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26 Episodes 2009 - 2010
Episode 1
Fri, Feb 27, 2026
An exploration into the world of the primates: from apes to monkeys. How they differ, how to tell them apart, what they have in common.
Episode 2
Mon, Sep 20, 2010
A closer look at monkeys: the old world and the new world; the biggest and the smallest; the baboons, the guenons, the tamarins.
Episode 3
Mon, Sep 27, 2010
A fascinating exploration into the world of the four great apes: the gorilla, the orangutan, the chimpanzee, and the bonobo. What do they have in common, how do they differ, and what makes an ape and ape?
Episode 4
Fri, Oct 9, 2009
All that's fascinating about birds: from feathers, to flight, to beaks and bills. The biggest, the flightless, the raptors, the nut-crackers. The parrots, the owls, and the ostrich.
Episode 5
Mon, Oct 11, 2010
An exploration into the world of animals that are not only nocturnal and diurnal, but crepuscular. We look at why animals are awake at one time instead of another, and what special sensory adaptations they have for nocturnal living.
Episode 6
Fri, Oct 23, 2009
How long do animals live? Which animals live the longest and the shortest lives? How and why does longevity differ from species to species? What does maturity mean in the animal world?
Episode 7
Fri, Oct 30, 2009
We look at a select few animals as examples of the saying, "you are what you eat." We'll look at the giant panda's wrist-bone "thumb," a cow's perfectly long neck, the hippo's wide mouth, and the elephant's trunk.
Episode 8
Mon, Nov 1, 2010
We delve into the secrets of snakes and lizards, alligators and crocodiles, and turtles and tortoises. How are these animals related and how do they differ?
Episode 9
Fri, Nov 13, 2009
A closer look at the sense of sight. Why is seeing so critical for birds? How do some animals see in the dark? How do animals without eyes still "see"?
Episode 10
Fri, Nov 20, 2009
A look at the animals living today who were around at the time of the dinosaurs, and even before. We look at how some animals have changed a great deal while others have hardly changed at all.
Episode 11
Fri, Jan 15, 2010
An exploration into the world of schooling fish, from those in the ocean to those in lakes and rivers. We investigate how fish survive, the different ways they swim, from burst swimming to cruising.
Episode 12
Fri, Jan 22, 2010
We take a close look at teeth in the animal world and ask, what are the functions of canines, incisors, and molars? We discover that animal teeth will differ depending on what the animal eats.
Episode 13
Fri, Jan 29, 2010
A wild ride into animal nomenclature. What makes a herd a herd or a flock a flock? What are a chimpanzee troop, a wolf pack and a prairie dog town?
Episode 14
Fri, Feb 5, 2010
A panoramic look at how all living things are interconnected: green plants need sunlight to create oxygen, while herbivorous animals consume green plants to survive. In turn, carnivorous predators prey on herbivores.
Episode 15
Fri, Feb 12, 2010
A closer look at bones, from animals with a backbone (vertebrates), to those with skeletons made of cartilage (sharks), to those animals who don't need bones at all (invertebrates).
Episode 16
Fri, Feb 27, 2026
An exploration into the world of wild animals that live in our human neighborhoods. What makes a habitat livable? We look at how the temperature, plant life, and climate determine where an animal lives.
Episode 17
Fri, Apr 9, 2010
A panoramic look at animals that live in trees. We ask how they get up there in the first place, what adaptations they have to live as tree-dwellers, and which animals we can expect to find in trees.
Episode 18
Fri, Feb 27, 2026
A look at many of the more than 22,000 species of fish, from freshwater, to the deep ocean, to the colorful coral reef. We look at the origin of fish, how they breathe, why they have scales, and how they swim.
Episode 19
Fri, Apr 23, 2010
A wild ride through animal classification. What determines an animal's species? Why do the same kinds of animals sometimes look different from each other? What makes a subspecies? All in all, who is related to who, and why.
Episode 20
Fri, Apr 30, 2010
A close look at some one-of-a-kind animals, from the last surviving members of a dwindling species, to some outright unique animals, like the red panda, who has no close relatives in the animal kingdom.
Episode 21
Fri, Feb 27, 2026
An exploration into the watery life of amphibians, including colorful frogs, toads, newts, salamanders. An examination of what amphibians have in common with other cold-blooded creatures such as fish and reptiles, and what sets them apart.
Episode 22
Fri, May 14, 2010
A look at what's great and fascinating about the nearly 5,000 species of lizards alive today, from chameleons to iguanas to basilisks. We examine what makes a lizard a reptile.
Episode 23
Fri, Jul 2, 2010
A panoramic look at animals from Africa, especially the giants, such as elephants, giraffes, hippos, rhinos, and ostriches.
Episode 24
Fri, Feb 27, 2026
An exploration into the diverse world of animal families, from the large "families" that include matriarchal elephant herds, male-dominated chimpanzee troops, and prairie dog towns, to the smaller families, like solitary mother orangutans.
Episode 25
Fri, Jul 16, 2010
A look at how teeth are used for communication, such as a chimp's grin, and how we might misinterpret what looks like a grin.
Episode 26
Fri, Feb 27, 2026
A panoramic survey of animals found only in South America, such as the world's largest rodent, the web-toed bush dog, the giant anteater, jaguar, and more.