This program travels to the savannas of Kenya, the grasslands of Australia, and the Cerrado of Brazil to study the remarkable interaction of plants and animals in the grassland biome. Viewers learn about an ecosystem built around the acacia tree, and the role of rhinos in making the savanna fit for antelope in East Africa. In the Cerrado, the video reveals how maned wolves get by on a low nitrogen diet with the help of a fruit called the wolf apple....

Thanks to a remarkable discovery in the BBC’s film vaults, the best of David Attenborough’s early Zoo Quest adventures can now be seen as never before, in color, and with the remarkable story of how this pioneering television series was made. In episode one, the expedition visits West Africa and British Guiana, as Attenborough explains how he went from director to host and narrator.

India is a vast land of seasonal extremes. Monsoon rains flood the land and make it green but once they are gone heat and drought builds. It a challenge for all of India's animals but it also fosters an amazing variety landscapes filled with diverse life all over the subcontinent. From semiaquatic rhinos to hardy desert lions, India's dynamic lands are full of surprises. It also attracts spectacular visitors from afar like the huge flocks of demoiselle...

Lying east of Jerusalem and descending to the Dead Sea, the Judean Desert is relatively small at just over 900 square miles. It's full of breathtaking views, and has an incredible history that in turn has shaped the cultural history of mankind, and given birth to the religions of Judaism and Christianity. Major urban areas such as Bethlehem and Jericho are included in this area, making it one of the more populated deserts?

This comprehensive video clip library of 50 two-to-three-minute segments-breathtakingly filmed in locales around the world-will open viewers' eyes as they learn key biological, environmental, and geological concepts associated with the ecological communities forming the biosphere. Whether using a single biome clip to support a discussion or an entire five-clip biome module to give students a quick introduction, Biomes of the Earth is an indispensable...

The world's deserts are lands of extremes that force animals to come up with ingenious ways of coping with hostile conditions, giving rise to the most incredible survival stories on Earth. A pride of desert lions are so hungry they risk hunting a giraffe several times their size, while male sandgrouse fly 120 miles each day to the nearest waterhole and dice with death to collect water for their chicks. Filmed for the first time, a tiny bat does battle...

Situated in the South Pacific north of New Zealand, the Republic of Fiji was settled as far back as 3500 BC. With the help of foreign settlers, Ratu Seru Epenisa Cakobau united part of Fiji's warring tribes under his leadership and established a united Fijian kingdom in 1871. The British subjugated the island in 1874 and brought over Indian contract laborers. This film examines how, after gaining independence from British rule in 1971, Fiji has struggled...

A group of coral atolls and small islands just south of the equator, off the coast of East Africa is known as the archipelago of Zanzibar. This film takes viewers to Stone Town, with its architectural features like the Old Fort and the House of Wonders. Explore the center of the Swahili arts scene?

A team of intrepid presenters travels to the edge of the Arctic—and beyond—to find out what life is like on top of the world. Discover the polar bears of Hudson Bay, in Canada, as they wait for the sea ice to form so they can begin their winter hunt. Meet the citizens of the tiny town of Churchill—the “polar bear capital of the world.”Expert presenters also head to the oil-fields of Alaska, round up reindeer with the Swedish Sami, and reveal...

Drought-induced brush fires and firefighting.