The Pet Rescuers follows the adventures and challenges of a devoted team on a mission to give abandoned pets another chance at a happy life.
How safe are we from the next pandemic? Journey to the island of Riems, off the coast of Germany on the Baltic Sea, to the “Alcatraz for viruses,” where a collective of highly specialized experts from around the world work tirelessly to combat the growing virus threat.
Imagine if all waste just lay where it fell. We’d all be drowning in feces rotting plants and animal corpses, were it not for the cleanup crew. Often unfairly despised, we should see these animals, crabs, dung beetles, vultures and crows as our heroes, keeping us safe from diseases.
Islands of all sizes around the world are often considered comparable to a natural laboratory were evolution can be seen in action.
Few animals are more loved than penguins waddling on ice like clumsy people.
Once thought to be mermaids, the blubber butts are actually gentle giants.
Africa, from mountains to marshland, deserts to coastlines, and grasslands to jungles.
The trees' canopy holds its biggest animal diversity.
Human and technical failures can lead to catastrophes that change the lives of thousands of people forever.
Love in virtual reality. Killer robots. Climate migration. A new form of justice. These are stories shaping the future.
Napoleon Bonaparte met with diplomat Metternich, known as Austria’s “strong man” and the Emperor’s closest confidant. This fateful showdown between two of the most powerful men of this time period marked the beginning of the end for Napoleon.
Could the Allies have won the war without aviation? Discover what went on behind the scenes of the historic, ambitious aerial battle that raged over Normandy.
FASTER! Humanity’s Quest to Save Time, investigates the time-saving inventions we depend on and explores their impact on the world at large.
Across south-east Asia there are mega cities sinking fast. The race is on to predict how fast cities will sink.
From protozoa to dinosaurs and mammals, journey across the eons to examine where life on this planet came from and where it might lead.
Shows selected bridges in the world that have a special aura, tells their history and the stories that entwine them and take place on them, today and yesterday. Each episode leads to two bridges in different places in the world that have something in common, be it their construction or their function.
Yellowstone National Park is famous for its unparalleled beauty but there’s much, much more happening in this breathtaking spot.
Three centuries after the first discoveries, Egypt still reveals new buried treasures, and its inexhaustible myths continue to exist.
Putting the Orient Express – also called „the train of trains“ – on its tracks called for considerable stamina. Several times, the ambitious project of Georges Nagelmackers was on the brink of failure as the Belgian entrepreneur was facing the bankruptcy of his sleeping car company.
Christmas tradition, symbolism, and history are full of characters from the natural world. There is perhaps no animal more closely bound to Christmas as the reindeer. And what Christmas would be complete without the iconic robin redbreast?
All over the world, the 31st of October has a special significance: Halloween. Thanks to superstition and tradition, many animal species have become symbolic of the scary and supernatural.
Europe has a staggering diversity of natural wilderness teeming with wildlife.
There are few places more magical than a forest where enchantment can be found at every turn.
Gorillas live in complex social groups predominantly led by a dominant male 'silverback.'
