater Bullet: Hokkaido Sika Deer Sei Whale

49min. 2012 204458 VOD p.18 52 min. 2012 204347 VOD p.18

Family Ties: Life Under Giant Whirlpools: Western Lowland Gorilla Saltstraumen

52 min. 2012 204394 VOD p.19 55 min. 2011 203912 p.19

Amazing Hunters of the Aegean: Designed to Dance: Eleonora’s Falcon Birds of Paradise

55 min. 2011 203911 p.19 49 min. 2011 204011 VOD p.19

The Kazinga Channel: King of the Northern Skies: Hippo Paradise Steller’s Sea Eagle

49 min. 2011 204010 VOD p.20 52 min. 2011 204346 VOD p.20

34 March of the Masses: Amazon Alliance: AWARD Great Spider Crabs New World Monkeys

49 min. 2011 204009 VOD p.20 49 min. 2011 204007 VOD p.20

The Ocean’s Gentle Giant: Stalking the Savannah: Whale Shark Birds That Choose Not To Fly

55 min. 2011 203910 p.21 49 min. 2011 204008 VOD p.21

Prey vs. Predators: Safe Haven: Survival on the Serengeti Iguazu Falls

49 min. 2011 203666 VOD p.21 55 min. 2011 203600 p.21

Big Bird in an Old Forest: Secrets of the Ocean: AWARD Southern Cassowary Aleutian Magic

55 min. 2011 203599 p.22 49 min. 2011 203665 VOD p.22

The Wild Bunch: A Portrait of the Wild: Hamadryas Baboons The North Woods of Canada

55 min. 2011 203598 p.22 49 min. 2011 203484 VOD p.22 © hidehiro otake

Elusive Feline: Our Street Smart Neighbors: Tsushima Leopard Cat Sparrows

52 min. 2011 203453 p.23 52 min. 2011 203452 p.23

Secrets of the Waterside: Living on the Edge: The Canals of England Tara Canyon

49 min. 2011 203483 VOD p.23 49 min. 2011 203485 VOD p.23

Hunter in Rural Japan: Mysterious Giant of the Sea: Grey-faced Buzzard Munk’s Devil Ray

52 min. 2010 203334 p.24 52 min. 2010 203333 p.24

Survival Strategy: Acrobat of the Hokkaido Forest: Humpback Whale Eurasian Red Squirrel

52 min. 2010 203332 p.24 52 min. 2010 203222 p.24

Love-warrior of the Rocky Mountains: Predators in the Surf: Greater Sage-grouse Killer Whales

52 min. 2010 203223 p.25 49 min. 2010 203221 VOD p.25

http://pf.nhk-ep.co.jp/ 35 Return to Shark Island: Life in the Jungle Canopy: AWARD Elephant Seals Kinkajou

49 min. 2010 203220 VOD p.25 52 min. 2010 202989 p.25

Life in Kalinzu Forest: Hunting Art of the Marsh Harrier Uganda’s Chimpanzees

49 min. 2010 202955 VOD p.26 52 min. 2010 202811 p.26

Dancers on Fire: Havens of Harmony: Flame Bowerbirds Satoyama

49 min. 2010 202707 VOD p.26 49 min. 2010 202954 VOD p.26

Modern Day Eden: AWARD On the Edge of Survival: A Japanese Temple Garden Brazil’s Wild Dogs

49 min. 2010 202706 VOD p.27 49 min. 2009 202953 VOD p.27

Unlikely Eden: Curious Jumpers of Madagascar: Ngorongoro Crater Sifakas

49 min. 2009 202952 VOD p.27 52 min. 2009 202810 p.27

Life at Desert’s Edge: Giants of Alaska: Ghost Crabs Brown Bears

52 min. 2009 202809 p.28 49 min. 2009 202951 VOD p.28

Canopy Gliders of the Borneo Rainforest Builders of Large Communal Nests: AWARD Sociable Weaver

49 min. 2009 202705 VOD p.28 52 min. 2009 202558 p.28

Desert Survivors: Rainforest Warriors: Honey Badger and Namaqua Chameleon Army Ants

52 min. 2009 202557 p.29 52 min. 2009 202556 p.29

Wilderness in Japan: Back from the Brink: Hokkaido Red Fox Okinawa Spiny Rat

52 min. 2009 202555 p.29 49 min. 2009 202554 VOD p.29 © Masakazu Kudaka

Life on the Savannah: King of the Prairie: Big Cats Bison

49 min. 2009 202553 VOD p.30 49 min. 2009 202552 VOD p.30

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