Ecology

Amazon deforestation | Meat: A Threat to Our Planet?

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

Meat: A Threat to Our Planet?

From colossal farms in America to the destruction of the Amazon, Liz Bonnin investigates how our hunger for meat is killing our planet.

David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth

A 90-minute special, broadcast from the Royal Albert Hall, London, celebrating Sir David Attenborough's groundbreaking career ...

Keeping cool | Nature's Microworlds

The Namaqua chameleon has developed an ingenious tactic to avoid the heat of the Namib desert.

04: Galapagos: Enchanted Isles | Eden: Untamed Planet

How the Galapagos became one of the most important areas of biodiversity in the world, with almost 2,000 unique species...

Cauldron of Life | Galapagos

Liz Bonnin joins a scientific team aboard the research vessel the Alucia on an expedition across the Galapagos Island.

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

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

Desert amphibians | Life in Cold Blood

Spadefoot toads can stay underground in a state of suspended animation for years, but when they emerge they must feed and breed before...

Can Scientists Save the World? | Panorama

Richard Bilton meets the scientists trying to save the world from the consequences of climate change and investigates whether they...

06: Coasts | Blue Planet II

The wildlife series narrated by David Attenborough explores the planet's coasts. They are the most changeable of the ocean worlds, but they offer...

Cotton production and the Aral Sea crisis | Stacey Dooley Investigates

Stacey Dooley visits the Aral Sea Basin in Kazakhstan, which has almost entirely dried up due to cotto...

Climate change and greenhouse gases | Climate Change: The Facts

A discussion of the devastating impact of burning fossil fuels.

03: Coral Reefs | Blue Planet II

The wildlife documentary series narrated by David Attenborough reveals the ingenious ways life exists in the undersea cities of tropical reefs.

Cattle feedyard | Meat: A Threat to Our Planet?

Liz Bonnin visits a cattle feedyard, a mass factory farm, that contains about 50,000 cows.

09: Plants | Life

The nature series turns to plants and looks at the ingenious solutions that they employ to counter life's challenges, such as spring-loaded traps, suckers ...

Chameleon challenge | Life

While searching for a mate across the huge barren Namib desert, a female Namaqua chameleon seeks shade in the knowledge that tasty desert beetles ...

Adaptation of the Arctic Fox | Life In The Snow

An exploration of how the artic fox's coat has adapted to survival in arctic winters.

Adaptation of Polar Bear | Life In The Snow

An exploration of how polar bears have adapted to living in freezing conditions.

02: Great Barrier Reef | Blue Planet Revisited

To find out what the future holds for the Great Barrier Reef, scientists monitor green turtles, follow families of breeding bi...

Episode 1 | The Great American Buffalo

Ken Burns recounts how the collision between two opposing views of the natural world saw the buffalo, which had numbered in the tens o...

03: Jungles | Planet Earth II

Jungles provide the richest habitats on the planet - mysterious worlds of high drama where extraordinary animals attempt to survive in the most...

01: Tropical Worlds | The Green Planet

Tropical rainforests are plant battlegrounds. New filming techniques allow us to enter the world of plants to see it from their perspe...

02: Savannah | Africa

David Attenborough takes a breathtaking journey through Africa, looking at the constantly changing landscape of east Africa and creatures found nowhere...

07: Human | Planet Earth III

Discover the extraordinary ways in which wildlife survives in a rapidly changing human world. From cobras hunting in houses to macaques stealing...

01: Coasts | Planet Earth III

Sir David Attenborough explores the dangerous frontiers created by the world's coasts, where animals fight for survival amidst constant change.

05: Deserts | Planet Earth

David Attenborough looks at deserts around the world from Namibia to Chile, unravelling the secrets behind desert survival and revealing their eph...

Cauldron of Life | Galapagos

Liz Bonnin joins a scientific team aboard the research vessel the Alucia on an expedition across the Galapagos Island.

08: Jungles | Planet Earth

David Attenborough's natural history series. This episode looks at the tropical rainforests, which are home to a staggering 50 per cent of the wor...

04: Deserts | Planet Earth II

The world's deserts force animals to come up with ingenious ways of coping with hostile conditions, giving rise to the most incredible survival...

06: Coasts | Blue Planet II

The wildlife series narrated by David Attenborough explores the planet's coasts. They are the most changeable of the ocean worlds, but they offer...

04: Desert Worlds | The Green Planet

Desert plants spend decades in suspended animation waiting for rain, or they travel to find it. They survive using weapons, camouflage a...

03: Coral Reefs | Blue Planet II

The wildlife documentary series narrated by David Attenborough reveals the ingenious ways life exists in the undersea cities of tropical reefs.

A salt flat lizard searches for water | Mountain: Life at the Extreme

These lizards rely on flies as their source of food and water.

06: Cities | Planet Earth II

Cities can be worlds of surprising opportunity for animals, from the leopards prowling the streets of Mumbai to the peregrine falcons hunting am...

06: Extremes | Planet Earth III

David Attenborough presents an extreme world where animals battle to survive the elements - and life exists on a knife edge.

10: Seasonal Forests | Planet Earth

Documentary series which celebrates our planet in all its glory. David Attenborough reveals the greatest woodlands on earth, from the nor...

Conserving ospreys | Highlands - Scotland's Wild Heart

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

The solar-powered jellyfish | Atlantic: The Wildest Ocean on Earth

Cassiopeia jellyfish house algae which make food for their host by photosynthesis.

03: Winter | Alaska: Earth's Frozen Kingdom

Here, a look at the tough and resourceful characters that face up to the challenges of winter.

06: Ice Worlds | Planet Earth

Documentary series which celebrates earth in its natural glory. How the advance and retreat of the ice in the polar regions becomes a real chal...

After Life: The Strange Science of Decay

Dr George McGavin examines the fascinating science of decay when a unique experiment involving a rotting kitchen and garden is captu...

03: The Nitrogen Cycle | Bellamy Rides Again

David Bellamy begins his trip around the nitrogen cycle in the Surrey hospital where he languished as a child suffering from acu...

02: Water | How Earth Made Us

Professor Iain Stewart continues his epic exploration of how the planet has shaped human history. He investigates how water has influenced the ...

Nutrients from decay support new life | After Life: The Strange Science of Decay

Spec references J247: . Showing how plant is broken down by animals and microorganisms into ...

04: The Phosphorus Cycle | Bellamy Rides Again

David Bellamy dances his way through an aerobics class to show how phosphorus helps turn food into energy. Then he sits in the...

Decomposition by bacteria | After Life: The Strange Science of Decay

Spec references J247: B4.1a, B4.1b. How bacteria decompose dead animals, including how bacteria communic...

02: The Water Cycle | Bellamy Rides Again

David Bellamy finds water in the desert, in the rainforest, in a tropical lagoon and on top of a glacier in the Alps. He wades in w...

01: The Carbon Cycle | Bellamy Rides Again

Naturalist David Bellamy examines the six elemental cycles vital to life. This episode covers carbon, on whose cycle the earth's f...

03: Okavango | Earth's Greatest Spectacles

How a yearly flood creates the lush wetland of the Okavango Delta in the middle of the vast Kalahari Desert.

02: Svalbard | Earth's Greatest Spectacles

Svalbard spends much of each year in complete darkness but when the sun reappears, the landscape turns into a rich tundra.

01: New England | Earth's Greatest Spectacles

New England is the stage for an incredible colour change when the greens of summer give way to the golds of autumn.

06: The Human Race | Bellamy Rides Again

Having examined the earth's life-support systems, David Bellamy turns his attention to the human beings who depend upon them. Every ...

05: The Sulphur Cycle | Bellamy Rides Again

Caked from head to foot in volcanic mud, tramping the bogs of Scotland and wallowing in tropical mangrove swamps, David Bellamy l...

What happens if fungi doesn't break down wood? | After Life: The Strange Science of Decay

Spec references J247: B4.1b, B4.1c J250: B4.1b, B4.1c. Evolution of trees 300 milli...

The carbon cycle 2 | GCSE Bitesize Revision

Spec references J247: B4.1c J250: B4.1c. Description of the carbon cycle.

02: Civilisations | H2O: The Molecule That Made Us

This episode travels to the Congo, Egypt, China and Mexico to reveal how water changed humanity's footprint on the planet.

01: Pulse | H2O: The Molecule That Made Us

Documentary series that explores the importance of water to human civilisation. How H2O causes deserts to bloom, creates rivers in...

The carbon cycle | GCSE Bitesize Revision

Spec references J247: B4.1a, B4.1b, B4.1c J250:B4.1a, B4.1b, B4.1c. Description of the carbon cycle.

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...

Carbonate silicate weathering cycle | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

Professor Chris Jackson examines how carbon dioxide is brought down from the atmosphere and ends u...