Water Vole’s Perilous Journey | Big Little Journeys | BBC Earth
The vole’s search for a new home has taken her three miles into a glen. Ahead of her, lies water. She’s spent her entire life around streams. But with poor eyesight, she has misjudged how far it is to the other side. This loch is vast. In the cold waters beneath her, monsters lurk. Giant […]
Puppy’s First Time Home Alone | Wonderful World of Puppies | BBC Earth
This charming country farm on the edge of Dartmoor is home to Rusty, a lovable red fox labrador. He may only be 10 weeks old, but he’s got his paws firmly under the family table. Dogs process emotions in exactly the same way as us, and this loved-up lab can’t get enough of his new […]
Raising Ostrich Chicks | Natural World: Wild Mothers and Babies | BBC Earth
Yes, a desert in Namibia and eggs 50 times heavier, all hatching. The shell is so strong, the ostrich mother often helps the chicks out. The biggest advance is that both parents look after the eggs. It’s a marriage of necessity, one that goes back to food and hungry mothers. Birds need to eat more […]
Arctic Wolf Hunts Baby Caribou | 4K UHD | Planet Earth II | BBC Earth
They’re setting off on the greatest overland trek made by any animal. But wherever grass eaters travel, predators lie in wait. Yeah, they are Arctic wolves or. And they must seize their chance. Well, the caribou passed through their territory for four. And the wolf runs at the herd, trying to flush out the weak […]
A Fragile Future for the Yukon’s Ice Bears | Our Planet Earth | BBC Earth
in the depths of the Frozen Yukon a secluded stretch of river still flows through early winter as bubbling groundwater stops ice forming it’s the perfect spot for late spawning salmon this rich food source helps support both Frosty coated Ice Bears and local [Music] people we know these bears as Ice Bears because the […]
Cat Mum Feeds Her Newborn Kittens | Wonderful World of Puppies | BBC Earth
in one country home Britain’s newest litter of kittens is about to arrive this is Ora she’s a three-year-old British shair house cat and she’s expecting her very first litter of kittens by the luk of her swollen tummy they could arrive at any moment our first time mom doesn’t have to wait long in […]
Wolf Pack Hunts A Hare | 4K UHD | The Hunt | BBC Earth
food is so hard to find this far north that a Wolfpack must search hundreds of square kilometers if it’s to be successful and success means raising the Next [Music] Generation to do that here the Wolves must work together so the young are raised not only by their parents but by their aunts and […]
Why anger is overrated | BBC Ideas
My name is Thomas Dixon and in my opinion, anger is not quite as healthy as some people think it is. When I think of anger I think of myself losing it. Growling at the radio, shouting at the cat. Feeling homicidal rage towards the person next to me in the quiet carriage on the […]
The Fight to Feed Penguin Chicks | Natural World: Wild Mothers and Babies | BBC Earth
There’s a bird couple that only ever has one chick, and they go to the ends of the earth to look after it. In Antarctica, an emperor penguin has laid one egg. She has put everything into it and now has to feed herself his tongue for the winter. She’ll be back with food in […]
The Unique Bond Between Humans and Dogs | Wonderful World of Puppies | BBC Earth
Like babies, Puppies come into the world with so much growing and learning still to do. At first they can only communicate with their mother through tiny grunts and whines. Expressing basic desires, delights and discomforts. It’s only around seven weeks old that they discover how to bark at. But just as they were asked […]