Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy Antarctica. The show's primary focus is on animals and ecosystems around the world. A comic book based on the show, meant to be used an as educational tool for kids, was briefly distributed to museums and schools at no cost in the mid-2000s.

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Season 8

Season 8

1989

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01. The Great Rift: Footprints in the Valley

1989-10-08

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

02. The Great Rift: Out of the Ashes

1989-10-15

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

03. The Great Rift: Breaking the Continent

1989-10-22

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

04. Under the Ice

1989-10-29

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

05. Land of Dragons

1989-11-12

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

06. The Great Wood of Caledon

1989-11-19

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

07. Gorillas

1989-12-10

A portrait of the endangered mountain gorilla in equatorial Africa.

08. Forest of Fear

1989-12-17

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

09. Gran Paradiso

1990-01-07

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

10. Cranes of the Grey Wind

1990-01-21

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

11. King Solomon's Mountains

1990-02-04

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

12. Hunters of the Sky

1990-02-11

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

13. A Wolf in the Fold

1990-02-18

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

1990-03-04

Tracing the course of the Colorado River.

15. The Emerald Isle

1990-03-11

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

16. Giant Otters

1990-03-18

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

1990-03-25

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

18. Presque Isle: Land in Motion

1990-04-01

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

19. Yellowstone on Fire

1990-04-08

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

20. Serpents

1990-04-15

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

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