This exploration of the Galapagos Islands, located in the Pacific Ocean West of Ecuador, examines theories explaining the arrival of wildlife to the archipelago.

E4 9 novembre 1986 53 min

Galapagos: Cold on the Equator

Marine iguanas, cormorants, green turtles, sea lions, and sperm whales are among the animals that thrive in the cold waters surrounding the equatorially located Galapagos Islands.

E5 16 novembre 1986 53 min

Galapagos: The Ocean Travelers

A look at the Galapagos Islands’ many birds, include the waved albatross, blue-footed booby, frigate bird and the ground finch; also, man’s relationship with the islands’ changing environment.

E6 23 novembre 1986 53 min

Pantanal: Prairie of the Great Waters

A look at how the Pantanal's wildlife species cope with the annual cycle of flood and drought which transforms the marshy prairie from a dry savannah into the world's largest freshwater wetland – a 36,000 square-mile area that encompasses Southwestern Brazil and parts of Bolivia and Paraguay.

E7 7 décembre 1986 53 min

Cats

An examination of the behavior of man’s feline friends.

E8 14 décembre 1986 53 min

Leopard: A Darkness in the Grass

The activities of an elusive female leopard are traced over a two-day period on the hot plains of Africa.

E9 18 janvier 1987 53 min

The Elephant Challenge

A look at the survival of the African elephants, as ivory and foraging land became more valuable.

E10 8 février 1987 53 min

Ichkeul: Between the Desert and the Deep Blue Sea

A freshwater lake in Tunisia that turns salty every summer.

E11 22 février 1987 53 min

In the Shadow of Fujisan: See No Evil

The Japanese take efforts to save an indigenous monkey.

E12 1 mars 1987 53 min

In the Shadow of Fujisan: Bird of Happiness

A look at the crane, Japanese symbol of longevity, true love and happiness.

E13 8 mars 1987 53 min

In the Shadow of Fujisan: Long Live the Turtle

Hunters and egg poachers threaten the existence of the giant loggerhead turtle.

E14 15 mars 1987 53 min

America's Wild Horses

Following the wild mustangs of America’s West.

E15 12 avril 1987 53 min

Holy Land: A Wilderness Like Eden

An exploration of the Rift Valley that sweeps North from Kenya to Turkey, where prophets said their god first planted a garden.

E16 19 avril 1987 53 min

Holy Land: Sweet Water, Bitter Sea

The unusual life in the salty Dead Sea, where the desert plunges 1,200 feet below sea level.

E17 26 avril 1987 53 min

The Forgotten Garden

What happens when a finely maintained garden is abandoned.

E18 10 mai 1987 53 min

Lords of Hokkaido

A year on a Japanese island following a family of red foxes.

E19 17 mai 1987 53 min

Designed for Living

The tunnelers, thatchers, weavers, dam builders, sculptors, potters and spinners of the animal kingdom.

E20 24 mai 1987 55 min

Masked Monkeys

Echoing hoots and trills, bandit masks, feathered tufts and orange noses distinguish African forest monkeys called quenons.

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