Nature's Microworlds
Nature's Microworlds
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Nature's Microworlds

8.0 / 10
2012
1 season
13 episodes
Documentary

Earth is a collection of worlds within worlds, each one a self-contained ecosystem bursting with life. These microworlds depend on an intricate web of relationships and natural forces that make each one unique. This stunning series delves deep into the heart of these habitats, breaking down each intricate ecosystem into all of its component parts, introducing the animals that live there, and revealing the fine balances of its existence.

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  • Galapagos

    1.Galapagos

    16-07-201229m

    Warning: Contains scenes of animals eating prey that some viewers may find distressing. A visit to arguably the most famous archipelago on Earth, the Galapagos. It's home to a myr...

  • Serengeti

    2.Serengeti

    23-07-201230m

    A look at one of the most famous habitats on the planet, the Serengeti in East Africa, a vast grassland that is home to some of the greatest concentrations of herbivores on the con...

  • Amazon

    3.Amazon

    30-07-201230m

    Steve Backshall lifts the lid on an incredible world of intricate relationships and unexpected hardship in the Amazon rainforest, explores the way that the jungle's inhabitants int...

  • Monterey Bay

    4.Monterey Bay

    06-08-201230m

    Monterey Bay on California's coast is one of the most diverse marine ecosystems in the world, its giant kelp forest bursting with life, from microscopic plankton to visiting ocean...

  • Okavango

    5.Okavango

    13-08-201230m

    Steve Backshall tries to discover just what makes it possible for a river to stop in the middle of a desert. The Okavango is the world's largest inland delta and home to a one of A...

  • Svalbard

    6.Svalbard

    20-08-201230m

    In a revelatory look at Svalbard, the most northerly region in the series, Steve Backshall leaves no stone unturned as he unravels the secrets that lie covered in ice for most of e...

  • Canada's Coastal Forests

    7.Canada's Coastal Forests

    23-01-201330m

    Steve Backshall pulls apart the pieces of Canada's remarkable coastal forest to reveal why this ancient sylvan environment is not only home to some of the largest trees on Earth, b...

  • Great Barrier Reef

    8.Great Barrier Reef

    30-01-201330m

    Steve Backshall goes beneath the surface of Australia's Great Barrier Reef to discover the crucial conditions that allowed a tiny coral building block to create the largest living...

  • Namib Desert

    9.Namib Desert

    06-02-201330m

    Steve Backshall takes us on a journey to the oldest desert in the world, the Namib in south west Africa, where the treacherous Skeleton Coast sees freezing waters meet a sea of spe...

  • Yellowstone

    10.Yellowstone

    13-02-201330m

    In the spectacular Yellowstone where wolves, bears, coyotes, bison and elk roam vast grasslands, wetlands and forests, Steve Backshall looks for the answer to a puzzle. Wolves and...

  • The Deep Sea

    11.The Deep Sea

    20-02-201330m

    Steve Backshall takes us to a place few have ever visited - the deep sea. 99 per cent of the space on Earth inhabited by life is under the ocean and almost 90 per cent of this is d...

  • Australia's Red Centre

    12.Australia's Red Centre

    27-02-201330m

    In Australia's red centre, Steve Backshall reveals two-metre-tall kangaroos, the world's most venomous snake and a burrowing toad living among the throng of animals. Parched by the...

  • Scottish Highlands

    13.Scottish Highlands

    06-03-201330m

    Steve Backshall looks at the Scottish Highlands, home to some of the most iconic wildlife in the British Isles. The two contrasting landscapes of open moor and Caledonian forest ar...

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