Animal Atlas

Season 3

Animal Atlas travels the globe to meet every kind of animal imaginable, from the familiar to the astounding. We learn about the way they live, and the adaptations that allow them to survive and thrive in the wild.

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26 Episodes

  • Meet The Gibbons: The Lesser Apes?
    E1
    Meet The Gibbons: The Lesser Apes?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.
  • What’s A Lemur?
    E2
    What’s A Lemur?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.
  • Man-Eaters And Other Predators
    E3
    Man-Eaters And Other PredatorsA fact-finding mission into the truth behind the rumors of deadly monster-animals, from the gorilla to the shark and the komodo dragon.
  • Endangered: Say Hello, Say Goodbye
    E4
    Endangered: Say Hello, Say GoodbyeWhat 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. From loss of habitat, to aggressive hunting, to mysterious disappearances, the plight of dwindling populations is examined.
  • Animal Passport: Africa!
    E5
    Animal Passport: Africa!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.
  • Nine Giraffes
    E6
    Nine GiraffesA 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.
  • Legs!
    E7
    Legs!How looking at an animals legs and feet gives us clues about where an animal lives, what it eats, and how it survives.
  • Mammals Got Game!
    E8
    Mammals Got Game!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.
  • Who’s A Pig? (And Who’s Not)
    E9
    Who’s A Pig? (And Who’s Not)Exploring the world of pigs and their look-alikes, from wild pigs in Africa to the portly hippo and the barnyard piglet.
  • Animal Passport: The America’s!
    E10
    Animal Passport: The America’s!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.
  • A Barrel Of Monkeys
    E11
    A Barrel Of MonkeysA journey into the world of monkeys, from the terrestrial to the arboreal, from the New World to the Old World.
  • The Real King Kongs
    E12
    The Real King KongsThe real story of the ‘man-like monsters’ of deepest Africa: the lowland gorilla and the chimpanzee.
  • Ape-Man Of The Forest
    E13
    Ape-Man Of The ForestA revealing look at two of the great apes, the orangutan and the bonobo, and the legends surrounding these two primates.
  • Big Hairy Spiders & Other Toxic Creatures
    E14
    Big Hairy Spiders & Other Toxic CreaturesHow animals got their names and the amazing stories of the meaning behind them.
  • Secrets Of Animal Survival
    E15
    Secrets Of Animal SurvivalHow animals survive in the wild through unique adaptations to their environments: from use of poisons, to bodily changes, to restrictive diets.
  • Three Bears, No Goldilocks
    E16
    Three Bears, No GoldilocksA 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.
  • Black & White
    E17
    Black & WhiteA 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.
  • Animal Passport: Australia!
    E18
    Animal Passport: Australia!Animals from Down Under, from the kangaroo to the koala and other remarkable native creatures.
  • Who’s Domesticated? (And Who’s Just Tame)
    E19
    Who’s Domesticated? (And Who’s Just Tame)Animals in our households and the barnyards and an exploration into the history of their domesticity.
  • Canine, Feline, Equine
    E20
    Canine, Feline, EquineThe dog, the cat and the horse and what features, behaviors and elements of their appearance make them immediately recognizable to all.
  • A Whale Of A Good Time!
    E21
    A Whale Of A Good Time!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.
  • Who’s At The Aquarium?
    E22
    Who’s At The Aquarium?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.
  • Going Amphibious!
    E23
    Going Amphibious!Animals who live submerged and the strategies they have for survival in a damp world: from amphibians, to aquatic turtles, to swimming reptiles.
  • Animal Passport: Asia!
    E24
    Animal Passport: Asia!Animals who hail from environs in Asia, from tigers to giant pandas to great apes.
  • Look! Up In The Sky! It’s A Bird!
    E25
    Look! Up In The Sky! It’s A Bird!An exploration of the world of birds -- from wings, to beaks, to feet, to flight, and the flightlessness of the penguin and the ostrich.
  • Who’s At The Zoo?
    E26
    Who’s At The Zoo?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 and to keep animals entertained, active and mentally stimulated.

 

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