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At the front lines of climate change, animals have a surprising story to tell.
Traveling to the far corners of the world, we discover the extraordinary ways animals are adapting to our rapidly changing planet. We witness nature’s remarkable resilience, as our perception of evolution and its potential is forever transformed.
Traveling to the far corners of the world, we discover the extraordinary ways animals are adapting to our rapidly changing planet. We witness nature’s remarkable resilience, as our perception of evolution and its potential is forever transformed.
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At the front lines of climate change, animals have a surprising story to tell.
Traveling to the far corners of the world, we discover the extraordinary ways animals are adapting to our rapidly changing planet. We witness nature’s remarkable resilience, as our perception of evolution and its potential is forever transformed.
Traveling to the far corners of the world, we discover the extraordinary ways animals are adapting to our rapidly changing planet. We witness nature’s remarkable resilience, as our perception of evolution and its potential is forever transformed.
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The Human Impact on Wildlife Species
Host and Evolutionary Biologist Dr. Shane Campbell-Staton hands the microphone to those on the front lines: animal species across the globe — and the biologists, ecologists and other experts who speak for them. We interviewed these experts to learn more.
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Scientist Antonia Musso holding a mountain pine beetle.
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Scientist Greg Lewbart holds a marine iguana. These remarkable reptiles have adapted to shrink their body length when food is scarce during El Niño events, increasing their chances of survival.
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Scientist Jaime Chaves studies one of "Darwin's finches" one of the best-known example of "adaptive radiation."
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Scientist Anthony Herrel studies a silver key anole on North Caicos.
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A Nubian ibex looking for water under a tap outside Mitzpe Ramon, Israel.
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Nils Ole Oskal feeds one of his reindeers in the mountains of Northern Norway.
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Nils Ole Oskal with two of his reindeer.
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A watchful puma sits in the grasslands.
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Johnny Bearcub Stiffarm and other members of the Fort Peck Tribes wait eagerly for the moment when a new group of buffalo will be released, returning them to the Fort Peck Reservation.
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Aerial of industrial farmland in New Germany, Minnesota as crops are harvested by a combine harvester.
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A lone bison roams through the prairie. An estimated 30-60 million bison are thought to have once roamed the great plains of North America.
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A prairie dog stands alert at the entrance to its burrow. While ecologists consider prairie dogs to be a keystone species, they are widely derided as pests by farmers and ranchers.
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About the Show
Evolution Earth embarks on a global expedition to reveal the animals keeping pace with a planet changing at superspeed. Heading out across the globe to distant wilds and modern urban environments, five episodes track how animals are moving, using ingenuity to adapt their behavior, and even evolving in unexpected ways.
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At the front lines of this rapid change are the scientists, filmmakers and local communities recording the animals’ stories. We follow heart-warming tales of resilience that redefine our understanding of evolution, and hint at how nature can show us a path towards a sustainable future for Planet Earth.
The series is narrated by Dr. Shane Campbell-Staton, who guides us through each episode in an intimate narrative style, drawing on his background as an evolutionary biologist.
Episode 1 | Earth
At Earth’s extremes, animals are reacting in surprising ways. Animal homes are changing around them at superspeed. Follow remarkable stories of resilience and hope. From humpback whales to tiny butterflies to ingenious savanna chimpanzees.
Episode 2 | Islands
Islands are like miniature simplified Earths, where evolution is playing out at super speed right before our eyes. Journey from the Galapagos to the edge of Antarctica to seek out animals responding to our changing planet in extraordinary ways.
Episode 3 | Heat
Travel to the hottest and driest extremes to see animals go to extraordinary lengths to survive. From the Sahara Desert to Australia, animals provide new clues about our changing planet and what it will mean for the future of our heating world.
Episode 4 | Ice
At the planet’s frozen extremes, shifts in animal movement and behavior reveal vital information about our future world. Examine polar bears in the Arctic, penguins in Antarctica and other animals surviving in icy worlds.
Episode 5 | Grasslands
Grasslands are one of the planet’s most important, yet most overlooked habitats. Follow scientists as they discover animal species with the power to transform and restore our grasslands, turning them into carbon sinks that could slow climate change.
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