Unique and awe-inspiring looks at animals in their natural habitats around the world from Alaska's brown bear to Madagascar's lemurs.

The Katmai National Park on the Alaska Peninsula is the kingdom of the brown bear. With a population of over 2,000 bears the rivers get crowded during salmon spawning season. See how the brown bears thrive in this gorgeous northern landscape cradled by volcanoes and glaciers.

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Brown Bears

Following a large family of gorillas over nine years, this film captures many aspects of unique behavior as well as revealing touching stories of compassion among this gorilla family in the tropical rainforests of Gabon.

The Western Lowland Gorilla

Arguably in the top three on everyone's list of "cutest animals", the koala lives a sleep-filled life. This film follows the koala community of Otway Forest, south of Melbourne, Australia. How do koalas behave? -- and when are they awake?

Koalas

Shot in the savannah of western Uganda, this program features unique footage of hippo behavior never before caught on tape. A 4-ton hippo leaping as gracefully as a dolphin must be seen to be believed! Watch life unfold in the area known as "Hippo Paradise", home to more than 5,000 hippos.

Hippo Paradise

This program paints a portrait of the lives of the bison through the changing seasons of the North American prairie. Battling back from near extinction, these awesome animals roam a landscape stretching 3,000 kilometers from north to south.

Bison

Inhabiting forests in the dry regions of southern Madagascar, the distinctively marked ring tailed lemurs live in female dominated groups. Life among the group can be quite contentious at times, with females engaging in scuffles with their young on their backs.

The Ring Tailed Lemur

Each year an overwhelming assemblage of wild creatures, including krill, herrings, whales, and sea birds, invades the sea for just a few hours. Local people call it “Aleutian Magic” but not many have witnessed this phenomenon or even know where it occurs.

Aleutian Magic

This story takes place in the vast northern land near the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk in eastern Hokkaido. Taking center stage are two mother Hokkaido red foxes caring for 10 pups. The mothers, who are in fact mother and daughter, each use their strengths and display amazing parental teamwork.