Episode list

Wildlife documentarian Saba Douglas-Hamilton examines the notoriously bad-tempered black rhino with an exceptional secret.

Two men journey high into the inhospitable mountains of Pakistan to film the most elusive big cat in the world, the endangered snow leopard.

Examining desert-dwelling elephants on the remote Skeleton Coast of Namibia, which have increased in number after once being near extinction due to poaching.

Researchers in Antarctica observe Adelie penguins during the polar summer as they nest and raise chicks.

A coalition of three cheetah brothers in Botswana attempt to maintain control of their territory in the face of many threats, including a leopard and a lone cheetah.

A family of banded mongooses are observed at the Selous Game Reserve in Tanzania.

Reputed as one of Africa's deadliest animals, buffalo are one of the fiercest and most powerful members of the Big 5. Their volatile tempers and tendency to charge and gore their opponents with their enormous horns ensures that few predators will take them on. Even lions, Africa's most notorious predators, scatter before their hooves! But there is a greater threat than predators facing the buffalo herds.... Two years ago they might have gored him; now they eat out of his hands. Lindsay Hunt has wound his way deep into the buffalo world, to earn the trust of one of Africa's most fearsome beasts. In the face of devastating disease epidemics, he has devoted his life to fighting for the buffalo on every front. Lindsay Hunt is the 'Buffalo Warrior.'

Predators and prey of the MalaMala Game Reserve in South Africa endure a drought, and a deadly disease.

Researchers try to decipher the Humback whales' songs in waters off Hawaii and Australia.

On the Serengeti, a clan of Spotted hyenas are observed focusing on a young female named Naabi, daughter of the clan matriarch, who experiences a reversal of fortune when her mother is killed by a lion and her clan taken over by a rival.

Examining reasons for declining numbers of tiger sharks, including sport and commercial fishing, and drowning in safety nets. Also: scientists' efforts to prove that the shark is a vulnerable species.

A pride of lions in the Savuti section of Chobe National Park in Botswana and their prey, the elephant herd from the Serondela section, suffer during an extended drought.