The Flight of the Condor: Ice, Wind, and Fire

Season 1 - Episode 1

Following the path of the condor, whose ten-foot wingspan enables it to soar effortlessly over the peaks of the Andes mountains, this film s...

The Flight of the Condor: Ocean, Desert, and Thin Air

Season 1 - Episode 2

While the cold waters of the Pacific Coast of South America are among the richest in the world, the shore is the driest desert in the world....

The Flight of the Condor: Down the Amazon

Season 1 - Episode 3

The third part of the series is a spectacular visual trip down the fabled river. From the snow-clad summit of the volcano Cotopaxi and other...

Amate: The Great Fig Tree

Season 1 - Episode 4

Kopje: A Rock for All Seasons

Season 1 - Episode 5

On the Edge of Paradise

Season 1 - Episode 6

Examines the fragile ecology of the Caribbean area in a unique and vivid look at the forces affecting this area's ecological balance, such a...

Forest in the Clouds

Season 1 - Episode 7

Surveying Costa Rica's Monte Verde preserve, which contains some 200 varieties of trees, including 300-ft. oaks. Animal life includes deadly...

The Discovery of Animal Behavior: Natural Mysteries

Season 1 - Episode 8

The first of the series takes us back to the 13th Century to explore medieval superstitions of ancient "naturalists." Frederick II of Hohens...

The Discovery of Animal Behavior: In Praise of God

Season 1 - Episode 9

Theologians and clerics in the 17th and 18th centuries were among the first to study animal behavior. John Ray began in the 1600's to catalo...

The Discovery of Animal Behavior: Search for the Mind

Season 1 - Episode 10

In 1848, Charles Darwin began the quest to understand the mysteries of the animal mind. Following Darwin's achievement - suggesting a plausi...

The Discovery of Animal Behavior: A Question of Learning

Season 1 - Episode 11

First there is a re-creation of Ivan Pavlov's experiments which led to the discovery of the "conditioned reflex." Then we see the investigat...

The Discovery of Animal Behavior: Signs and Signals

Season 1 - Episode 12

Continuing with the exploration of animal communication we see recreations of Karl von Frisch unraveling the language of honey bees. Julian ...

The Discovery of Animal Behavior: Living Together

Season 1 - Episode 13

Scientists have long attempted to discover why animals rarely live alone. Animal society seems to be based on despotic rule by the strongest...