With winter fast approaching, a potter wasp races to complete her nursery. For her offspring, survival depends on every final detail — including the living caterpillars she captures and conceals ...

To help stop the rise of deforestation in Zanzibar, one village has begun to farm a promising new crop: butterflies. The archipelago of Zanzibar is renowned for its white sand beaches and tropical ...

In 1893, a bounty hunter named Ernest Thompson Seton journeyed to the untamed canyons of New Mexico on a mission to kill a dangerous outlaw. Feared by ranchers throughout the region, the outlaw wasn’t ...

NATURE presents the compelling story of a remarkable denizen of the West in Cloud: Wild Stallion of the Rockies. America’s wild horses lead an exhilarating but perilous existence. The climate can be ...

The Alps are the highest and most extensive mountain range system that lie in south-central Europe. The mountain range stretches approximately 750 miles (1,200 kilometers) in a crescent shape across ...

The American Quarter Horse was first celebrated for quick bursts of speed, up to 55 mph. It is consistently the fastest horse in the world in the quarter-mile. - [Narrator] The American Quarter Horse ...

Eels can be found all over the globe, in fresh and salt water ecosystems alike. But today, risk of over-fishing and the presence of dams and other obstacles that prevent eels from reaching their ...

Frogs have been living on this planet for more than 250 million years, and over the centuries, evolved into some of the most wondrous and diverse creatures on earth. Today, however, all their ...

Taking a walk through the Amazon rainforest? Might want to keep an eye out for what look and sound like cannonballs, crashing down from above at more than 50 miles an hour. If you are unlucky enough ...

On the island of New Guinea in the South Pacific lives the most striking and diverse group of birds on the planet. Birds of paradise defy imagination. Covered in spectacular plumage, each species ...

There are two species of elephant seals: northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) and southern and southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina). Elephant seals are the largest extant ...

While nearly 100 known rhinoceros species have existed throughout the eons, there are currently five species of living rhinos. Two rhino species can be found in Africa and three species can be found ...