Living Things and Their Habitats

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

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

Polar bear health check-up | The Hunt

As part of a long-term study, Dr Evan Richardson and his team carry out regular health checks on the polar bears of Hudson Bay, Canada.

Risking his life to study harpy eagles | The Hunt

The world's most powerful eagle is under threat from human encroachment and consequential habitat loss. Dr Alexander Blanco...

Synchronised hunting | The Hunt

Working in perfect unison the dolphins charge to the shore, creating a bow wave that carries their prey onto the muddy banks where the dolphi...

The octopus that can move on land | The Hunt

A newly discovered species of octopus is able to walk on land.

Lethal Light Show | The Hunt

Nature's most spectacular but lethal light show. The Cerrado grasslands come to life at night when the larva of headlight beetles glow bright gr...

The hunt for flying fish | The Hunt

While the flying fish's ability to jump out of the water helps them avoid dorado fish, it makes them vulnerable to frigate birds flying o...

This spider is a genius | The Hunt

These spiders don’t keep a web. Instead they leap through the jungle to hunt their prey.

Setting a trap | The Hunt

A Darwin's bark spider sprays a 25 metre bridging line across a river. From this silken thread - which is the toughest natural fibre on the planet ...

Rare sighting of a snow leopard | Planet Earth

A rarely sighted snow leopard demonstrates her agility and balance when hunting her prey.

Teamwork | Planet Earth

The gelada babboon and the walia ibex work together to avoid capture by mountain wolves.

Great white shark vs seal | Planet Earth

The great white sharks migrate to more tropical waters to capitalise on the seasonal abundance of seals.

Spring loaded ambush predator | Monkey Planet

The Philippine tarsier is a pint sized predator leaping from tree to tree under the cover of night to hunt insects.

Monkey bandits | Monkey Planet

Rhesus macaques in Jaipur, India, are experts in stealing and thievery by grabbing all they can from markets stalls and raiding houses.

Thieving lemurs | Madagascar

Ring-tailed lemurs steal nutritious but hard to catch cicadas from another hunter.

Spiked | Life

The sun star starfish is a predator that dwells at the bottom of our oceans. However, when under attack, a sea urchin can move each of its spikes independently...

Piling on pounds | Life

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