They wont be strong enough to challenge for females until they are five years old. Til that day, they will regularly hone their sparring skills. They will stay with the group until they mature. During the long winter chill, Lake Baikal transforms fro...
Three thousand five hundred meters up in the Sayan Mountains near the Russian-Mongolian border, Siberian ibex search for food. They scratch a living from the meager grasses on the sunnier south facing slopes. But some have a different sort of appetit...
Three thousand five hundred meters up in the Sayan Mountains near the Russian-Mongolian border, Siberian ibex search for food. They scratch a living from the meager grasses on the sunnier south facing slopes. But some have a different sort of appetit...
Chipmunks aren't the top collectors of the forest. That prize probably belongs to the colonies of red ants. Worldwide, ants are so numerous their total weight is almost as much as the human population, a force to reckon with. Workers form a never-end...
Thankfully the bear's appetite takes to the bigger prize. Tonight, they both get a share of the spoils. Late August, and as summer slides into autumn, the land around Baikal begins its transformation. Soft and rotting wood sprouts fast-growing fungus...
But hot tempers on a hot rock beats being on the outside trying to get in. This exclusive resort, isnt accepting new guests. Come evening, a cool mist hangs over the lake, as the last of the egg-laying caddis flies get picked off by ducks and bears....
Away from the rocks and into the grasslands, the family of ground squirrels keep a watchful eye. At just three weeks old, four siblings have started to explore the world beyond their burrow. Like Meerkats in Africa, vigilance is key. They stay alert...
After spending a year or so as larvae under water, they transform into winged adults and take to the skies. The millions of tiny flies attract far bigger animals. As they hold a mass mating orgy along the banks of the lake, brown bears come to feed o...
Thousands of years of isolation turned them into a separate species. In the middle of the lake are the Ushkanyi islands. Here the seals form their colonies safe from human predation. After a dip in the lake, nothing beats a dry resting place on the l...