Episode list

Animal Atlas

By Land, by Sea, by Air
An exploration into how animals move on land (hop, walk, crawl, climb), in the water (swim underwater or travel along the water's surface), and through the air (powered flight, gliding and soaring).
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Animals 101

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
A look at how the Animal Kingdom is divided: those with a backbone, those without; those who eat meat, those who eat only vegetation, and those who eat both.
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The Biggest & the Fastest
A closer look at the biggest animal in the world, the elephant, and the fastest animal in the world, the cheetah. How they live, and why they are so big and fast, respectively, along with other interesting animals who are either, or both, huge and speedy.
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Animal Babies, Too
A very close look at some remarkable animal babies: horse foals, kangaroo joeys, baby porcupines, wolf cubs, water buffalo calves, hawk chicks, baby owls, and ape infants.
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Herbivores

Thu, Oct 16, 2008
A journey into the world of animals that only eat vegetation. This list includes some of the biggest animals on the planet, such as elephants, hippos, and rhinos.
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Water Birds

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
A panoramic look at birds who are defined by the bodies of water where they live, including ducks, geese, shorebirds, wading birds, puffins, and penguins.
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Livin' Large in the Rainforest
An exploration into the amazing array of creatures that live in the damp and fertile rain forests of the world, from colorful birds, to huge snakes and spiders, to various monkeys, to strange-looking mammals and fierce predators.
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The Hunters and the Hunted
A journey in to the world of predators and prey, with a close look at the varying adaptations and strategies each has for dealing with the other.
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Chow Down!

Thu, Nov 13, 2008
A fascinating look at how an animal's diet determines not only where and how it lives, but what it looks like. From an animal's skull shape, to the number and type of its teeth.
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The Wonderful World of Bears
A visit to some of the eight kinds of the bears in the world: the giant panda, the polar bear, the black bear, the brown bear and the sun bear.
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Elephants Recall All
An up close and personal look at the extraordinary elephant, both the Asian elephant and the African elephant, including the misconceptions, myths and facts surrounding this mighty pachyderm.
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By Any Other Name
A wild ride into the world of nomenclature: from how animals are categorized (kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species) to how they end up with scientific names.
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Farm Livin'

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
A journey into the world of domesticated animals. We look at where they live, whether on farms, ranches, or in our urban homes. We find out which animals were the first to be domesticated.
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Mammals

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
A panoramic look at what makes a mammal a mammal (hair, mammary glands, warm-blooded), including some unusual mammals.
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The Wild Life: Living Outdoors
An exploration into how animals live outdoors. How do they survive temperature extremes? What kind of shelters do they find or make? How do some manage to survive underwater?
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Something Extra
A closer look at animals that have "something extra," whether it's an extraordinary sense, special padding, protuberances, or teeth.
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4 Lions

Thu, Apr 23, 2009
A comparative look at four lions in the animal kingdom (two cats, one aquatic mammal, and one fish): the African lion; the mountain lion; the California sea lion; and the lion fish.
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Life in a Shell
An engaging exploration of the world of tortoises and turtles, the oldest living reptiles. We shine a light on the life in a shell.
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The Good Life: Meet the Otters
A closer look at three kinds of otters: marine otters, river otters, and Asian small-clawed otters. What do they have in common, how do they differ, and how do they hunt, swim and live a semi-aquatic life?
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Our Town: Life as a Prairie Dog
A visit to a prairie dog town to meet its inhabitants and examine their highly social way of life. We dig up the history of the prairie dog on the North American grasslands.
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Uh Oh, Carnivore!
A closer look at the fascinating world of the meat-eaters: the hunters, the insectivores, the carrion feeders, carnivores who can't move, and carnivores who don't have a brain.
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Are We Having Fun Yet?
An examination of the concept of "fun" in the animal kingdom. How do animals show their pleasure? Do some animals smile? We discuss the idea of anthropomorphism and how it colors the way humans perceive the animal world.
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Who's at the Aquarium?
We take a panoramic look at animals that might be found in a public aquarium, from fish, to sharks, to dolphins, to whales, to giant arthropods and "monsters" of the deep.
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How the Zoo Became the Zoo
A fascinating look at how zoos came into being. We look at two specific zoos: one which began as a 19th century traveling circus, the other which rose from the fields of a 19th century farm.
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