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Examines the ecology, evolution, and social structure of Asian elephants in the wild and the challenges facing them, including habitat loss, captive breeding and farming, and the ivory trade.

Kids will discover that there are nearly 1000 kinds of bats. Combines live-action footage of bats with animation.

Oscar, a baby chimpanzee, is enjoying his life with his mother in the jungles along the Ivory Coast. Without warning, young Oscar is orphaned during an attack from a rival group of chimpanzees. Afterwards, he attempts to survive on his own, and to be accepted by the other chimps. Oscar struggles until he is adopted by the alpha male of his group.

Traces the remarkable resurgence of this legendary creature and illustrates how the return of the buffalo to the American Plains is revitalizing the spiritual, cultural and economic lives of Native American tribes.

"Looks back at Jane Goodall's career as a primatologist, animal rights advocate, and environmental activist. Comprised of present-day interview segments with Goodall and archival footage of her work studying chimpanzees at Tanzania's Gombe National Park shot by Hugo van Lawick in the 1960s for National Geographic." --

A young African boy named Gisani finds himself destined to protect a rare and magnificent white lion cub named Letsatsi who is cast from his pride and is forced to survive on his own. After many perilous adventures young Letsatsi befriends Nkulu, an older lion who teaches him how to survive in the harsh African wilderness. With Nkulu's help, Letsatsi grows from a young and naive lion cub into a magnificent adult. But before he can take his rightful...

"Examines big-game hunting, breeding, and wildlife conservation in the U.S. and Africa and the consequences of treating animals as commodities." --

"America's Wild Frontier tells the story of the frontier and wildlife closest to America's heart. We explore the woods that Davy Crocket once called home in The Great Valley of Appalachia, and where Wild Bill Hickok saw his last sunset in The Badlands of South Dakota. We reveal a cast of critter characters that includes everything from bears, bison and burrowing owls, to weasels, wood ducks and wild horses. Whether it's beneath the ice sheets in the...

Hearing the word 'Africa' can conjure a myriad of images - herds of animals roaming the plains, Maasai warriors with their swords and spears, romantic African sunsets, or regions of tribal conflict. It is all this and more. Join award-winning filmmaker Rick Ray as he takes you on a remarkable safari with stops including the Great Rift Valley and coffee plantations of Kenya

Follows lioness Ma di Tau and her fragile cubs as they take a perilous journey through raging fire, rival prides, croc-infested rivers, and deadly buffalo in order to survive.