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Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy Antarctica. The show's primary focus is on animals and ecosystems around the world. A comic book based on the show, meant to be used an as educational tool for kids, was briefly distributed to museums and schools at no cost in the mid-2000s.
Episode 20 : Serpents
April. 15,1990
A natural history of the snake includes its significance to man as a symbol of fertility, immortality and death.
Episode 19 : Yellowstone on Fire
April. 08,1990
The effect of the 1988 fire on the ecosystem of Yellowstone National Park.
Episode 18 : Presque Isle: Land in Motion
April. 01,1990
An exploration of the environmental impact of man's attempts to halt the erosion of Presque Isle beaches.
Episode 17 : The Haida Gwai: Islands of the People
March. 25,1990
Profiles the Haida Indians who live on British Columbia's Queen Charlotte Island.
Episode 16 : Giant Otters
March. 18,1990
The fur trade continues to threaten the South American otter with extinction, despite its status as an endangered species.
Episode 15 : The Emerald Isle
March. 11,1990
Thousands of years of human settlement provide the backdrop by which to discover the wildlife of Ireland.
Episode 14 : The Colorado
March. 04,1990
Tracing the course of the Colorado River.
Episode 13 : A Wolf in the Fold
February. 18,1990
The relationship between working sheepdogs and flocks of sheep. Selective breeding yields a sheepdog with outstanding abilities to tend the creature other canines prey upon.
Episode 12 : Hunters of the Sky
February. 11,1990
A look at how Europe's birds of prey have adapted.
Episode 11 : King Solomon's Mountains
February. 04,1990
The forests and waters of Ethiopia's Bale Mountains, may one day renew the country's depleted landscape.
Episode 10 : Cranes of the Grey Wind
January. 21,1990
Scientists study sandhill cranes on Nebraskan plains, Alaskan and Siberian coasts and in the Northwest Territories.
Episode 9 : Gran Paradiso
January. 07,1990
Resource management in Italy's alpine Gran Paradiso National Park has consequences beyond the parks boundaries.
Episode 8 : Forest of Fear
December. 17,1989
A look at the maneating tigers of the Sundarbans delta in India.
Episode 7 : Gorillas
December. 10,1989
A portrait of the endangered mountain gorilla in equatorial Africa.
Episode 6 : The Great Wood of Caledon
November. 19,1989
An exploration of the Caledonian forest in Scotland, Britain's largest remaining area of ancient woodland.
Episode 5 : Land of Dragons
November. 12,1989
Profiles the wildlife living within the British crown colony of Hong Kong
Episode 4 : Under the Ice
October. 29,1989
Soft coral, sponges, tubeworms, anemones and giant cod adapt to life in Antarctica's subzero waters.
Episode 3 : The Great Rift: Breaking the Continent
October. 22,1989
Examines the Red Sea, the island of Madagascar and East Africa.
Episode 2 : The Great Rift: Out of the Ashes
October. 15,1989
The wildlife that lives on the Great Rift's ash plains.
Episode 1 : The Great Rift: Footprints in the Valley
October. 08,1989
The area's evolutionary roots opens this look at the African valley.
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