Season 5

1. Alyeska: The Great Land

1986-10-19 · 53m

Examines how the plants and animals of Alaska’s Alyeska wilderness have adapted to the regions harsh climate.

2. Baja Lagoon

1986-10-26 · 53m

An examination of the plants and animals that make their home in a shallow lagoon found on the Western coast of Mexico’s Baja Peninsula.

3. Galapagos: How They Got There

1986-11-02 · 53m

This exploration of the Galapagos Islands, located in the Pacific Ocean West of Ecuador, examines theories explaining the arrival of wildlife to the archipelago.

4. Galapagos: Cold on the Equator

1986-11-09 · 53m

Marine iguanas, cormorants, green turtles, sea lions, and sperm whales are among the animals that thrive in the cold waters surrounding the equatorially located Galapagos Islands.

5. Galapagos: The Ocean Travelers

1986-11-16 · 53m

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.

6. Pantanal: Prairie of the Great Waters

1986-11-23 · 53m

A look at how the Pantanal's wildlife species cope with the annual cycle of flood and drought which transforms the marshy prairie from a dry savannah into the world's largest freshwater wetland – a 36,000 square-mile area that encompasses Southwestern Brazil and parts of Bolivia and Paraguay.

7. Cats

1986-12-07 · 53m

An examination of the behavior of man’s feline friends.

8. Leopard: A Darkness in the Grass

1986-12-14 · 53m

The activities of an elusive female leopard are traced over a two-day period on the hot plains of Africa.

9. The Elephant Challenge

1987-01-18 · 53m

A look at the survival of the African elephants, as ivory and foraging land became more valuable.

10. Ichkeul: Between the Desert and the Deep Blue Sea

1987-02-08 · 53m

A freshwater lake in Tunisia that turns salty every summer.

11. In the Shadow of Fujisan: See No Evil

1987-02-22 · 53m

The Japanese take efforts to save an indigenous monkey.

12. In the Shadow of Fujisan: Bird of Happiness

1987-03-01 · 53m

A look at the crane, Japanese symbol of longevity, true love and happiness.

13. In the Shadow of Fujisan: Long Live the Turtle

1987-03-08 · 53m

Hunters and egg poachers threaten the existence of the giant loggerhead turtle.

14. America's Wild Horses

1987-03-15 · 53m

Following the wild mustangs of America’s West.

15. Holy Land: A Wilderness Like Eden

1987-04-12 · 53m

An exploration of the Rift Valley that sweeps North from Kenya to Turkey, where prophets said their god first planted a garden.

16. Holy Land: Sweet Water, Bitter Sea

1987-04-19 · 53m

The unusual life in the salty Dead Sea, where the desert plunges 1,200 feet below sea level.

17. The Forgotten Garden

1987-04-26 · 53m

What happens when a finely maintained garden is abandoned.

18. Lords of Hokkaido

1987-05-10 · 53m

A year on a Japanese island following a family of red foxes.

19. Designed for Living

1987-05-17 · 53m

The tunnelers, thatchers, weavers, dam builders, sculptors, potters and spinners of the animal kingdom.

20. Masked Monkeys

1987-05-24 · 55m

Echoing hoots and trills, bandit masks, feathered tufts and orange noses distinguish African forest monkeys called quenons.