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The honey badger certainly lives up to its reputation as a fearless fighter and eater of venomous snakes. Now, a husband and wife team travel to find out how honey badgers behave in the African bush and film the mythic tale of the honeyguide bird that leads the badger to bee hives. Watch in awe as the secrets of this mysterious partnership are revealed.
Begg Nature Productions
In a 600 acre patch of forest in Panama where 72 species of bats co-exist, more than in the whole of Europe or the USA, Biologists are perplexed as to how this can be possible. Scientist Elisabeth Kalko has spent 10 years working in the dark on Barro Colorado Island. She has gathered a group of the world’s most adventurous and daring female scientists: the Bat Women of Panama. This story follows the scientists as they carry out their studies in pursuit of their goal to understand this perplexing puzzle.
Blistering heat and ceaseless winds, punishing cold and nowhere to hide; some call it hell on Earth. Some call it home. Welcome to the Badlands of South Dakota – a unique, impressive landscape. The story of this deeply complex ecosystem is told through the struggles of three animals – the black-tailed prairie dog, the burrowing owl, and the bison. Their lives are closely connected. Their tales of survival are amazing, captivating and inspiring.
Terra Mater Factual Studios/National Geographic Channel/ Smithsonian Networks/Mike Birkhead Associates
Follow the extraordinary work of the Bear Sanctuary team as they bring hope and a better life to bears rescued from terrible conditions in captivity in Romania. We follow the bears’ transformation from circus performers, zoo exhibits or restaurant attractions, to their rehabilitation and subsequent release into the 70 hectares of beautiful forest home in the Carpathian mountains.
Imago Productions
Humans have explored and settled in Europe for thousands of years. But at its very heart, in the highest Alpine peaks, a world exists in parallel. It is home to thousands of species of plants and animals, all of whom owe their survival to their remarkable capacity for evolution. They live in conditions that for other species – humans included – would be barely tolerable. For them, this is everyday life. Forget skiing and chalets: this is life at the Alpine limits.
Badger Quest:
Niassa Honey Hunters
1 x 60’, 2008, SD
Badlands:
Hard Rock - Tough Lives
1 x 60’, 2017, 4K
The Bat Women Of Panama
1 x 60’, 2004, SD
Fitz Productions Film/Off the Fence/ZDF
Bear Sanctuary
7 x 30’, 2008, SD
They glide through our urban jungles, breed on the river’s edge and feel quite at home in our backyards. You thought they were far away, in the wild. You’re wrong. They’re here. The urban invaders – a red squirrel nesting in the bird feeder, a duck on the balcony or a hedgehog at the cat food dish. Join us on a journey into a well known territory, with very unexpected encounters...
The Best Of Worlds:
Life At Its Alpine Limits
1 x 60’, 2014, HD
Beasts In The City
1 x 60’, 2018, HD
Terra Mater Factual Studios
Paolo Fioratti & Marco Andreini
Nature & Wildlife