A look at the Galapagos Islands’ many birds, include the waved albatross, blue-footed booby, frigate bird and the ground finch; also, man’s relationship with the islands’ changing environment.
Aired: Oct 19, 1986 Examines how the plants and animals of Alaska’s Alyeska wilderness have adapt...
Aired: Oct 26, 1986 An examination of the plants and animals that make their home in a shallow la...
3. Galapagos: How They Got There
Aired: Nov 2, 1986This exploration of the Galapagos Islands, located in the Pacific Ocean West ...
4. Galapagos: Cold on the Equator
Aired: Nov 9, 1986Marine iguanas, cormorants, green turtles, sea lions, and sperm whales are am...
5. Galapagos: The Ocean Travelers
Aired: Nov 16, 1986A look at the Galapagos Islands’ many birds, include the waved albatross, blu...
6. Pantanal: Prairie of Great Waters
Aired: Nov 23, 1986A look at how the Pantanal's wildlife species cope with the annual cycle of f...
Aired: Dec 7, 1986 An examination of the behavior of man’s feline friends.
8. Leopard: A Darkness in the Grass
Aired: Dec 14, 1986An intimate portrait of Africa's most elusive big cat, "A Darkness in The Gra...
Aired: Jan 18, 1987 A look at the survival of the African elephants, as ivory and foraging land b...
10. Ichkeul: Between the Desert and the Deep Blue Sea
Aired: Feb 8, 1987A freshwater lake in Tunisia that turns salty every summer.
11. In the Shadow of Fujisan: See No Evil
Aired: Feb 22, 1987The Japanese take efforts to save an indigenous monkey.
12. In the Shadow of Fujisan: Bird of Happiness
Aired: Mar 1, 1987A look at the crane, Japanese symbol of longevity, true love and happiness.
13. In the Shadow of Fujisan: Long Live the Turtle
Aired: Mar 8, 1987Hunters and egg poachers threaten the existence of the giant loggerhead turtle.
Aired: Mar 15, 1987 Following the wild mustangs of America’s West.
15. Holy Land: A Wilderness Like Eden
Aired: Apr 12, 1987An exploration of the Rift Valley that sweeps North from Kenya to Turkey, whe...
16. Holy Land: Sweet Water, Bitter Sea
Aired: Apr 19, 1987The unusual life in the salty Dead Sea, where the desert plunges 1,200 feet b...
Aired: Apr 26, 1987 What happens when a finely maintained garden is abandoned.
Aired: May 10, 1987 A year on a Japanese island following a family of red foxes.
Aired: May 17, 1987 The tunnelers, thatchers, weavers, dam builders, sculptors, potters and spinn...
Aired: May 24, 1987 Echoing hoots and trills, bandit masks, feathered tufts and orange noses dist...
Current Status: Returning Series
Network: PBS
Production Countries: Germany, United States
Genres:Family, Documentary
