How bats stay one step ahead | The Wonder of Animals

Amazon deforestation | Meat: A Threat to Our Planet?

Liz Bonnin witnesses the devastation of the Amazon rainforest from the sky.

03: Destroying the Forest | Landmarks

By the next century, the rainforests of the world could have disappeared for ever, destroyed by outside influences and economic pressur...

Sustainable meat production | Meat: A Threat to Our Planet?

Liz Bonnin discusses the importance of understanding the process behind the meat we eat (warning: this clip conta...

The carbon cycle and global warming | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

The carbon cycle process is being overwhelmed by the amount of carbon dioxide released into the at...

04: Saving the Forest | Landmarks

Despite the destruction, there are ways to save the forest, by careful harvesting, protecting, learning, replanting, policing - and campaig...

Carbon in the ocean | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

Dr Helen Czerski explains how carbon is incorporated into the ocean and how the increase in carbon intake is impac...

The boiling sea | Blue Planet II

Lantern fish provide a rare banquet for some of the ocean’s top predators.

01: The Living Forest | Landmarks

The Living Forest looks at all the animals & plants that live in the forest on the ground to the forest canopy, & shows how they live in ba...

Fossil fuels behind every day food | Natural World

Rebecca Hosking goes through the fossil fuels involved in creating a shop bought sandwich.

Life in icy environments | The Secret Life of Ice

Dr Gabrielle Walker investigates how life has evolved in icy underwater environments.

Piling on pounds | Life

Brown bears take advantage of a salmon run to fatten up for the winter.

Polar bears' habitat under threat from glacial melt | Planet Earth

David Attenborough discusses the effects on polar bears of melting Arctic ice caused by global warming.

The smallest fox with the biggest ears! | Super Cute Animals (video)

The fennec's ears help it to survive in the heat of the desert dunes.

02: People of the Forest | Landmarks

People of the Forest looks at the Baka of the Cameroon & the Kayapo of South America & how their lives work in balance with the rainforest.

A wheelie good defence | Africa

A golden wheel spider escapes the threat of a pompilid spider wasp in an amazing way.

Bear Whiteout | Incredible Animal Journeys

This sort of weather's uncomfortable for us humans, but it would have to get much, much worse to bother the bears. They can handle...

Biodiversity loss | Extinction: The Facts

An exploration of the devastating impacts of the loss of insect and plant biodiversity.

Cheetah speed | Big Cats

From studying 500 hunts over five years, Professor Alan Wilson noticed that cheetahs rarely reach their legendary top speed. But he did discover tha...

Flight of the bumblebee | The Private Life of Plants

David Attenborough explores the role of insects, especially bees, in the pollination process.

Habitat destruction | Extinction: The Facts

The impact of soy consumption on habitats, with a focus on ant eater habitats.