In The Amazing Story of Convict Fish Survival, narrator Sir David Attenborough ventures deep in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, where the convict fish has a mysterious and puzzling life. The adults never leave their mazelike burrow under the sand, while thousands of baby convict fish swarm out to gather plankton. Scientists believe the youngsters might feed the adults in return for a safe place to live, but the truth behind their teamwork remains a fascinating mystery! This video is excerpted from BBC's Life, a show that explores the remarkable strategies animals and plants use to ensure their survival.
In How Clownfish and Anemones Thrive Together, narrator Sir David Attenborough describes the special relationship between clownfish and sea anemones. The clownfish is immune to the anemone's stinging tentacles, using them as a safe home. Here, the female clownfish lays her eggs, and the male takes care of them. His job is laborious; if the female isn’t satisfied with his care, she’ll quickly replace him with another male. This video is excerpted from BBC's Life, a show that explores the remarkable strategies animals and plants use to ensure their survival.
In The Barbel Fish and Hippo Connection, narrator Sir David Attenborough explores the fascinating symbiotic relationship between barbels and hippopotamuses in Kenya’s fresh-water pools. These clever fish rely on hippos for nourishment, feasting on their nutrient-rich dung and cleaning the hippos' skin of pests. The partnership deepens as barbels even clean the hippos' teeth, creating a mutually beneficial bond and revealing nature’s intricately balanced ecosystems! This video is excerpted from BBC's Life, a show that explores the remarkable strategies animals and plants use to ensure their survival.
In How Fish Clean Each Other, narrator Sir David Attenborough takes us into the reef, where fish have unique ways of working together. The wrasse cleans the skin of the predatory jack fish by eating parasites, and the jack fish respect this partnership because they need cleaning. When silvertip sharks arrive, the jack fish clean themselves by rubbing against the sharks’ sandpaper-like skin. After a while, the sharks swim away, leaving the reef to the busy fish once more. This video is excerpted from BBC's Life, a show that explores the remarkable strategies animals and plants use to ensure their survival.
In The Collared Iguana’s Struggle to Lay Eggs, narrator Sir David Attenborough explores Madagascar, where the collared iguana faces a tough challenge when it's time to lay her eggs. She digs a deep hole in the sand to hide them, hoping to keep them safe from predators. However, hognose snakes are experts at finding eggs, even when they're carefully buried. Despite her best efforts, the eggs are eaten, teaching her a valuable lesson for next year’s egg hunt! This video is excerpted from BBC's Life, a show that explores the remarkable strategies animals and plants use to ensure their survival.
In The Lammergeier's Search for Bones, Sir David Attenborough describes how the lammergeier bird soars at altitudes over 14,000 feet in the mountains of Ethiopia. Unlike other vultures, this bird is after bones, so he waits for vultures to finish eating before grabbing one. To break it open and access the marrow, he flies high and drops the bone onto rocky ground, where it shatters into smaller pieces that he can swallow. This video is excerpted from BBC's Life, a show that explores the remarkable strategies animals and plants use to ensure their survival.
In How Bowerbirds Win Hearts, narrator Sir David Attenborough dives into the fascinating world of the Vogelkop bowerbird and its elaborate mating rituals. Known for its ability to mimic the sounds of other birds, like parrots and pigeons, this bird also has an eye for color and design. Watch as two male bowerbirds compete to impress a female by building the most beautiful nesting ground. Who will win her heart? This video is excerpted from BBC's Life, a show that explores the remarkable strategies animals and plants use to ensure their survival.
In How Elephants Keep Each Other Safe, narrator Sir David Attenborough follows a first-time mother elephant as she navigates parenting with the help of her herd. The elephants embark on a journey, trekking over five miles to find water, but the baby gets dehydrated. When they finally reach water, the baby finds itself stuck in the mud, a dangerous situation for young elephants. As the mother struggles to help, the grandmother elephant steps in, using her wisdom to save the day! This video is excerpted from BBC's Life, a show that explores the remarkable strategies animals and plants use to ensure their survival.
In A World of Whale Sound Beneath the Sea, narrator Sir David Attenborough follows scientists as they track whales. This tracking enables the scientists to redirect shipping and reduce collisions. Tracking also allows them to monitor how the whales use sound as a vital means of communication deep beneath the sea. Unfortunately, human activity and noise pollution is masking some of that sound, having an impact on whale behavior in ways that we’re still learning about. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Horizon: The Death of the Oceans, which reveals what scientists are learning about what is happening in the oceans and whether it is too late to save their remarkable diversity.
In Adélie Penguin Chicks at the Bottom of the World, host Andy Day highlights the Adélie penguins living in Antarctica. Starting out their lives on land, the penguin chicks practice walking and learn endurance by racing to get their portion of food from the parent who only has one portion for the two chicks. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Andy’s Baby Animals, in which Andy Day explores the lives and experiences of baby animals.
In The Amazing Teamwork of Emperor Penguin Parents, host Andy Day journeys to Antarctica where emperor penguin fathers sit patiently with their egg on their feet for two months while the mothers fish for food. When the penguin parents are reunited, the egg has hatched and the mother takes over babysitting while the father goes to feed. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Andy’s Baby Animals, in which Andy Day explores the lives and experiences of baby animals.
Picture a hedgehog on a hot summer day, and you might imagine it lounging on the beach in tiny sunglasses with a glass of lemonade. In reality, heat can make life tough for hedgehogs.
Hedgehogs are small, spiky mammals that live in the wild in parts of Asia, Africa, and Europe, including the United Kingdom. They aren't found in the wild in North America. Hot, dry weather can cause them serious problems, like dehydration, parasites and trouble finding food. That's hard enough for any animal, but it's even harder for hedgehogs that are pregnant or raising their babies, called hoglets.
That's why one hedgehog rescue center was packed this summer, caring for more than 80 animals at once. It was the busiest June the center had ever seen.
In places where wild hedgehogs live, people can help without working at a rescue. They can leave out fresh water and dry kitten food. They should avoid milk, bread, grains, fruit and vegetables, which can make hedgehogs sick. As the saying goes, not all heroes wear capes. To a hedgehog, some of them leave out kitten food!
In The Amazing Story of Convict Fish Survival, narrator Sir David Attenborough ventures deep in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, where the convict fish has a mysterious and puzzling life. The adults never leave their mazelike burrow under the sand, while thousands of baby convict fish swarm out to gather plankton. Scientists believe the youngsters might feed the adults in return for a safe place to live, but the truth behind their teamwork remains a fascinating mystery! This video is excerpted from BBC's Life, a show that explores the remarkable strategies animals and plants use to ensure their survival.
In How Clownfish and Anemones Thrive Together, narrator Sir David Attenborough describes the special relationship between clownfish and sea anemones. The clownfish is immune to the anemone's stinging tentacles, using them as a safe home. Here, the female clownfish lays her eggs, and the male takes care of them. His job is laborious; if the female isn’t satisfied with his care, she’ll quickly replace him with another male. This video is excerpted from BBC's Life, a show that explores the remarkable strategies animals and plants use to ensure their survival.
In The Barbel Fish and Hippo Connection, narrator Sir David Attenborough explores the fascinating symbiotic relationship between barbels and hippopotamuses in Kenya’s fresh-water pools. These clever fish rely on hippos for nourishment, feasting on their nutrient-rich dung and cleaning the hippos' skin of pests. The partnership deepens as barbels even clean the hippos' teeth, creating a mutually beneficial bond and revealing nature’s intricately balanced ecosystems! This video is excerpted from BBC's Life, a show that explores the remarkable strategies animals and plants use to ensure their survival.
In How Fish Clean Each Other, narrator Sir David Attenborough takes us into the reef, where fish have unique ways of working together. The wrasse cleans the skin of the predatory jack fish by eating parasites, and the jack fish respect this partnership because they need cleaning. When silvertip sharks arrive, the jack fish clean themselves by rubbing against the sharks’ sandpaper-like skin. After a while, the sharks swim away, leaving the reef to the busy fish once more. This video is excerpted from BBC's Life, a show that explores the remarkable strategies animals and plants use to ensure their survival.
In The Collared Iguana’s Struggle to Lay Eggs, narrator Sir David Attenborough explores Madagascar, where the collared iguana faces a tough challenge when it's time to lay her eggs. She digs a deep hole in the sand to hide them, hoping to keep them safe from predators. However, hognose snakes are experts at finding eggs, even when they're carefully buried. Despite her best efforts, the eggs are eaten, teaching her a valuable lesson for next year’s egg hunt! This video is excerpted from BBC's Life, a show that explores the remarkable strategies animals and plants use to ensure their survival.
In The Lammergeier's Search for Bones, Sir David Attenborough describes how the lammergeier bird soars at altitudes over 14,000 feet in the mountains of Ethiopia. Unlike other vultures, this bird is after bones, so he waits for vultures to finish eating before grabbing one. To break it open and access the marrow, he flies high and drops the bone onto rocky ground, where it shatters into smaller pieces that he can swallow. This video is excerpted from BBC's Life, a show that explores the remarkable strategies animals and plants use to ensure their survival.
In How Bowerbirds Win Hearts, narrator Sir David Attenborough dives into the fascinating world of the Vogelkop bowerbird and its elaborate mating rituals. Known for its ability to mimic the sounds of other birds, like parrots and pigeons, this bird also has an eye for color and design. Watch as two male bowerbirds compete to impress a female by building the most beautiful nesting ground. Who will win her heart? This video is excerpted from BBC's Life, a show that explores the remarkable strategies animals and plants use to ensure their survival.
In How Elephants Keep Each Other Safe, narrator Sir David Attenborough follows a first-time mother elephant as she navigates parenting with the help of her herd. The elephants embark on a journey, trekking over five miles to find water, but the baby gets dehydrated. When they finally reach water, the baby finds itself stuck in the mud, a dangerous situation for young elephants. As the mother struggles to help, the grandmother elephant steps in, using her wisdom to save the day! This video is excerpted from BBC's Life, a show that explores the remarkable strategies animals and plants use to ensure their survival.
In A World of Whale Sound Beneath the Sea, narrator Sir David Attenborough follows scientists as they track whales. This tracking enables the scientists to redirect shipping and reduce collisions. Tracking also allows them to monitor how the whales use sound as a vital means of communication deep beneath the sea. Unfortunately, human activity and noise pollution is masking some of that sound, having an impact on whale behavior in ways that we’re still learning about. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Horizon: The Death of the Oceans, which reveals what scientists are learning about what is happening in the oceans and whether it is too late to save their remarkable diversity.
In Adélie Penguin Chicks at the Bottom of the World, host Andy Day highlights the Adélie penguins living in Antarctica. Starting out their lives on land, the penguin chicks practice walking and learn endurance by racing to get their portion of food from the parent who only has one portion for the two chicks. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Andy’s Baby Animals, in which Andy Day explores the lives and experiences of baby animals.
In The Amazing Teamwork of Emperor Penguin Parents, host Andy Day journeys to Antarctica where emperor penguin fathers sit patiently with their egg on their feet for two months while the mothers fish for food. When the penguin parents are reunited, the egg has hatched and the mother takes over babysitting while the father goes to feed. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Andy’s Baby Animals, in which Andy Day explores the lives and experiences of baby animals.
Picture a hedgehog on a hot summer day, and you might imagine it lounging on the beach in tiny sunglasses with a glass of lemonade. In reality, heat can make life tough for hedgehogs.
Hedgehogs are small, spiky mammals that live in the wild in parts of Asia, Africa, and Europe, including the United Kingdom. They aren't found in the wild in North America. Hot, dry weather can cause them serious problems, like dehydration, parasites and trouble finding food. That's hard enough for any animal, but it's even harder for hedgehogs that are pregnant or raising their babies, called hoglets.
That's why one hedgehog rescue center was packed this summer, caring for more than 80 animals at once. It was the busiest June the center had ever seen.
In places where wild hedgehogs live, people can help without working at a rescue. They can leave out fresh water and dry kitten food. They should avoid milk, bread, grains, fruit and vegetables, which can make hedgehogs sick. As the saying goes, not all heroes wear capes. To a hedgehog, some of them leave out kitten food!