Animal Atlas

- Season 1

(2004)

What various animals eat, how they manage to find their food and what they use to consume meals or prey.

The characteristics animal babies share and how offspring differ among a variety of species.

The exciting carnivorous world of the great felines -- from lions to tigers, from leopards to cougars.

Old World monkeys and New World monkeys are introduced and compared.

African and Indian elephants and their longtime relationship with man.

Exploring the various ways that animals physically move and transport themselves.

What makes a bear a bear: from polar bears to brown bears to teddy bears.

Unusual looking animals that are often mistaken for something they're not.

Animals who spend the majority of their lives in the sea or very close to it.

An exploration into the complex world of the primates most closely related to mankind.

The five species of existing rhinos; the myths surrounding them; their life in the wild and in captivity.

Animals who thrive in temperature extremes, from the deserts to cold mountains to the Arctic circle.

The surprising world of herbivores, those animals who eat only vegetation, and the carnivores who would like to eat them.

An adventure ride into the wet realm habitat of the animals who live where water reigns supreme.

What makes a rodent a rodent and which animals are often mistaken for rodents.

How and why animals are grouped and classified.

The majestic species that roam the African grasslands.

From kangaroos to koalas: animals who tote their young in a pouch.

How animals use their senses to survive and how various senses differ among species.

The magnificent airborne world the huge birds: storks, egrets, herons and condors; their nests, diets, and mode of flight.

Animals who use camouflage as self-protection or as a hunter's strategy.

Both sides of the compelling story in the "eat or be eaten", "fight or flee" animal kingdom.

The dynamic world of domestic farm animals who have been companions and food sources for mankind for thousands of years.

The magical world of the fish below and the seabirds above the shoreline.

An exploration of the bad reputation of wolves and other wild canines.

Sharks, rays, eels and other fascinating sea creatures that give us shivers.