A pride of lions has rewritten the rules - they have learnt to take down elephants.
05-08-2022
BBC 4
At the jungle animal hospital in Guatemala, the wards are full of exotic patients, many of them orphans rescued from the illegal pet trade.\n\n
04-08-2022
BBC 4
A professor develops an extraordinary relationship with an octopus when he invites it to live in his home. The octopus, called Heidi, unravels puzzles, recognises individual hum ...
04-08-2022
BBC 4
The squirrel family is one of the most widespread on earth, so what is the secret to their success? There are squirrels that can glide through the air, outwit rattlesnakes and s ...
01-08-2022
BBC 4
Revealing the social, intelligent side of the killer whale - a creature long feared as a sea monster until it was studied in captivity for the first time.
18-07-2022
BBC 4
Three enthusiasts in South Africa investigate the honey badger's fearsome reputation as nature's most aggressive and pugnacious fighter.
15-07-2022
BBC 4
Natural World investigates the vital bond between animal mothers and their babies, and considers the tough choices faced by mothers as they raise their young.
15-07-2022
BBC 4
David Attenborough is in the Swiss Jura Mountains to discover the secrets of a giant. Beneath his feet lies a vast network of tunnels and chambers, home to a huge empire of ants ...
10-07-2022
BBC 4
Florida is famous for its beaches, blue water and year round sun – but it also has a surprising wild side. It is home to pine forests, coral reefs and the famous Everglade ...
09-07-2022
BBC 4
A former Royal Marines commando, Aldo Kane, is on a mission to expose the shocking secrets of the illegal tiger trade in south east Asia and those who profit. Working alongside ...
06-07-2022
BBC 4
From the mighty grizzly bear to the endearing real life Paddington, the spectacled bear, and Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book's Baloo, the sloth bear, this remarkable an ...
02-07-2022
BBC 4
The ruined temples of Sri Lanka are home to Gremlin, a baby toque macaque. With predators nearby and a rivalry with other monkeys brewing, she must quickly learn how to survive.
07-06-2022
BBC 4
Members of the weasel family are often portrayed as the villains of the natural world, but do they deserve this reputation? By following the adventures of a tiny orphaned weasel ...
04-06-2022
BBC 4
A portrait of the capital's secret wildlife, from local badgers and foxes to more exotic species like pelicans and seals.
29-05-2022
BBC 4
Julia Bradbury presents the live wildlife programme following the progress of three black bear cubs as they follow their mother through the spectacular Northwoods of Minnesota.
27-05-2022
BBC 4
At the jungle animal hospital in Guatemala, the wards are full of exotic patients, many of them orphans rescued from the illegal pet trade.\n\n
20-05-2022
BBC 4
Documentary revealing the wildlife of the Scottish Highlands, seen by filmmaker Fergus Beeley. Featuring rare black-throated divers and white-tailed sea eagles.
18-05-2022
BBC 4
Wildlife documentary telling the story of Moja, a five-month-old lion cub living with his single lioness mum, Nyota, in Kenya's Masai Mara. Together, they face a fight for ...
08-05-2022
BBC 4
David Attenborough looks at the giant armadillo and examines how this seldom-seen animal provides scores of other creatures with the hotel and restaurant services they need to t ...
02-05-2022
BBC 4
Nature documentary following Drew Reed, a wetland conservationist helping to keep the peace between beavers and people in Wyoming's Jackson Hole valley.
25-04-2022
BBC 4
David Attenborough tells the revealing story of this Caribbean island's exotic but vulnerable wildlife. A team of conservation champions are making it their mission to save ...
23-04-2022
BBC 4
Sri Lanka is home to its own special elephants. Cameraman Martyn Colbeck, of Echo of the Elephants fame, has travelled to Sri Lanka to reveal their world.
08-04-2022
BBC 4
Brolga is a tough Australian who lives in the desert outback with a mob of orphaned kangaroos. He is mum to three joeys that live in his tin shack with him. His hope is to raise ...
07-04-2022
BBC 4
Wildlife cameraman Colin Stafford-Johnson revisits a gang of crested black macaques on the paradise Indonesian island of Sulawesi, 25 years after his first encounter.
01-04-2022
BBC 4
Wildlife documentary. The touching story of a giant otter cub called Sancho who was rescued and is being raised by Brazilian naturalist Carolina Vargas.
14-03-2022
BBC 4
A pride of lions has rewritten the rules - they have learnt to take down elephants.
07-03-2022
BBC 4
On 12 September 2015, a 30-ton humpback whale breached and landed on Tom Mustill and his friend Charlotte Kinloch as they paddled a sea kayak in Monterey Bay, California. Incred ...
06-03-2022
BBC 4
At the jungle animal hospital in Guatemala, the wards are full of exotic patients, many of them orphans rescued from the illegal pet trade.
28-02-2022
BBC 4
Nature documentary looking at a post office in Antarctica that is surrounded by 3,000 gentoo penguins.
21-02-2022
BBC 4
The ruined temples of Sri Lanka are home to Gremlin, a baby toque macaque. With predators nearby and a rivalry with other monkeys brewing, she must quickly learn how to survive. ...
14-02-2022
BBC 4
The world's biggest beasts have always captured the imagination. But whilst being big can have its advantages, it also comes with sizeable challenges. Take the world's ...
12-02-2022
BBC 4
Maya is a newborn elephant calf, just hours old; she is the newest arrival in Samburu National Reserve in Kenya. But she and her mum Zadie face many challenges.
07-02-2022
BBC 4
Wildlife documentary telling the story of Moja, a five-month-old lion cub living with his single lioness mum, Nyota, in Kenya's Masai Mara. Together, they face a fight for ...
31-01-2022
BBC 4
Looking at the progress of three black bear cubs as they follow their mother through the spectacular Northwoods of Minnesota.
24-01-2022
BBC 4
Nature documentary looking at a post office in Antarctica that is surrounded by 3,000 gentoo penguins.
17-01-2022
BBC 4
Mat Pines has been studying the wild Hamadryas Baboons of Ethiopia for five years and hopes to broker a peace between the baboons and the Afar tribe.
13-01-2022
BBC 4
Antarctica's penguins are some of the most endearing animals on earth, but behind the comical behaviour is a continual struggle to survive the deadly cold. Each penguin has ...
19-12-2021
BBC 4
Frogs were the first animals Sir David Attenborough kept as a boy. He explains why he is still passionate about these charismatic, colourful and frequently bizarre creatures.
09-12-2021
BBC 4
In South Africa there is a daring plan to save the rhino by moving a whole population to a secret location. But the only way out is by dangling them underneath a helicopter! Can ...
04-09-2021
BBC 4
Eagles are the most powerful birds in the sky. They are capable of tackling enormous prey, spotting food at vast distances and soaring for miles on the wing. But how do they ach ...
28-08-2021
BBC 4
David Attenborough reveals the life of the hippopotamus as never seen before. With incredible underwater footage, this film delves into the world of the hippo – an animal ...
15-08-2021
BBC 4
A loggerhead turtle journeys across the Pacific, meeting dolphins and whales, sharks and giant squids, and typhoons and fishermen along the way. She swims over deep canyons, and ...
15-08-2021
BBC 4
David Attenborough narrates the story of Rodrigo Medellin, Mexico's very own 'Bat Man'. Having dedicated his life to saving bats, now the legendary drink tequila ...
14-08-2021
BBC 4
David Attenborough reveals that the animal inhabitants of this vast wilderness are every bit as extraordinary as they are bizarre. Unearthly calls of the notorious Tasmanian dev ...
19-06-2021
BBC 4
Nature documentary. Cameraman Jeff Turner spends a year in Canada's frozen north following Storm, an extraordinary wolf whose pack was first featured in Frozen Planet.
01-06-2021
BBC 4
A stunningly photographed portrait of the wildlife and landscape of the Mississippi River seen through the eyes of 'River Rat' Kenny Salwey, a legendary hunter, trappe ...
09-05-2021
BBC 4
Wildlife documentary. Little is known of the endangered pygmy hippo. In an attempt to save it, an ecologist in a West African rainforest sets about unravelling its secret life.
08-05-2021
BBC 4
David Attenborough has a passion for birds' eggs. These remarkable structures nurture new life, protecting it from the outside world at the same time as allowing it to brea ...
05-04-2021
BBC 4
Documentary following a pair of tigers released in a nature reserve.
22-02-2021
BBC 4
Sivuqaq is an 18-year-old, larger-than-life pacific walrus. Reproduction scientist Holley Muraco is taking on the biggest challenge of her life - trying to help him become a dad.
23-01-2021
BBC 4
Documentary looking at the variety of wild animals inhabiting the Himalayas, from monkeys, wolves and bears to foxes, snow leopards and pheasants.
09-01-2021
BBC 4
Welcome to the Penguin Post Office, where people and gentoo penguins live side by side.
30-12-2020
BBC 4
The slow loris is the real-life gremlin, extremely cute but with a venom that can kill. Now it's also a YouTube superstar with millions of hits. Dr Anna Nekaris travels to ...
19-11-2020
BBC 4
Wildlife documentary. World-famous elephant Echo died in 2009 aged 64 after a cruel drought - can her 38 relatives and descendants survive?
26-10-2020
BBC 4
The peregrine falcon is the fastest animal on earth - it can reach speeds of over 200mph. But what does it take to be a high-speed record breaker? To find out, we follow a young ...
17-10-2020
BBC 4
Real-life drama about a family of chimps trapped in the lost world of the Kyumbara Gorge, which has been cut off from the rest of the jungle for 15 years.
23-09-2020
BBC 4
Biologist Joe Hutto was mother to the strangest family in the world, thirteen endangered wild turkeys that he raised from egg to the day they left home. \n\nFor a whole year his ...
16-09-2020
BBC 4
Wildlife documentary. Jungle tigers are turning into man-eaters in the exotic island of Sumatra. Now a maverick millionaire is catching the killers and releasing them on his land.
22-08-2020
BBC 4
Wildlife documentary. In the forests of northern Minnesota, biologist Lynn Rogers gains the trust of wild black bears and studies their lives.
18-07-2020
BBC 4
Wildlife documentary. Among the yachts of a millionaires' marina on the coast of California, a sea otter mum teaches her pup to survive.
12-07-2020
BBC 4
Wildlife documentary. Lily is an eight-year-old wild black bear, described by some as the world's most popular bear. But fame has come at a price, and some people want her ...
29-05-2020
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The endearing pangolin is a little-known scaly mammal. Found in Africa and Asia, these shy creatures have an unfortunate tagline - they are the most poached and illegally traffi ...
17-04-2020
BBC 4
Welcome to the Penguin Post Office, a little bit of Britain in the heart of Antarctica where people and gentoo penguins live side by side.
29-03-2020
BBC 4