S05 Episode 1

Alyeska: The Great Land

Examines how the plants and animals of Alaska’s Alyeska wilderness have adapted to the regions harsh climate.

53 mins · Sun, 19 Oct 1986

S05 Episode 2

Baja Lagoon

An examination of the plants and animals that make their home in a shallow lagoon found on the Western coast of Mexico’s Baja Peninsula.

53 mins · Sun, 26 Oct 1986

S05 Episode 3

Galapagos: How They Got There (1)

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

53 mins · Sun, 2 Nov 1986

S05 Episode 4

Galapagos: Cold on the Equator (2)

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.

53 mins · Sun, 9 Nov 1986

S05 Episode 5

Galapagos: The Ocean Travelers (3)

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.

53 mins · Sun, 16 Nov 1986

S05 Episode 6

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.

53 mins · Sun, 23 Nov 1986

S05 Episode 7

Cats

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

53 mins · Sun, 7 Dec 1986

S05 Episode 8

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.

53 mins · Sun, 14 Dec 1986

S05 Episode 9

Elephants

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

53 mins · Sun, 18 Jan 1987

S05 Episode 10

Ichkeul: Between the Desert and the Deep Blue Sea

A freshwater lake in Tunisia that turns salty every summer.

53 mins · Sun, 8 Feb 1987

S05 Episode 11

In the Shadow of Fujisan: See No Evil (1)

The Japanese take efforts to save an indigenous monkey.

53 mins · Sun, 22 Feb 1987

S05 Episode 12

In the Shadow of Fujisan: Bird of Happiness (2)

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

53 mins · Sun, 1 Mar 1987

S05 Episode 13

In the Shadow of Fujisan: Long Live the Turtle (3)

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

53 mins · Sun, 8 Mar 1987

S05 Episode 14

America's Wild Horses

Following the wild mustangs of America’s West.

53 mins · Sun, 15 Mar 1987

S05 Episode 15

Holy Land: A Wilderness Like Eden (1)

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

53 mins · Sun, 12 Apr 1987

S05 Episode 16

Holy Land: Sweet Water, Bitter Sea (2)

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

53 mins · Sun, 19 Apr 1987

S05 Episode 17

The Forgotten Garden

What happens when a finely maintained garden is abandoned.

53 mins · Sun, 26 Apr 1987

S05 Episode 18

Lords of Hokkaido

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

53 mins · Sun, 10 May 1987

S05 Episode 19

Designed for Living

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

53 mins · Sun, 17 May 1987

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