Season 5
20 episodes · Oct 19, 1986
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- S5E1
Alyeska: The Great Land
Oct 19, 198653mExamines how the plants and animals of Alaska’s Alyeska wilderness have adapted to the regions harsh climate.
- S5E2
Baja Lagoon
Oct 26, 198653mAn examination of the plants and animals that make their home in a shallow lagoon found on the Western coast of Mexico’s Baja Peninsula.
- S5E3
Galapagos: How They Got There
Nov 2, 198653mThis exploration of the Galapagos Islands, located in the Pacific Ocean West of Ecuador, examines theories explaining the arrival of wildlife to the archipelago.
- S5E4
Galapagos: Cold on the Equator
Nov 9, 198653mMarine iguanas, cormorants, green turtles, sea lions, and sperm whales are among the animals that thrive in the cold waters surrounding the equatorially located Galapagos Islands.
- S5E5
Galapagos: The Ocean Travelers
Nov 16, 198653mA look at the Galapagos Islands’ many birds, include the waved albatross, blue-footed booby, frigate bird and the ground finch; also, man’s relationship with the islands’ changing environment.
- S5E6
Pantanal: Prairie of the Great Waters
Nov 23, 198653mA look at how the Pantanal's wildlife species cope with the annual cycle of flood and drought which transforms the marshy prairie from a dry savannah into the world's largest freshwater wetland – a 36,000 square-mile area that encompasses Southwestern Brazil and parts of Bolivia and Paraguay.
- S5E8
Leopard: A Darkness in the Grass
Dec 14, 198653mThe activities of an elusive female leopard are traced over a two-day period on the hot plains of Africa.
- S5E9
The Elephant Challenge
Jan 18, 198753mA look at the survival of the African elephants, as ivory and foraging land became more valuable.
- S5E10
Ichkeul: Between the Desert and the Deep Blue Sea
Feb 8, 198753mA freshwater lake in Tunisia that turns salty every summer.
- S5E11
In the Shadow of Fujisan: See No Evil
Feb 22, 198753mThe Japanese take efforts to save an indigenous monkey.
- S5E12
In the Shadow of Fujisan: Bird of Happiness
Mar 1, 198753mA look at the crane, Japanese symbol of longevity, true love and happiness.
- S5E13
In the Shadow of Fujisan: Long Live the Turtle
Mar 8, 198753mHunters and egg poachers threaten the existence of the giant loggerhead turtle.
- S5E15
Holy Land: A Wilderness Like Eden
Apr 12, 198753mAn exploration of the Rift Valley that sweeps North from Kenya to Turkey, where prophets said their god first planted a garden.
- S5E16
Holy Land: Sweet Water, Bitter Sea
Apr 19, 198753mThe unusual life in the salty Dead Sea, where the desert plunges 1,200 feet below sea level.
- S5E17
The Forgotten Garden
Apr 26, 198753mWhat happens when a finely maintained garden is abandoned.
- S5E18
Lords of Hokkaido
May 10, 198753mA year on a Japanese island following a family of red foxes.
- S5E19
Designed for Living
May 17, 198753mThe tunnelers, thatchers, weavers, dam builders, sculptors, potters and spinners of the animal kingdom.
- S5E20
Masked Monkeys
May 24, 198755mEchoing hoots and trills, bandit masks, feathered tufts and orange noses distinguish African forest monkeys called quenons.