Elaborate Mating Strategies of Male Ruffs | Wild Scandinavia | BBC Earth
The tundra’s most extravagant visitors have just arrived. Male ruffs, desperate for attention. This is a lekking ground. Here, males defend their own tiny patch of tundra, performing elaborate dances to seduce their female audience. Whenever boundaries are crossed, fights break out. But there are some who don’t play by these rules. Ruffs with white […]
Tiny Turtle Crosses Terrifying Road | Big Little Journeys | BBC Earth
Turtles are hard-wired to associate horizons with the presence of water. Here, it takes her on a direct path up to the road. It’s not just the traffic she needs to worry about. Predators patrol the highway, searching for an easy meal. The forest lies 10 metres ahead of her. Out here, there’s no hiding. […]
Cuddling Dogs Makes Them Feel Happy | Wonderful World of Puppies | BBC Earth
Early contact with people is so important for our pups to grow up into. Well-adjusted dogs before puppies reached 12 weeks of age. They should meet lots of different people of all shapes and sizes so that they aren’t scared of strangers later in life. While socialized pups actually grow up to be more confident, […]
How Flamboyant Seahorse Dads Protect Their Eggs | Animal Super Parents | BBC Earth
these animal parents take self-sacrifice to a new level to care for their [Music] young but alongside nurturing the other key parental responsibility is protection and this job often starts before the baby is born sometimes it’s not the moms who take on this role but the [Music] dads the male members of the seahorse […]
Five ways to stop getting distracted | BBC Ideas
Do you ever find yourself… Do you ever find yourself trying to concentrate and you can’t seem to focus? Why are we so distracted these days? And is technology the root cause of the problem, or is there something deeper going on? Background My name is Nir Eyal, and I’ve spent the last five years […]
Inside A Termite Fortress | Seasonal Wonderlands | BBC Earth
this mound is the Fortress for macro termes termites a colony a million strong a termite Mound is just the Hub of an underground city 6 kilm of foraging tunnels termites now face the flooding of their colony they beat a h y Retreat to the safety of their Mound as their tunnels start to […]
Baby Tamarin Tries to Escape Ocelot | Big Little Journeys | BBC Earth
The future for the family is looking bright. With mum and dad relaxed, they allow the male twin to take his first steps towards independence. It’s a big feat when you are 10 metres off the ground. Two months old, he’s learning by copying his older brothers, but he’s not ready to join in on […]
Newborn Puppies Snuggle Up To Mum | Wonderful World of Puppies | BBC Earth
With the nursery prepared, a tiny puppy enters the world. She’s called Molly and she could fit in the palm of your hand. Her eyes and ears are sealed shut so she can’t see or hear a thing. She can’t get to her feet and she can’t even stay warm on her own. She has […]
Raising Arctic Fox Cubs | Animal Super Parents | BBC Earth
So many animals choose to pair up because co-parenting has some definite advantages, especially here in the Arctic, home to the Arctic fox in one of the harshest places on earth to try and raise a family. With temperatures as low as -50 degrees Celsius, winter has forced this devoted Arctic fox pair to part […]
Kingfisher’s Epic Dive to Catch Prey | Seasonal Wonderlands | BBC Earth
[Music] a pied king [Music] fisher at 25 cm long it’s the world’s largest hovering [Music] Bird hovering Demands a lot of energy so they have to catch a quarter of their weight eaten fish every [Music] day keeping its head perfectly still about 10 m above the water it sees [Music] movement then drops […]