Nature Season 11, Episode 17: The Bandit and the Builder

Realms of the Russian Bear: Green Jewel of the Caspian

This miniseries starts off by exploring the abundance of wildlife around the Volga Delta in Russia’s Astrakhan region.

53 min

Realms of the Russian Bear: the Arctic Frontier

An exploration of the wildlife of the Russian Arctic, and in particular Wrangle Island, featuring polar bears, musk oxen, Ross’s Gulls, reindeer, foxes, walruses, and the Red-breasted Goose.

53 min

Realms of the Russian Bear: the Red Deserts

A focus on the wildlife of the Central Asian deserts.

53 min

Realms of the Russian Bear: the Celestial Mountains

Between China and Central Asia is the Tian Shan mountain range, home to Marco Polo sheep, white-clawed bears, snow leopards, yaks, and the ibex.

53 min

Realms of the Russian Bear: Siberia, the Frozen Forest

A look at the wildlife in the huge Siberia forest reveals bears, elk, wolves, and musk deer among many other creatures in this frozen expanse.

53 min

Realms of the Russian Bear: Born of Fire

This last program in the miniseries explores Kamchatka Peninsula where the Russian Arctic meets Southeast Asia. Home to perhaps the highest concentration of volcanoes in the world, this remote region is teeming with life both on land and in the sea, from the Amur Tiger to the Giant Pacific Octopus.

53 min

Shadows in a Desert Sea

Fish, bats, birds, whales, giant squids, sharks, dolphins, sea lions and more flourish in and around the Sea of Cortez.

53 min

The Tree of Music

The African Blackwood is prized the world over for its wood in the making of musical instruments. Nature takes you on a journey through the history of this “tree of music” and into modern day efforts in Tanzania to save this ever dwindling resource.

53 min

Slaves to the Queen

Get right inside the hives of bees and wasps to see the inner workings of these complex societies.

53 min

Ice Fox: Struggle for Survival

A look at two separate families of arctic foxes. One living in the frozen, barren tundra of northern Russia, the other living in the slightly more comfortable surroundings of the Norwegian coastline.

53 min

Cheetahs in the Land of Lions

A study of cheetah behavior follows a mother and her cubs on the Serengeti plains.

53 min

Gorilla: King of the Congo

A gorilla orphanage and a proposed forest reserve may save the lowland gorilla.

53 min

American Trickster

As its numbers increase and its natural range diminishes, the coyote moves into populated regions like Los Angeles.

53 min

Hebrides: the Secret Islands

53 min

Echo of the Elephants

In Kenya’s Amboseli National Park is a family of elephants led by its matriarch Echo. Elephant expert Cynthia Moss, takes us up-close and inside the lives of these magnificent animals.

53 min

The Ghosts of Ruby

53 min

Spirit of the Sound

Exploration of Puget Sound's ecosystem.

53 min