David Attenborough

Every animal on the planet has the drive to raise their young. This final special showcases the most breath-taking and touching courtship, birthing and parenting behaviors.  The polar bear mother and her cubs, pink river dolphins’ mating dance, the famous courtship dances of the birds of paradise, and forest elephant families.  There are heartbreaking stories, such as when the chicks of the snow geese are snatched by an Arctic fox. While other tales have happy endings, like the polar bear mother leading her tiny cubs out of their den.

Hidden away in the shadow of the Himalayas, roam the last great herds of India's giant grazers; one-horned rhinoceroses, wild buffalo and Asian elephants. Through the eyes of a newborn elephant calf, visit a land of unexpected contrasts and else variety.

This is the real story of the jungles of central India made famous by Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book. Bears, boars, monkeys, mongoose and more all coexist in the world of predator and prey. We'll also meet the two most feared animals in the hierarchy of the jungle: the Bengal tiger and India's wild dog. Join us as we witness how the battle of survival is heightened dry season.

The indigenous people call it marusthali, meaning region of death. Found in this harsh area of drought and heat is the Asiatic lion, one of the world's rarest big cats and India's national emblem. The unforgiving desert is also home to one of the world's fastest terrestrial mammals, the blackbuck. Witness the adaptability of nature in this inhospitable place.