Lords of Nature
For centuries, humans have feared wolves, cougars and other similar carnivores, driving them to the edge of extinction.  In recent years, researchers have begun to discover that top predators actually play a vital role in maintaining healthy ecosystems and preserving biodiversity. This program details the science behind those findings and follows the reintroduction process of these misunderstood beasts of prey.

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The Unnatural History of the Kakapo
Once believed to be extinct, the rare Kakapo is a flightless, nocturnal parrot with an odd mating call.  With a lifespan up to 120 years, the Kakapo were once one of the most widespread birds in New Zealand. Now the last remaining Kakapo population is plagued by a curse that could finally bring about their extinction. A delightful adventure story of dedicated scientists who work tirelessly work to keep this charming species alive.

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Undersea Edens
Travel to the clear depths of the most life-abundant seas on our planet –places so remote, few film crews dare venture. Shot over six years, master underwater cinematographer David Hannan has composed a grand look into our ocean world. From the giant kelp forests of Tasmania to the pristine coral reefs in Western Australia to the icy waters of South Georgia Island, this series is a visual feast.

The Smithsonian
Channel
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Antarctica Dreaming
Imagine a world colored by ice and fire, carved by hurricane force winds, weighted by glaciers, inhabited by wildlife facing winters of perpetual darkness.  Antarctica Dreaming explores this untamable land as it documents the major Antarctic animals and their life-cycles over an entire season, set against some of the most spectacular scenery on the planet.  Filmmaker David Hannan’s masterful cinematography opens us up to world few have ever seen.

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Coral Sea Dreaming
Coral is the planet’s greatest natural architect and coral reefs boast the highest biodiversity of any ecosystem – providing a home to some of the most wondrous marine creatures on earth.  Enter into the very heart of ocean life – and death – on a coral reef:  from ancient turtles and sharks to pygmy seahorses and savage sea slugs.  Over the past 500 million years, corals have survived five mass extinctions.  But can they survive Man?

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What Would Darwin Think?
In 1839, Charles Darwin first visited the island archipelago of the Galapagos.  It was the inspiration for his theory of evolution.  Today Darwin would be surprised by the tourist mecca the Galapagos has become: 200,000 visitors a year, 40,000 permanent residents. Too many people are bringing too many of their goods and invasive species from the outside world, threatening the future of this one-of-a-kind place.

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The Real Lost World
Before King Kong, before Jurassic Park, there was Arthur Conan Doyle's classic novel THE LOST WORLD.  Join a team of modern day adventurers as they trek into the summit of Roraima, the mysterious South American mountain that inspired Doyle's sci-fi classic, to see an untouched world.  Along the way, they encounter dangerous animals and explore native legends of flying reptiles and ape-men.

Animal Planet
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Gates of the Artctic
Venture into one of the last refuges on earth left untouched by man.  Filmmaker Rory Banyard spent over a year capturing breathtaking images of the Alaskan frontier. From wildlife to native Eskimo culture, to the birth of land conservation, this film tells the story of this region’s epic history. Shot in gorgeous high definition and utilizing seamless time-lapse photography, this programme is a visual feast of timeless beauty.

PBS
Narrated by
Glenn Close
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The Hunt for Atlantis
Was there, as Plato and other ancients insisted, a now-vanished island society of advanced technologies and fabulous wealth – a place called Atlantis?  Or, is this just another instance of the deep-seated human longing to believe in the exhilarating fantasy of a “golden age” that never was?  Join a small group of scientists and amateur archaeologists as they attempt to sort fact from fancy in an arduous quest to turn up the first physical evidence of this long-sought “lost continent.”

Discovery Channel
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Sand Tigers
Deep in the ocean, off the coast of North Carolina, in a graveyard of shipwrecks; lies the wreckage of an American submarine.  It is the breeding grounds for one of the most feared and misunderstood  creatures in the sea, the Sand Tiger Shark.  Learn the mating and birthing rituals, as well as an inside look into cannibalism of the Sand Tiger Shark pups inside the womb!

Discovery Channel
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Whales of the Pacific Northwest
For thousands of years human beings have been fascinated by whales, yet despite this fascination, our knowledge of them remains superficial. It is uncertain when, how or why the ancestors of the whale gradually moved into a purely aquatic environment.  What has resulted is a group of mammals totally isolated in time and space from all other terrestrial creatures.  Only recently have we begun to bridge that vast environmental chasm.

Discovery Channel
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Sharks on the Brink of Extinction
For 400 million years, sharks have roamed the earth’s oceans. Within the last century, humans have threatened to wipe them from existence. Today, new age technology is providing scientists with valuable insight about the behavior of sharks within the marine environment. This knowledge will lead to making the waters not only safe for humans, but spare the sharks from their current state: an existence on the brink of extinction.

Discovery Channel
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Shark Secrets
No other animal inspires such a range of emotions as the shark. Underwater cinematographers John McKenney and Marty Snyderman have traveled the world’s oceans to film a wide variety of shark species. Witness a rarely seen Horn Shark birth and a stunning battle between Sea-Turtle and Tiger Shark. This documentary reveals the shark's reproductive, feeding, and survival behaviors.

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Ocean Dragons
Ancient sea dragons, rivaling dinosaurs in size and ferocity, once reined supreme in the ocean depths. Descendants of these dragons, such as The mighty Komodo Dragon, the Frill Neck Lizard , and the Anaconda have evolved as no other species have. This program reveals the diverse, adaptable and resilient nature of these reptiles in and out of the water, from the Galapagos Islands to the Australian outback.

PBS
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Whales: Sentinels of the Seas
From the dawn of time, man's fascination with whales has created a complex relationship. These warm-blooded leviathans are social, intelligent and perfectly adapted to the ocean realm. While tribal whale hunting and commercial fishing still exists, a new industry has emerged: Wildlife Entertainment! Instead of hunting these majestic creatures, they are now revered at sea parks, aquariums, and on their migratory ocean paths.

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Oceans 2000 - Part 1
In the last hundred years, technological and scientific discoveries have opened up the mysterious oceans. With the various developments of underwater breathing apparatus and cinematography, visionaries Jacques Cousteau, Hans Hass and Louis Boutan brought the splendors of the seas into millions of homes. Scientists today are now exploring ever deeper, and discovering new cures for diseases as a result of early ocean pioneers. Travel through history and see some of the first images to be filmed underwater!

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Oceans 2000 - Part 2
For thousands of years man has fished the great oceans, built port cities for trade, and cast his eye toward uncharted waters. These activities have produced pollution, oil spills, overfishing, and deforestation that threaten the delicate balance of our ocean world. The ocean’s vastness does have limits and this program contemplates man’s responsibility in protecting the oceans.

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Night Moves
While most of the planet thrives on sunlight, an undiscovered world lives in darkness beneath the surface. There is a changing of the guard when the sun goes down. Encounter dozens of unique, almost mythical creatures in this program as we learn of their marvelous nocturnal adaptations.  The ocean bottom comes alive with strange and wonderful creatures whose colors change as the day turns to night. 

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Gardens of Stone
Stunningly beautiful, coral reefs are vibrant, undersea meeting grounds where the hunter and hunted live side by side.  Most people are unaware that coral reefs are a living animal that grow continuously for thousands of years.  Coral is the largest living animal on the planet.  It is a food source, a haven, a hunting ground, an undersea garden.  Explore these amazing, living, breathing works of nature. 

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Ocean Dreamers
Man has always felt a sense of kinship with mammals of the sea. Warm-blooded, intelligent and friendly, they seem to share a special bond with humans. We have worshiped them and slaughtered them, delighted in them, and studied them.  How are mammals of the oceans related to mammals on land? Join us as we learn more about their highly specialized adaptations and sophisticated social relationships.

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Ocean Habitats
From shallow, near-shore mangrove forests to the vast expanse of the open sea, the world's oceans are a series of interconnected undersea neighborhoods. Each habitat, from seagrass meadows to kelp forests to underwater mountain ranges houses its own ecosystem filled with its own cast of aquatic characters.  These seemingly distant worlds are home to many interesting creatures.  Within each area of the ocean, life has adapted to its surroundings.

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The Latin Seas
Mexico's Sea of Cortez. The Galapagos Islands of Ecuador. The Caribbean Sea.  These names conjure up images of crystal blue waters teeming with life. From hammerheads to tiger sharks, basketstars to manta rays, the Latin Seas are filled with some of the most beautiful and captivating animals in the world.   Submerge your mind in this exotic aquatic world, from the biggest creatures in the seas to the smallest. 

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Shipwreck Graveyards
Moments in history are frozen forever in shipwrecks that lay silent, but not forgotten. The inhabitants of the deep have made good use of these shards of wreckage.  Living reefs have come alive to feed and shelter the animals of the food chain.  Where there was a barren, deserted bottom now there is an oasis teaming with life.  In this program we explore the wrecks of Truk lagoon, the Monitor, whaling ships, trader and cargo ships. 

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Masters of the Sea
With their razor teeth, demonic grins, and reputations as man-killers, shark have long been called Master of the Sea.  Hollywood and the mass media have created this enemy in our minds and a culture bent on inventing weapons, repellents and deterrents that are threatening shark populations worldwide, and in turn, the ecosystems in which they exist. This documentary helps us see a different side of sharks - the first step to alleviating our misguided fears.

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The Frozen Island
Baffin Island in Canada is the fifth largest island in the world. For six months each year, the ocean in this cold region is frozen over with 1-3 meters thick.  Only accessible during a short thaw, this area can be extremely treacherous as huge sections of ice break apart and crash together in spectacular fashion.  Partnered with a native Inuit guide, explorers travel by dogsled and snowmobiles sixty dangerous miles up the frozen ocean to the Floe Edge - a dynamic magnet for wildlife where the ice breaks free.

Discovery Channel
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Mystery of the Whale Caves
Divers uncover the skeletal remains of two adult pilot whales and two juveniles, trapped in a small chamber far inside the cave.  Did the adults choose death rather than leave their children trapped alone? Is this an ancient burial ground where whales go to die? Journey with ocean cinematographer John McKenney as he retrieves bone samples, and enlists the latest carbon dating technology to find the answers.

Discovery Channel
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Ocean Currents
Plug into the electric work filled with alien sounds and strange luminous light, focusing on the work of three prominent scientists using remote operated vehicles, deep ocean submarines, and micro photography.  Discover the source of the incredible glowing light often seen rising from the evening ocean and coral reefs - planktonic animals thousands of feet below the surface, that produce this bioluminescence to attract prey and defend against predators.

Discovery Channel
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Jurassic Reef
This program excavates the clues and unshakable evidence that history’s most fearsome, awe inspiring creatures - the dinosaurs - are still very much alive and living among us in our ocean world. Creatures such as the massive Sturgeon, beautiful Nautilus, blind and jawless Hagfish, and even the poisonous sea serpent, still exist and patrol the depths of our oceans, ancient lakes and river systems.

Discovery Channel
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In Search of the Golden Hammerhead
One member of the shark world is the mysterious and elusive Golden Hammerhead, named for its incredible golden skin.  On location in Trinidad, we plunge into the darkened world of the shark with Dr. Jose Castro of the National Marine Fisheries in search of the Golden Hammerhead - hoping to lift the veil of mystery that surrounds this cryptic creature. Riveting up-close underwater footage, rare microscopic photography, and advanced computer graphics.

Discovery Channel
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Splendors of the Sea
Stunningly photographed, this program looks at the many worlds of the sea - from great kelp forests of the northern latitudes to the sparkling coral reefs of the tropics.  It evokes both wonderment and awe, plus a renewed appreciation of a world we have only begun to explore.  Scored throughout by the award winning composer David Bergeaud, this portrait of the ocean world is a dramatic visual essay, a sight of symphony and sound.

PBS
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Mission to the Monitor
In the 1860’s, during America’s bloody civil war, far-sighted engineers on both sides of the conflict worked furiously to perfect a secret weapon – the iron-clad ship.  Today, after more than a century during which its location remained a mystery, the wreck of the Monitor was located off the storm-wracked Cape Hatteras coast. Watch Rod Farb, an underwater archaeologist, become the first scuba diver to reach the historic wreck. 

Discovery Channel
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Great White!
It is regarded as the fiercest and most formidable predator on earth – a veritable “killing machine,” driven by an insatiable lust for flesh and blood.  No creature on land or sea arouses in mankind more fear or fascination – and none is less well understood.  Filmed in four oceans around the world, Great White! Takes viewers into the private world of the great whites, revealing new insights into their on-going struggle for survival at the top of the food chain. 

Discovery Channel
2 X 48:00

The Ends of the Earth
Australia’s “second coast” remains today relatively unspoiled, a refuge for creatures long revered by the Aborigines of Australia as the living spirits of the long-passed Dreamtime. To preserve this wild legacy is the mission of a growing band of Australian field biologists. In filming this portrait of wild Australia, John McKenney journeys from the tropical lowlands of the Northern Territories to the icy coasts of Southern Australia – the jumping-off sport for Antarctica.

Discovery Channel
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Islands of the Dragons
The island chain of Indonesia is an unparalleled showcase of evolution.  It is the home of creatures both beautiful and bizarre -- ranging from the mighty Komodo dragon to the marsupial cus-cus and the mysterious spectral tarsier, among the smallest of all primates. In addition, the archipelago boasts a host of intriguing underwater wonders, including the most spectacular assemblage of coral reef creatures to be encountered anywhere on earth.

Discovery Channel
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Under the Emerald Sea
Go on an excursion into British Columbia’s Georgia Straits, where a unique assembly of living things grow to truly gargantuan proportions.  These creatures include the giant octopus, the giant sea star, the giant nudibranch, and the mightiest predator in the sea - the killer whale.  As the final work in the long career of noted cinematographer, Jack McKenney, this program is a testament to an outstanding filmmaker’s personal vision, and a seductive portrait of a spectacular natural realm.

PBS
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Land of the Whale
Land Of The Whale journeys from the high altiplano, home of the Andean condor and the camel-like guanaco, to the desert shores where the land and sea collide- home to one of the greatest congregations of life on the planet.  Here, vast numbers of southern sea lions, southern elephant seals, and southern right whales gather to feed and to raise their young, exploiting the bounty of the cold southern waters. 

Discovery Channel
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Phantoms of the Deep
Beyond the colorful coral reefs and far beneath the crashing waves, is a dark, mysterious world teeming with monstrosities unlike any mankind has ever imagined. This strange, alien world of real life sea monsters is a realm where time seems to have stood still for millions of years, preserving the extraordinary and ancient characteristics of its inhabitants. Now, using today’s most sophisticated technology, we venture into the depths for a rare glimpse of some of these elusive creatures and the primordial kingdom they rule.

Discovery Channel
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