Wunderwelt Seegraswiesen Klimaretter, Kinderstube, Küstenschutz

Pretty Land And Green Its Sighs

A short anecdotal documentary about the nature of destruction, a debilitating deadlock of humanity.

Running Fields

Three images of a person running in the void through the movement of speed and abstract images

Sharks of the Bermuda Triangle

Marine biologist Dr. Austin Gallagher searches for the holy grail of shark research -- the secret breeding grounds of tiger sharks.

Adventures Of A Chipmunk Family

A nature short presenting one year in the life of a chipmunk family.

Mauna Loa Volcano

A silent film featuring footage from the 1935 Mauna Loa eruption at Mokuʻāweoweo Crater and the 1942 Mauna Loa so-called "secret eruption" which was not publicized to prevent Japanese planes from navigating at night. There is also footage from Halema'uma'u Crater on Kīlauea from 1934. Filmed on 16mm Kodachrome, this is possibly the first color film of a volcanic eruption.

Bee Wild

Bee Wild is an inspirational, upbeat, and poetic documentary that explores the foundational role that bees play in sustaining humanity, the reasons for their sharp population decline and how we can regenerate bees worldwide so they are once again part of a thriving ecosystem. Because we are losing 1 billion pollinators annually, the film will focus on the urgent nature of both bees and other insects that pollinate our food and emphasize ways that viewers can get involved in restoring, regenerating and nurturing this largely unseen world.

Beavers in Ukraine

The oldest preserved Ukrainian nature film.

Born in China

Venturing into the wilds of China, "Born in China" captures intimate moments with a panda bear and her growing cub, a young golden monkey who feels displaced by his baby sister, and a mother snow leopard struggling to raise her two cubs.

Cheetahs Against All Odds

In the Serengeti, cheetahs lead uneasy lives. Females must leave their cubs alone and exposed to the savagery of more powerful predators in order to hunt. Even scrounging scavengers can gain the upper-hand over this slender and graceful speedster. This extraordinary tale follows two cheetah mothers, struggling to raise their young in the face of constant danger. As their fortunes rise and fall, experience battles against luck for the upper hand and success against all odds.

Wad: surviving on the border of water and land

The Wadden area as you have never seen before.

Niagara Falls

Witness the story of an extraordinary ecosystem—larger than the state of Texas, and more precious than oil. The heartbeat of this remarkable water world is Niagara Falls. Through the eyes of passionate scientists and naturalists, uncover a complex world forged by stone and powered by water. In this realm, tiny shrews hunt in freezing cold rivers, spectacular shorebird migration unfolds over thundering falls, snowy owls stalk their prey from ice flows, and prehistoric snapping turtles brave a perilous overland journey. All these creatures and many more are part of a remarkable narrative unfolding in one of the most unique ecosystems in North America: Niagara.

Botswana, Leben mit Löwen

Cumbrian Red: Saving Our Red Squirrels

Cumbria is one of the last major strongholds for red squirrels - one of the British Isles’ iconic native mammals, an endangered species, and a national favourite. Lakeland charities, volunteers, businesses and scientists are pulling together to protect these rare animals.

Au royaume des vers de terre : La vie du sol dévoilée

It is the foundation of all life. We live on it and from it: the soil. What does the soil do for us? What do we do with the soil? How is it formed? And why is it in danger? The documentary follows an earthworm through its subterranean life cycle and, from here, keeps returning to researchers whose projects are dedicated to protecting the soil.

Crocodiles, the last dragon

Crocodiles appeared about two hundred million years ago. They coexisted and hunted the large dinosaurs and are the last survivors of the group of archosaurs, which means "ruling reptiles", a group that also included the dinosaurs and pterosaurs - flying dinosaurs - and more. They overcame geological cataclysms, planetary climatic changes, continental drift and even humans action. What made them surpass all their contemporaries and last until today?

South Georgia

On the Antarctic periphery, bathed by the world's most violent waters, there is a lost island where southern nature is still intact, oblivious to man and its devastating impact. South Georgia is a world apart, a land swept by Antarctic winds known as the Furious 50 which require a constant struggle for survival.

Zebras on the move

While everyone knows the migration of wildebeest in east Africa, few have paid attention to their predecessors in this long journey: the zebras. Hundreds of thousands of zebras mark the vanguard of the greater movement of ungulates of the African continent, crossing the legendary Mara and facing terrible dangers. Through two adventures we will know the lights and shadows of this extraordinary journey. The dangers they will face will be just the preamble to major threats, threats that face all species in an ecosystem with a very fragile balance that year after year is dangerously close to destruction

4 mois sur ma biosphère

After traveling the globe to highlight low-tech, Corentin de Chatelperron has set himself a new challenge: to live independently, alone for four months, on a bamboo raft floating in Phang Nga Bay, Thailand. On his 70 square meter platform, the engineer, passionate about ecology and system D, puts into practice what he has learned in order to feed himself and produce his own energy.

Diving With The Dinosaur Fish

The hunt for a mythic animal once thought to have been extinct for 65 million years: the coelacanth. It can be found 120 metres beneath the ocean off the wild coast of South Africa. French scientists and South African scientists teamed up with experienced Trimix divers, including Peter Timm, who discovered the coelacanths in Sodwana Bay in 2000 and award-winning underwater photographer Mr Laurent Ballesta and his advanced technical dive team to bring you this eye-opening documentary. Click on the play button above to watch a preview.

Rainforest Pixies: The Mysterious Rhynchocyon Shrew of Arabuko

Barely known and never seen, elephant shrews baffle even the zoologists. With their stilt-like legs and long mobile trunk, joined to the body of a large shrew with a golden bottom, they certainly deserve their name - though they are related to neither elephant not shrew! This shy, endangered creature has become the mascot of Kenya’s beautiful Arabuko National Park. The income they attract via tourism pays for the education of local children. The elephant shrew has truly become the Spirit of the Forest.