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26 Episodes 2006 - 2007
Episode 1
Fri, Sep 22, 2006
A closer look at the smaller, 'not great' apes who are often mistaken for monkeys, including the amazing singing siamangs, the sopranos of the forest.
Episode 2
Fri, Sep 29, 2006
Exploring the secret world of a very unusual group of primates. These extraordinary creatures are found only in Madagascar and have been mistaken for ghosts.
Episode 3
Sun, Feb 15, 2026
A fact-finding mission into the truth behind the rumors of deadly monster-animals, from the gorilla to the shark and the komodo dragon.
Episode 4
Fri, Oct 13, 2006
What does 'endangered' really mean and how did the populations of some animals decrease so much that there are only a few remaining in the wild.
Episode 5
Sun, Feb 15, 2026
The great animals of Africa, from the gargantuan, like the giraffe, elephant and rhino, to the lesser known but wildly entertaining like the meerkat and the warthog.
Episode 6
Fri, Oct 27, 2006
A fond and closer look at one of the most beloved animals on the planet while answering the inevitable question: what's really big about the giraffe and why.
Episode 7
Fri, Nov 3, 2006
How looking at an animals legs and feet gives us clues about where an animal lives, what it eats, and how it survives.
Episode 8
Sun, Feb 15, 2026
What makes a mammal a mammal and in what ways do they differ from other animals: it's a lot more than just feeding their young with milk.
Episode 9
Sun, Feb 15, 2026
Exploring the world of pigs and their look a likes, from wild pigs in Africa to the portly hippo and the barnyard piglet.
Episode 10
Sun, Feb 15, 2026
Both unusual and recognizable animals from the 'New World' -- the continents of North and South America -- and how they are different and distinctive from Old World animals.
Episode 11
Sun, Feb 15, 2026
A journey into the world of monkeys, from the terrestrial to the arboreal, from the New World to the Old World.
Episode 12
Fri, Jan 26, 2007
The real story of the 'man-like monsters' of deepest Africa: the lowland gorilla and the chimpanzee.
Episode 13
Fri, Feb 2, 2007
A revealing look at two of the great apes, the orangutan and the bonobo, and the legends surrounding these two primates.
Episode 14
Sun, Feb 15, 2026
How animals got their names and the amazing stories of the meaning behind them.
Episode 15
Fri, Feb 16, 2007
How animals survive in the wild through unique adaptations to their environments: from use of poisons, to bodily changes, to restrictive diets.
Episode 16
Fri, Feb 23, 2007
A journey into the world of bears -- from the polar bear, to the American black bear, to the brown bear - and all the bears in between.
Episode 17
Sun, Feb 15, 2026
A unique exploration of animals who are black and white in color and why they are when Nature almost everywhere is colorful and/or verdant in green.
Episode 18
Fri, Apr 20, 2007
Animals from Down Under, from the kangaroo to the koala and other remarkable native creatures.
Episode 19
Sun, Feb 15, 2026
Animals in our households and the barnyards and an exploration into the history of their domesticity.
Episode 20
Fri, May 4, 2007
The dog, the cat and the horse and what features, behaviors and elements of their appearance make them immediately recognizable to all.
Episode 21
Fri, May 11, 2007
Mammals of the sea, from dolphins to whales. How they survive in the ocean, what makes them unique, how their behavior and appearance is determined by what they eat and where they live.
Episode 22
Sun, Feb 15, 2026
A journey to the Shedd Aquarium outside of Chicago: exploring the worlds of their marine animals while learning what it takes to provide aquatic homes for them.
Episode 23
Fri, Jul 6, 2007
Animals who live submerged and the strategies they have for survival in a damp world: from amphibians, to aquatic turtles, to swimming reptiles.
Episode 24
Sun, Feb 15, 2026
Animals who hail from environs in Asia, from tigers to giant pandas to great apes.
Episode 25
Sun, Feb 15, 2026
An exploration of the world of birds -- from wings, to beaks, to feet, to flight, and the flightless penguin and the ostrich.
Episode 26
Sun, Feb 15, 2026
A look at how zoos have changed historically from housing animals in cages to creating vast environments that closely approximate life in the wild and what zoos are doing to increase animal populations.