Kodiak Island in the Gulf of Alaska is home to the largest bear on earth, the Kodiak Bear. At least 2,500 bears live on the island and the animal is regarded as the world’s biggest land predator, reaching an impressive four meters in height when standing on its hind legs. Film maker Stefan Quinth spent three years filming the Kodiak Bear and the wildlife of Kodiak Island. His film is a dramatic story about bear and salmon, beavers and eagles. But it is also a film about the thrill of meeting the giant bear eye to eye in its natural habitat.
A newly discovered mega-hunt is happening off the coast of South Africa. In an epic annual spectacle in False Bay, a pod of cunning killer whales hunt 5,000 common dolphins.
Deep within the dense jungle of the Congo Basin, people are bringing the once-deserted village of Lossi back to life. In the spirit of Jane Goodall's work with chimps, Explorer joins primatologist Magdalena Bermejo as she conducts groundbreaking research of the western lowland gorilla in its natural environment. Skilled local trackers help Bermejo and Illera look for clues in crushed leaves, half-eaten plant stems, and dung. The team is finally rewarded in an area less than two miles outside of Lossi, surrounded with ancestral eyes peering from the forest. Bermejo focuses her study on a magnificent 350-pound male she names Apollo and his family. Journey with Explorer into the heart of equatorial Africa to sit amidst swarms of sweat bees and stinging ants that would try the patience of the most dedicated biologists for an intimate view of a noble silverback and his tribe.
'Guadalquivir' is a feature length documentary directed by Joaquín Gutiérrez that features a fox, an animal that has adapted, living in packs and alone and that is a carnivore, vegetarian and even carrion. The camera follows the path of the fox by the Sierras de Cazorla, Segura and Las Villas.
“El Río” aims to illustrate the unique relationship between the indigenous people of the Peruvian Amazon and their land. By drawing attention to and discussing the differences between western ideologies and those found in the Amazon, the documentary increases awareness of the emotional and spiritual effects of environmental resource depletion.
The journey from ashes to idols through the eyes of a teenager who has created many jobs in the process The documentary shows how a teenager decided to get rid of temple's waste by making idols from them and how few jail inmates became his helper in the process.
Deep Blue is a major documentary feature film shot by the BBC Natural History Unit. An epic cinematic rollercoaster ride for all ages, Deep Blue uses amazing footage to tell us the story of our oceans and the life they support.
Follows life of Malika, a lioness in South Africa’s Kruger National Park as she battles to survive.
생명의 땅을 찾아 나선 동물 가족들의 지구 대장정 어드벤처
약 46억년 전, 한 행성이 지구와 충돌하면서 태양을 향해 정확히 23.5도로 기울어졌다. 그리고 이 커다란 사건은 말 그대로 기적을 낳았다. 생명이 존재할 수 있는 완벽한 조건을 갖춘 축복받은 행성 지구가 탄생한 것이다. 북극곰, 아프리카 코끼리, 혹등고래 등 지구에 살고 있는 수백만 생명체들은 매년 태양을 따라 멀고도 긴 여행을 반복한다. 점점 빨리 녹는 북극의 바다 얼음도, 점점 넓어지는 아프리카의 사막도, 그리고 점점 먹이가 사라지는 남쪽의 대양도 반드시 건너가야 한다. 오직 살아남기 위해. 우리도 그들과 함께 극에서 극으로, 북에서 남으로 우리의 집 ‘지구’를 횡단한다.
Created for Walt Disney Presents television series then expanded by popular demand into a full feature, Flash, the Teenage Otter follows one of Disney’s most beloved animal stars as he strikes out from his home at a Wisconsin wildlife sanctuary to see the wider world with all of its wonders and perils.
The rugged coast of our biggest state harbors the most incredible wildlife in America. When winter breaks, animals make the most of the endless sunshine before this world closes again in darkness. This is the story of the creatures that endure this harsh reality along the shoreline—Alaska's life on the edge.
미세한 세계도 인간의 드라마만큼이나 감동적이다. 상공에서 초원까지 급강하하는 카메라에는 이름 모를 수많은 벌레들의 희로애락과 생존경쟁이 펼쳐진다. 나방 애벌레들이 일렬로 나란히 줄 지어 꿈틀대며 행진하고, 촉촉한 이끼 위에서 슬그머니 다가선 두 달팽이가 사랑을 나누고, 쏟아지는 비 한방울 한방울이 이들에겐 폭포수의 크기로 다가온다. 이들에게 두려움의 대상은 예상 외로 너무나 작고 하찮은 것들이다. 커다란 이슬방울은 곤충들의 앞길을 가로막고 빗방울의 추락은 거대한 폭탄세례와도 같다.
At first glance, it's just like other European plains. Once the wind and rivers worked on it, today it bears the signs of human activity. The Hungarian Puszta is different nonetheless: it lives a secret life where always happens something. Big birds hustle and push each other, the traffic of the white, salty lakes competes that of major airports, antlers clash like swords, and an owl claps on all this. The most peculiar creature is the protagonist itself. The golden jackal once lived here, but it vanished for decades because of constant persecution. But this four-legged predator, defying the danger, has returned and founded a family. The new pack howls in the frosty night: "This is our land!"
지금 이 순간에도 수많은 생명이 사라지고 있다. 세계적인 동물학자이자 자연 다큐멘터리의 거장이 전하는 위대한 조언. 다큐멘터리에서 그는 과거를 돌아본다. 지금껏 살아오면서 자신이 목격했던 가장 파괴적인 순간들을. 이 다큐멘터리는 지구상의 모든 생명체가 마주한 커다란 위기를 다룬다. 우리는 그동안 무엇을 잃었나. 지구의 파멸을 언제까지 지켜볼 것인가. 그는 호소한다. 지구의 재앙이 다가오고 있다. 막아야 한다. 그리고 길을 제시한다. 우리가 할 수 있는 일이 있으니 아직 희망은 있다고.
