The Congo, stretches still unnavigated, its depths unknown, second only to the Amazon in flow. Here it is called the river that swallows all rivers. But below these angry waves, the Congo River has spawned an extraordinary number of bizarre creatures...
Transcript(by myconsent) The highest peaks of the Drakensberg reach up more than ten thousand feet. Most of the pastures up here are well above 6000. As soon as they arrive, the animals reap the rewards of the long hard climb -- the grass is sweet, n...
Hawaii was born in fire. It's islands born by volcanic eruptions. And in some places the fires still burn. On the Big Island, the island named Hawaii, Kilauea spills forth molten rocksin a daily spectacle of creation. The volcanos newest cone Puu Ōō...
Here in an umbrella thorn tree, in Tanzania, Africa, some Fischer's lovebirds are looking for a nice hollow in which to nest and raise their young. The lovebird is a small stout member of the parrot family. They are like humans and their location is...
When spring is no longer far away, the stags offer a curious spectacle. The greater the dignity, the funnier its loss. But even the loser seems to bear it with humour. The younger stags will soon look funny, too. And theres another piece of comfort....
A barbecue taps into our hunter-gatherer of past. But eating beef no longer requires a life-and-death battle for the formidable adversary. 8000 years ago, something extraordinary happened to change all that. hunter-gatherer:采猎者,靠打猎和采集...
This is the animal we see grazing in a field as we drive along the highway. They have a timeless quality as if they have always been with us and we have always known them. In short, we take the cow for granted. John Webster, Professor of Animal Husba...
This is the only horse race in the world to be run at the edge of the sea. Held once a year on Laytown Beach near Dublin, it reflects Irelands centuries-old love affair with the horse. Man has bred these horses for speed and endurance. He has left hi...
The tropical night descends on a quiet beach, but just off shore, beneath the tranquil waves things are busy. A group of research scientists are scouring a coral reef looking for fish, or more accurately, the parasitic passengers attached to the fish...
In the shadow of the Cerro Condor, a 600-meter-high limestone bluff in Patagonia, signs of life are few. But this wind-swept valley in Chubut province of Argentina is becoming one of the world's leading sites for paleontologists. Recent find showed t...