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It is estimated that there are 26,000 polar bears in the wild, living across countries that border the Artic Ocean, including Canada, Russia and Norway. While they are not facing imminent extinction, the devastation caused to their habitats by climate change puts their long-term survival at risk and their numbers are predicted to decline by 30% by 2050.

Saving a conservation icon – the polar bear

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How much do we know about their lives before they become the adult apex predators of the ocean?

The secret lives of baby sharks

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Animals

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Underestimating a penguin is a mistake that might cost you dearly.

Penguin chicks rescued by unlikely hero

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Could you survive in the depths of the ocean, or in the heat of the desert?  Take the quiz and find out which wild mammal you are.

Which of our fellow mammals are you most like?

Living on the edge

Discover the toughest creatures on Earth in our Seven Worlds, One Planet quiz.

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Animal Facts

Their agility, intelligence, playfulness and social skills make dolphins one of the most charming inhabitants of the Earth’s waters. But there’s more to this savvy, diverse family of creatures than meets the eye.

Dolphin Facts

Dolphin

The elephant is the largest living land animal. This giant, plant-eating mammal lives in family groups with complex social orders and is capable of remarkable feats of memory – they do say elephants never forget!

Elephant Facts

Elephant

With sophisticated modes of speech, extraordinary displays of parental devotion and an uncanny ability to power nap, the penguin is one our most cherished but endangered birds – and full of surprises.  

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Penguin

The lion is the second biggest big cat after the tiger. Unlike most big cats, the lion is social, and lives in family groups called prides. This ferocious apex predator works together with its companions to take down sizeable prey like water buffalo, which are much larger than a single lion.

Lion Facts

Lion

Crocodiles are voracious, semi-aquatic reptiles with formidable hunting skills. 

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Crocodile

Fact Files

This episode journeys across the planet, from pole to pole, following the influence of the sun and discovering how its seasonal journey affects the lives of all who live on earth.

From Pole to Pole

Humans like to think that once they have climbed a mountain, they have somehow conquered it. But they can only ever be visitors to this alien, frozen world.

Mountains

This edition takes an epic river journey following the descent of the planet's mightiest rivers from their mountain sources to the sea.

Fresh Water

The Cave of Swallows in Mexico is a 400-metre vertical shaft. It's deep enough to engulf the Empire State Building, yet few people even know of its existence.

Caves

A look at deserts around the world, from Namibia to Atakama to Arizona, unravelling the secrets behind desert survival and revealing their ephemeral nature.

Deserts

Although the frozen worlds of the Arctic and Antarctic experience the greatest seasonal extremes, it is the advance and retreat of the ice that is the real challenge to life.

Ice Worlds

The great plains are the vast open spaces of our planet. These immense wilderness areas are seemingly empty. But any feeling of emptiness is an illusion.

Great Plains

Tropical rainforests cover just three per cent of our planet, yet are home to a staggering 50 per cent of the world's species. They are the richest environments on earth but also the most competitive.

Jungles

David Attenborough narrates the epic journey of a humpback whale and calf as they cross the richest seas that fringe our coasts.

Shallow Seas

The Taiga forest is a silent world of stunted conifers cloaked in snow and ice. The trees form a belt that circles the globe, broken only by ocean, and contains a third of all trees on earth.

Seasonal Forests

So, from the sinister 'vampire squid from hell' glowering in the depths, to the scintillating attacks of 100 sabre-billed sailfish speeding at the surface, explore the alien world of the open ocean in the safety of your living room.

Ocean Deep

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Four rival families – leopards, hyenas, wild dogs and lions – all competing to claim a corner of Zambian paradise as their home... who will succeed in ruling this precious Kingdom?

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Deep in Zambia, leopards, hyenas, wild dogs and lions compete to make a home in paradise.

Kingdom

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Big Cats 24/7 returns, bringing you closer than ever before to the incredible wildlife living in the heart of Botswana, in the Okovango Delta.

Big Cats 24/7 Series Two

Africa

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Stranger and more dramatic than we ever imagined - these are our untold origins. With stunning visuals and cutting-edge science, Ella Al-Shamahi reveals the story of our species.

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Human

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Walking with Dinosaurs returns. 25 years after it first broadcast to critical and audience acclaim, this new series will showcase the lives of six incredible dinosaurs.

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Walking with Dinosaurs

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Sir David Attenborough presents Asia, a seven-part series dedicated to our planet’s greatest continent,
revealing its most remarkable landscapes and animals.

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Asia

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Voyage across the solar system with Professor Brian Cox and explore the spectacular wonders and mysterious natural phenomena that are happening right now on the surface of worlds that orbit the Sun.

Solar System

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Big Cats 24/7 brings you closer than ever before to the incredible wildlife living in the heart of Botswana, in the Okovango Delta.

Big Cats 24/7 

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Found in every ocean and on every continent, Sir David Attenborough reveals the world of mammals and the secrets of their success.

Mammals

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Our home. Our future. This is #PlanetEarth3. 

Planet Earth III

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Dive into the worlds of six tiny animals on the greatest adventures of their lives.

Big Little Journeys

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Educate

David Attenborough celebrates the amazing variety of the natural world in this epic documentary series, filmed over four years across 64 different countries.

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