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5 Episodes 2025 - 2026
Episode 1
Wed, Oct 22, 202554 mins
The walrus is one of the Arctic's most enigmatic animals. With three-foot long tusks and a droopy mustache, everyone knows what these marine mammals look like, but few ever see them in the wild. For Kirk Johnson, a paleontologist and Sant Director of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, the walrus has been a creature close to his heart for 40 years. Most of the world's walrus, about 250,000 of them, live in the frigid seas between Russia and Alaska. Johnson embarks on an Arctic adventure to uncover the hidden lives of these lumbering giants and the threats they face as climate change shrinks the sea ice. He follows the fate of one young orphan, who is rescued and rehabilitated at the Alaska Sealife Center. What kind of future lies ahead for her, and for the walruses in the wild?
Episode 2
Wed, Oct 29, 202554 mins
A unique, decade-long mountain lion study uses a vast network of over 200 trail cameras scattered throughout Montana's Sapphire Mountains to piece together the story of a female mountain lion named Willow and her kittens. The film weaves together footage of mountain lions and their complex interactions with each other. Witness an epic saga about life and death that contains never-before-captured events and behaviors at every turn.
Episode 3
Wed, Nov 5, 202554 mins
With a world population of hundreds of millions, feral pigeons are our most familiar neighbors. They have been an ever-present companion to people for millennia, yet despite such familiarity, there's still so much we don't know about the remarkable, resilient pigeon. Follow in the footsteps of London and New York's pigeon flocks to uncover their secret world. Witness the challenges of city life and how the humble pigeon has overcome them. Narrated by Bobby Moynihan.
Episode 4
Wed, Nov 12, 202554 mins
On a remote stretch of Costa Rica's Pacific coast, the lush, volcanic landscape gives way to a startlingly different world: a dry tropical forest - one of the last of its kind on the planet - where a newly resurgent population of jaguars has reclaimed their kingdom. In the waters at its edge, legions of olive ridley sea turtles emerge from the ocean for one of nature's most spectacular events, a mass nesting ritual called the arribada. Here, the two unlikely creatures meet, with spectacular consequences for both their species and the vastly different ecosystems they inhabit.
Episode 5
Wed, Jan 14, 202653 mins
Against the backdrop of Africa's Mount Kilimanjaro, meet the majestic 'super tuskers'- male elephants that carry the wisdom of generations, whose tusks each weigh at least 100 pounds. Fewer than 30 remain in all of Kenya. Follow the lives of Craig, Pascal, and Esau - tuskers at different stages of life - as they navigate the trials, transformations, and experiences that come with age and a shifting landscape. The film offers a rare window into a world of male African elephants: the annual cycle of musth, a period of heightened hormones for breeding and asserting dominance, as well as tender moments among old friends. Across the open plains of Amboseli National Park and beyond, the bulls must find a balance between independence and the deep social bonds of brotherhood. Their stories reflect a lifetime of survival and strength-shaped by decades of navigating drought, conflict and human-wrought change. 'To enter the world of male elephants was astonishing,' said Allison Argo, writer and producer. 'Most of us are aware of female elephants and their wonderful matriarchy, but male elephant society is equally fascinating and complex. To be allowed into their world is a huge privilege- and with that comes a responsibility to protect them.'