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• Nature: Arctic Wolf Pack

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  At the very northern edge of North America is Ellesmere Island, where the unforgiving Arctic winds tear through the tundra, dipping temperatures to 50 below zero. But running through this shifting sea of snow and ice is one of the most hardened…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Asteroids

  Facing Forces of Nature - Season 1, Episode 1

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  The first in a series about powerful natural forces, all of which have the capability to cause catastrophe. In this first installment, an asteroid could wipe out Earth in hours. Can tech, telescopes, and nukes save us?

• Geographies of Solitude

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  An immersion into the rich ecosystem of Sable Island, a remote sliver of land in the Northwest Atlantic, the film follows Zoe Lucas, a naturalist and environmentalist who has lived there for over 40 years collecting, cleaning and documenting marine…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hippo King

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  An old, battle-scarred hippo bull—once a king among the hippos in Zambia's Luangwa Valley—has an incredible story to tell. It's a story normally hidden from human eyes and almost always misunderstood, because a hippo's secret life happens beneath…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Human Footprint

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  Earth has never experienced anything like us: a single species dominating and transforming the planet. Biologist Shane Campbell-Staton travels the globe to explore our impact. Because while we may tell ourselves what it means to be human, the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Killer Volcanoes

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  NOVA's expert team looks for the signature of a volcanic eruption big enough to have blasted a huge cloud of ash and sulfuric acid into the atmosphere. Killer Volcanoes spotlights the search for the mystery volcano that plunged the globe into a deep…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Learning to See

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  In this documentary shot by photographer Robert Oelman's son over a 12-year period, the audience travels with Oelman deep into the rainforests of South America to discover the world's most exotic insects.

• My Garden of a Thousand Bees

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  Martin Dohrn, a veteran wildlife cameraman and a bee enthusiast, embarks on a special challenge during the COVID-19 lockdown of 2020: to film all the bees he could find in his tiny urban garden in Bristol, England. By the end of the summer, he…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Nature's Great Divide. Episode 1, A Separate Realm

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  The narrow strait between the Indonesian islands of Bali and Lombok marks the boundary between the wild worlds of Asia and Australia. This is the story of life on each side of nature’s great divide. The first of three episodes.

• Oceans

  The Future of Nature - Season 1, Episode 1

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  How carbon is drawn down by the oceans is surprising. Discover the "biological carbon pump" and how the ocean, from plankton to whale poop, and the fish we eat to the secrets of the deep, is vital to removing carbon from the atmosphere. Kicks off a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Nature: Octopus - Making Contact

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  Follow an Alaskan professor as he raises and studies an octopus in his home, making discoveries about its extraordinary intelligence, personality and skills.

• Pandas: Born to Be Wild

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  Unlock the mysteries of wild pandas whose counterparts in captivity are known for their gentle image. Journey through the Qinling Mountains with filmmakers, scientists and rangers to witness pandas' courtship and aggression behaviors.

• A Squirrel's Guide to Success

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  There are almost 300 species of squirrels that can glide through the air, outwit rattlesnakes, and survive the coldest temperatures of any mammal. Uncover the extraordinary abilities of these cheeky nut lovers as a filmmaker puts their problem…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wilder Than Wild

  Fire, Forests, and the Future

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  Beyond the normal destructive wildfire is the megafire which covers at least 100,000 acres and burns at a high rate of intensity. Before 1995, less than one megafire per year ignited in the US. From 2005 to 2014, the average has risen to 9.8…Read moreRead more of this annotation