Bloodlines | Big Little Journeys

In Madagascar’s Kirindy Forest, a matchstick-sized chameleon goes on an epic journey through high trees and ground floors to find a mate and lay eggs before it’s too late. A water vole in the Scottish Highlands swims a lake, climbs a waterfall and scales a mountain also to find a suitor and a place to raise her pups.

In her last moments, this female chameleon's skin erupts with color. All that remains are her eggs, buried deep beneath the surface.

On her quest for a new home, the water vole encounters a body of water. In the cold waters beneath her, monsters lurk.

A female chameleon draws the attention of two males. They must battle it out to prove their worth to her.

The Big Little Journeys team travels through storms and fallen trees to reach the remote Kirindy Forest in Madagascar. Here they work with local scientists to film the short-lived journey of a matchstick-sized chameleon. Its life is finely in tune with the seasons and the team discovers how this leaves them vulnerable to the effects of a warming world. Narrated by Aaron Pierre.