Wild dolphins in the Red Sea tolerate a group of scientists and filmmakers as if they were dolphins and allow to film behaviour which has never been watched before.

Bombs, crumps and chemical agents - all this was sunk into the Baltic sea after World War II. Experts assume that a third of the Baltic Sea ground is contaminated with hazardous waste. ...

Over 30 years ago Dereck and Beverly Joubert went out on a quest to understand big cats and what makes them unique in their environment.

Africa‘s most formidable predators live in family groups. We follow the lives of three of these - lion, wild dog and hyena – as they cross paths in Timbavati, South Africa.

Bluefin tuna is considered one of the most intelligent predatory fish but is himself prey to the tuna industry. For the first time, scientists in Europe and Australia have successfully bred the...

Butterfly Stories is a magical trip to butterfly people all over the world. The main story is a witty road trip with the songwriter Wanderin´ Star on the famous butterfly trail from Chicago to Mexico....

Increasing amounts of drugs and chemicals are polluting our drinking water resouces. The documentary investigates causes and effects of the ongoing contamination of water supplies. ...

Pictures of a elaborately designed miniature setting of a forest, were filmed solitary and combined with 3D animations of firebugs and gardenspiders in post-production. Accompanied with sound effects ...

Due the climatic extremes the Danube is in constant motion. Floods and drought determine life just as much as the seasons.Wherever the Danube flows, it impacts nature and people‘s lives. ...

The northern Brandenburg lies an enchanted lake chain. Rich in animals, the area has retained its original appearance today. Many lakes are crystal clear-an unusual universe of light. Called:...

Two Russian friends are facing a siberian adventure by crossing the estuary of River Lena in a tiny boat. Their aim: Finding themselves by getting lost. At the end they face the Master of the Arctic. ...

Over four years running, have been required to capture the stunning images of the most varied animal species living in the iberian peninsula, revealing unpublished sequences never before filmed. ...

Época Baixa shows places left behind by tourists during the Off Season in Portugal.

Natural World: a daring plan to save rhino by moving a population to a secret location. But the only way out is dangling the rhinos under a helicopter!

The Schneeferner is located at the Zugspitze. It is the highest glacier of Germany. Scientists fear that the Schneeferner will disappear within the next 20 years, as the ice of the glacier melts. ...

Barbara Marheineke`s short film deals with media manipulation and uses media coverage of the Iraq wars as an example: truth and lies are sometimes closely tied...

Beside the highways where nobody expects it, next to queues of cars, roaring motors and tons of exhaust, we document an inimitible reservoir of nature.

The global problem of overfishing is common knowledge. But most of the fish doesn't end up on our plates. It is processed as fish meal in animal feed. Now there is a revolutionary alternative. ...

For over a year filmmaker Gerhard Baur observed the ibexes near the „Mindelheimer” Mountain Hut in the Allgäu Mountains in Bavaria.

The film tells how Jacques Cousteau turned from a reef destroyer to a fighter for nature and radical environmentalist, whose biggest achievement was the inspiration he gave to millions of people. ...

America’s bats a dying by the millions and researchers apply groundbreaking methods to save a little understood species, granting astonishing insights – hopefully before it is to late. ...

Deep ravines crying out to be climbed, lush alpine meadows for cycling trails in the forest and some of the swiftest and blackest ski runs. Schladming is the epitome of a spectacular Alpine wildlife. ...

Directed by Bryn Chainey, the video for “Legacy” chronicles the loss of a beloved pet mouse, and a young girl’s fascination for death and eclectic funerals.

Two former photojournalists bring a large format camera to South-East Asia to portray Asian elephants living in captivity and to record their biographies.

Do you know how much water you use up each day? For the production of one jeans even 11.000 liters are required.

Fires in Chemical Factories are among the gravest dangers for the environment.In the harbour of Rotterdam firefighters practice how they can prevent catastrophies.

The thumb-sized Tree frog had almost become extinct as he was believed to predict the weather or be an enchanted prince. Only recently has the little guy with the friendly grin become more numerous. ...

Located in the heart of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, the Nahanni River is known as the man-eater. In 2009, a French/Canadian expedition covered the 750 km of the Nahanni aboard canoes. ...

Pyjama shark, Carpet shark or Epaulette shark: their names are as extravagant as their lifestyles. But they shy away from publicity – some have only been discovered recently.

What came first, the chicken or the egg? New theories on an ancient question with a wholesome conclusion.

A unique Inuit culture reliant on birds for food and clothing reveals how hydroelectric developments are impacting sea ice ecosystems.

The Adventurer, Ivan Bulík, travelled all through Africa and he desired to capture the life and customs of the smallest people on Earth, to find the undisturbed civilization of Pygmies. ...

40 chimps, 4 women and the moral challenges of our civilization: guilt, responsibility and redemption.

They drive cattle mad, attack dogs running free and disturb brooding cranes. But are these flightless birds resembling ostriches really as bad as their reputation?

A two part mini series about one of Europe´s most famous rivers. Starting from the Netherlands we follow the river upstream to the Swiss Alps, where the Rhine is born.

Sardinia with its sandy beaches keeps a dark secret. The military training ground for troops from all across the world. But people from Sardinia as well as soldiers come down with cancer. ...

Named after King George III, Shackleton’s paradise in the southern ocean is far from a tropical oasis.

This is the true story of two leopard mothers during one of the most challenging periods of their lives. Rockfig and Mbali battle the odds to raise their cubs to adulthood.

„The Baltic Sea from Above“ that shows spectacular pictures all filmed by the world‘s best helicopter camera makes it crystal clear: the landscape you know is totally different.

Once a gift for Austrias Empress Sisi, today a refuge for wildlife: This is the fascinating story about a forest within city limits - a natural wonderland, initiated by man, but kept alive by animals....

From the lush wetlands of Botswana’s Okavango Delta comes the suspense-filled tale of a determined lioness ready to try anything— and willing to risk everything—to keep her family alive. ...

400 Million years ago the first underwater creatures inhabited the seas. Fighting for survival. "Jahrmillionen verschollen" (The lost Devonian) is a scientific project that is reconstructing...

In Vorpommern lives only 80 pairs of Lesser spotted eagle. Intensive agriculture and the ever-increasing demand for wood have been taken from him largely habitat.

The Niyodo River possesses an astonishing purity that recalls an age when nature played a larger role in the lives of the Japanese. The program takes viewers along a seasonal journey down the river. ...

An old bushmen tale tells how the cheetah got tearmarks on it’s face: it happened after a female cheetah was stolen her baby. Cheetabrothers Tearmark and Ayla lost their mother.

In the south part of england the wildest national park of the kingdom is located. The enormous tableland borders directly on the atlantic ocean and has provided the exmoor ponies for over 1000 years. ...

Roger Horrocks investigated stories of men “calling” wild crocodiles out of the river and a crocodile shaman who can swim and ride on the back of a giant crocodile without being eaten. ...

Only very few of our shoes are produced nationally. Poor working conditions in India and the use of chromium salts for tanning pose a threat not only for the local workers involved. ...