Science and Nature

EARTH A New Wild

Dr. M. Sanjayan takes viewers on a stunning visual journey to explore how humans are woven into every aspect of Earth's natural systems. EARTH A New Wild features footage from the most striking places on Earth and encounters between wild animals and the people who live and work with them.

Episode 5 | Water

54m 41s

In the EARTH A New WIld final episode, Sanjayan explores humankind’s relationship with the Earth’s most important resource: water. Unraveling dramatic connections between fresh water and the health of the planet, he uncovers spectacular wildlife stories that center on managing the natural pulse of the planet’s water.

Episodes

  • Episode 5 | Water: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Episode 5 | Water

    S1 E5 - 54m 41s

    In the EARTH A New WIld final episode, Sanjayan explores humankind’s relationship with the Earth’s most important resource: water. Unraveling dramatic connections between fresh water and the health of the planet, he uncovers spectacular wildlife stories that center on managing the natural pulse of the planet’s water.

  • Episode 4 | Oceans: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Episode 4 | Oceans

    S1 E4 - 55m 11s

    Starting on the most pristine reef on Earth, home to more predators than prey, Sanjayan draws on his own ocean experiences to reveal a vibrant community of scientists, engineers and fishermen who are providing solutions that can help restore the oceans in astonishing ways.

  • Episode 3 | Forests: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Episode 3 | Forests

    S1 E3 - 55m 17s

    Journey deep into the great forests of Earth for a new way of looking at these wild places and the animals that live there. Sanjayan travels into an uncharted area of the Amazon that scientists believe is the most bio-diverse place on Earth. From there he follows unique animal behavior in Alaska’s Great Bear Rainforest and meets the farmers in Portugal’s cork forests.

  • Episode 2 | Plains: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Episode 2 | Plains

    S1 E2 - 54m 39s

    Explore the giant herds that roam the wild grasslands of the plains. Home to the greatest gathering of animal life on the planet, they are also increasingly our bread basket — and among the most endangered places on Earth. Dr. Sanjayan follows a unique elephant conservation project in South Africa and tracks the prairies to see how Americans are saving their most-endangered mammal.

  • Episode 1 | Home: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Episode 1 | Home

    S1 E1 - 54m 40s

    Travel deep into the wild to take a fresh look at humankind’s relationship to the big animals that live alongside us. From cuddling baby pandas to avoiding man-eating tigers, Dr. M. Sanjayan investigates our changing relationships with the wilderness. Sanjayan focuses on the powerful stories that prove animals and humans can thrive side by side. It’s a new kind of wild.

Extras + Features

  • An Interview with Renowned Shark Scientist Doc Gruber: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    An Interview with Renowned Shark Scientist Doc Gruber

    S1 E4 - 2m 51s

    Doc Gruber is a shark biologist and founder of the American Elasmobranch Society. Doc Gruber is a recognized authority on shark science. He has specialized in shark behavior, anatomy, sensory systems and tracking. Gruber is perhaps best known for his studies on habitat selection and homing behavior of lemon sharks and eagle rays around the Bimini Shark Lab.

  • Tuna Is Tagged in Papua New Guinea: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Tuna Is Tagged in Papua New Guinea

    S1 E4 - 2m 10s

    On a month-long mission in the Solomon Sea, a team aims to tag as many Skipjack Tuna as possible to find out where they go and various unknown elements of Tuna life history. All the data will help to know where in the ocean to protect.

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    Student Scientists Tag a Baby Lemon Shark

    S1 E4 - 2m 31s

    Just after birth, the newborn lemon sharks are measured, tagged and a DNA sample is taken before the young sharks are returned to the mangroves. This provides information to an ongoing database to back up theories that lemon sharks return to the same location they were born to give birth themselves.

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    Shark Scientist Richard Fitzpatrick Tags a Tiger Shark

    S1 E4 - 2m 15s

    Using ‘the claw’ that Richard Fitzpatrick designed with knowledge of tonic immobility, he manages to tag a dangerous man-eating tiger shark. Information from the tags in helping to create a better understanding of the annual movement of the predators.

  • Our Breathing Planet: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Our Breathing Planet

    S1 E3 - 44s

    Satellite footage from NASA has revealed how the planet breathes in annual pulses in time with the seasons. And surprisingly the breathing isn’t driven by the tropical forests as would be expected; it’s the great northern forests that are the real lungs. Video courtesy of NASA, graphic ©NASA/JPL-Caltech.

  • Traditional Heiltsuk Herring Egg Harvest Using Hemlock: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Traditional Heiltsuk Herring Egg Harvest Using Hemlock

    S1 E3 - 2m 45s

    Jordan Wilson, a man from Heiltsuk descent, reveals the traditional methods of harvesting herring eggs, using hemlock branches. The Heiltsuk sustainable herring fishery has used this traditional process, passed down from ancestors for generations to maximize the yield of herring eggs at spawning time.

  • Elephant Conflict: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Elephant Conflict

    S1 E3 - 1m 32s

    Journey deep into the great forests of Earth for a new way of looking at these wild places and the animals that live there. Dr. M. Sanjayan travels to Sumatra and finds frightening elephant battles are exploding on the edge of the forest.

  • Human and Elephant Conflict in Sumatra: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Human and Elephant Conflict in Sumatra

    S1 E3 - 1m 50s

    In Sumatra, elephant populations are rapidly decreasing. Their decline is primarily a result of deforestation, leaving only 29% of the island still habitable for elephants, leaving them in isolated patches close to humans. The relationship is tense and all — out war between human and elephant is becoming a regular occurrence, often ending in the loss of lives to both.

  • Timelapse of Budding Sitka and Hemlock Plants: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Timelapse of Budding Sitka and Hemlock Plants

    S1 E3 - 1m 25s

    Over the course of the spring and summer, two of the most common trees in the northern forests of the planet, ‘breathe’ out oxygen into the atmosphere and ‘breathe’ in carbon dioxide. This clip shows the pulse of life in action as these plants bud.

  • How to Be a Mahout: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    How to Be a Mahout

    S1 E3 - 1m 48s

    The relationship between a mahout and their elephant is very personal. Often they know the elephant from when they were babies and have to train them and care for their everyday needs such as feeding and washing. In their job as elephant carers and trainers and will always put the elephant before themselves – it is more important that the elephants are fed than the mahouts are fed!

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    Why Cows Are Important

    S1 E2 - 3m 25s

    Renowned conservationist Jonah Western believes that Maasai grazing their herds of cattle is essential for a healthy functioning savannah and therefore increases populations of endangered lions. In an interview with Jonah, Sanjayan learns how man and lion can not only co-exist but thrive.

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