Life on Our Planet
Life on Our Planet
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Life on Our Planet

The battle for survival.

8.0 / 10
2023
1 season
8 episodes
Documentary

Life's extraordinary journey to conquer, adapt and survive on Earth across billions of years comes alive in this groundbreaking nature docuseries.

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  • Chapter 1: The Rules of Life

    1.Chapter 1: The Rules of Life

    8.0
    25-10-202343m

    Evolution. Competition. Mass extinction. Three fundamental rules have driven the rise and fall of life on Earth for over four billion years.

  • Chapter 2: The First Frontier

    2.Chapter 2: The First Frontier

    8.2
    25-10-202354m

    For billions of years, land on Earth was uninhabitable. But in the seas, predation allowed species to thrive before — and after — two mass extinctions.

  • Chapter 3: Invaders of the Land

    3.Chapter 3: Invaders of the Land

    8.4
    25-10-202357m

    Sprawling moss, towering trees, flying insects, limbed amphibians: Early species vied for domination as the land went from hostile to hospitable.

  • Chapter 4: In Cold Blood

    4.Chapter 4: In Cold Blood

    8.0
    25-10-202355m

    After Earth's third mass extinction, mammals' surviving ancestors ruled the supercontinent Pangea. But lizards soon ushered in the age of reptiles.

  • Chapter 5: In the Shadow of Giants

    5.Chapter 5: In the Shadow of Giants

    7.8
    25-10-202351m

    The formation of continents with varied environments allowed for an explosion of biodiversity — and turbo-charged the evolution of mighty dinosaurs.

  • Chapter 6: Out of the Ashes

    6.Chapter 6: Out of the Ashes

    8.2
    25-10-202353m

    The dinosaurs met their end with a cataclysmic asteroid impact. Rising from the ashes, birds reinvented themselves into a dynasty 10,000 species strong.

  • Chapter 7: Inheriting the Earth

    7.Chapter 7: Inheriting the Earth

    6.7
    25-10-202352m

    Emerging from the dinosaurs' shadows, mammals went from underdogs to global power, with game-changing adaptations that would conquer land, air and sea.

  • Chapter 8: Age of Ice and Fire

    8.Chapter 8: Age of Ice and Fire

    7.0
    25-10-202350m

    As the Ice Age thawed, humans rose above the rest. But the possibility of a sixth mass extinction now looms: Has our ingenuity caused our downfall?

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