Planet Earth: Miniseries
Episode Guide
Season 1 Progress Shield
From Pole to Pole
Mar 5, 2006 · 53 min
A global tour examining the behaviors of animals and revealing the effects of climate change on their environments.
Mountains
Mar 12, 2006 · 49 min
An exploration of the world's major mountain ranges and the habitats they create.
Fresh Water
Mar 19, 2006 · 51 min
Although merely 3% of water on earth, fresh water plays an important part in the planet's weather and erosion. It is immensely important for all non-marine wildlife, which drinks f
Caves
Mar 26, 2006 · 50 min
Although often overlooked, caves are remarkable habitats with bizarre wildlife. Explore the structures created inside the earth as well as the adaptations animals have made to thri
Deserts
Apr 2, 2006 · 50 min
Despite the lack of rain, deserts are the most varied of our ecosystems. In fact, about thirty percent of the earth's land surface is covered in desert. Explore the unique conditio
Ice Worlds
Nov 5, 2006 · 51 min
Experience life in the most hostile corners of the planet by exploring the terrain, seasons, and animals of the Arctic and Antarctic.
Great Plains
Nov 12, 2006 · 50 min
This episode deals with savanna, steppe, tundra, prairie, and looks at the importance and resilience of grasses in such treeless ecosystems. Their vast expanses contain the largest
Jungles
Nov 19, 2006 · 51 min
Jungles cover roughly three percent of our planet yet contain fifty percent of the world's species. Experience the countless flora and fauna that inhabit these unique areas.
Shallow Seas
Nov 26, 2006 · 51 min
A look at the shallow seas of the earth, from coral reefs to kelp forests and beyond.
Seasonal Forests
Dec 3, 2006 · 51 min
Trees are Earth's largest organisms and are also one of the planet's oldest inhabitants. Seasonal forests (unlike tropical rain-forest) are the largest land habitats. A third of al
Ocean Deep
Dec 10, 2006 · 53 min
An exploration of the deepest, darkest realms of the ocean, spanning countless species to a depth of 2,000 meters.