Episodes 20

1 The Great Rift: Footprints in the Valley

October 8, 1989

53m

The area's evolutionary roots opens this look at the African valley.

2 The Great Rift: Out of the Ashes

October 15, 1989

53m

The wildlife that lives on the Great Rift's ash plains.

3 The Great Rift: Breaking the Continent

October 22, 1989

53m

Examines the Red Sea, the island of Madagascar and East Africa.

4 Under the Ice

October 29, 1989

53m

Soft coral, sponges, tubeworms, anemones and giant cod adapt to life in Antarctica's subzero waters.

5 Land of Dragons

November 12, 1989

53m

Profiles the wildlife living within the British crown colony of Hong Kong

6 The Great Wood of Caledon

November 19, 1989

53m

An exploration of the Caledonian forest in Scotland, Britain's largest remaining area of ancient woodland.

7 Gorillas

December 10, 1989

53m

A portrait of the endangered mountain gorilla in equatorial Africa.

8 Forest of Fear

December 17, 1989

53m

A look at the maneating tigers of the Sundarbans delta in India.

9 Gran Paradiso

January 7, 1990

53m

Resource management in Italy's alpine Gran Paradiso National Park has consequences beyond the parks boundaries.

10 Cranes of the Grey Wind

January 21, 1990

53m

Scientists study sandhill cranes on Nebraskan plains, Alaskan and Siberian coasts and in the Northwest Territories.

11 King Solomon's Mountains

February 4, 1990

53m

The forests and waters of Ethiopia's Bale Mountains, may one day renew the country's depleted landscape.

12 Hunters of the Sky

February 11, 1990

53m

A look at how Europe's birds of prey have adapted.

13 A Wolf in the Fold

February 18, 1990

53m

The relationship between working sheepdogs and flocks of sheep. Selective breeding yields a sheepdog with outstanding abilities to tend the creature other canines prey upon.

14 The Colorado

March 4, 1990

53m

Tracing the course of the Colorado River.

15 The Emerald Isle

March 11, 1990

53m

Thousands of years of human settlement provide the backdrop by which to discover the wildlife of Ireland.

16 Giant Otters

March 18, 1990

53m

The fur trade continues to threaten the South American otter with extinction, despite its status as an endangered species.

17 The Haida Gwai: Islands of the People

March 25, 1990

53m

Profiles the Haida Indians who live on British Columbia's Queen Charlotte Island.

18 Presque Isle: Land in Motion

April 1, 1990

53m

An exploration of the environmental impact of man's attempts to halt the erosion of Presque Isle beaches.

19 Yellowstone on Fire

April 8, 1990

53m

The effect of the 1988 fire on the ecosystem of Yellowstone National Park.

20 Serpents

April 15, 1990

53m

A natural history of the snake includes its significance to man as a symbol of fertility, immortality and death.

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