World's Last Great Places

Separated from the mainland some 165 million years ago, Madagascar's flora and fauna have evolved in near isolation. Join a team of naturalists as they trek to the island's isolated Ankarana plateau to study the exotic animals of this wildlife oasis.

Journey deep into a tropical jungle of staggering beauty: the Amazon. Here, torrential rains annually transform the dry forest floor into a watery world where some of the most extraordinary and uncommon wildlife flourish.

Explore the living sands of Namib, a remote coastal desert on the edge of Africa. Learn about the amazing survival techniques of the plants and creatures born in this forbidding land, where years pass without rainfall on the scorching sands.

Dragons still walk the Earth in the remote islands of the Galapagos. These volcanic islands showcase creatures and behaviors seen nowhere else on Earth. Marvel at the unique strategies for survival that could only have been created in the Galapagos.

In all of Africa, there is no other place like Okavango Delta - a watery refuge in the heart of one of the world's greatest deserts.

Go beyond the dense green curtain, into a pristine rain forest that thrives in isolation on a Panamanian island. For the few researchers privileged to set foot here, this refuge yields tantalizing clues to the secrets of the rain forest.

Hidden in the extraordinary Sonoran Desert of the American southwest is a world of wonders. Its spectacular landscape and varied climate support a diverse community of plant and animal life that display their own unique adaptations.

When a young coyote is cast out by his pack, he must learn to survive in the beautiful and treacherous Yellowstone National Park. Cain the coyote's year-long adventure will culminate in a final life-or-death confrontation with his original pack.