Episode 1
The Flowing Oasis
1987-09-20 • 53 min
Wildlife flourishes in Nevada's desert landscape because of one narrow river covering less than 1% of the land.
TV season
1987-09-20
Episode 1
1987-09-20 • 53 min
Wildlife flourishes in Nevada's desert landscape because of one narrow river covering less than 1% of the land.
Episode 2
1987-09-27 • 53 min
Attempts to protect the unique animals and plants of Brazil threatened by development of the Amazon jungle.
Episode 3
1987-10-04 • 53 min
The lemur, an agile nocturnal primate of Madagascar, so-named because of its secretive habits and haunting cries.
Episode 4
1987-10-18 • 53 min
The process of wildlife filmmaking as chronicled by a crew during their three-year study of the Galapagos Islands.
Episode 5
1987-11-15 • 53 min
The tremendous difference in animal lifestyle and in landscape during East Africa's dry season and its wet season.
Episode 6
1987-11-22 • 53 min
The hammerhead stork, believed by East African tribesmen to have the power to call lightning from the sky.
Episode 7
1987-11-29 • 53 min
Scientists Katia and Maurice Krafft seek to uncover the mystery of volcanoes by studying them on location as they erupt.
Episode 8
1987-12-06 • 53 min
International endeavors to protect the endangered Indian tiger are highlighted by scenes of a mother raising her cubs in the wild.
Episode 9
1988-01-03 • 53 min
Unusual wildlife inhabitants, beautiful terrain and natural wonders grace the Pacific islands comprising New Zealand.
Episode 10
1988-01-10 • 53 min
U.S. scientist Dan Janzen uses innovative conservation plans to create a national park amid a tropical forest.
Episode 11
1988-01-24 • 53 min
Close-up film captures birds in-flight; tiny hummingbirds draw nectar while hovering above flowers.
Episode 12
1988-02-14 • 53 min
A Hawaiian island evolves from underwater volcano to snow-capped mountain and finally to coral atoll.
Episode 13
1988-02-21 • 53 min
The first of a three-part survey of "Okavango: Jewel of the Kalahari" describes how earthquakes diverted the Okavango River into Botswana's Kalahari Desert. Observed: elephants, zebras, buffaloes, vultures, ostriches, bush babies and bat-eared foxes.
Episode 14
1988-02-28 • 53 min
Creatures of the air, trees and water brave the five-month floods through the Okavango delta. Part 2 of "Okavango: Jewel of the Kalahari," observes African skimmers, lily trotters, baboons, dwarf mouth-breeders, tiger fish and catfishlike squeakers.
Episode 15
1988-03-06 • 53 min
People of Botswana must balance wildlife protection with preservation of their precious water source.
Episode 16
1988-03-20 • 53 min
The Asian elephant is shown to be a creature of both great strength and intelligence.
Episode 17
1988-03-27 • 53 min
After two years in the Pacific, the sockeye salmon battles rapids returning to its birthplace to spawn.
Episode 18
1988-04-24 • 53 min
Ranchers and scientists practice conservationism in Venezuelan and Colombian grasslands to protect native animals.
Episode 19
1988-05-01 • 53 min
Naturalist Tom Williams studies England's Avon River and the fish and fowl it supports.
Episode 20
1988-05-08 • 53 min
A growing African population threatens elephant survival by farming its foraging land and hunting the beast for ivory.
Episode 21
1988-06-12 • 53 min
An exploration of the coral reefs of the Malay Triangle made up of the Philippines, Malaysia and New Guinea.