Sex in the Wild

Joy and Mark investigate the reproductive secrets of marine mammals to learn how animals that breathe air manage to mate, give birth and raise their young underwater. Joy travels to New Zealand to uncover the mating strategy of dusky dolphins. While she reveals the adaptations marine mammals have evolved to mate in the ocean, Mark travels to Mexico to find out how whales find mates in the ocean.

Join Joy and Mark in Australia to uncover the reproductive secrets of the pouch-wearing marsupials.

Journey to Borneo with Joy and Mark to explore the reproduction challenges of our orangutan cousins.

As she prepares for the birth of her new baby, Kitty, the African Elephant, spends a restless night on her feet, watching over her two daughters while they pass the time playing and bonding. Then, fourteen days after her expected due date, Kitty finally goes into labor and her long 22 month pregnancy ends with the birth of a healthy calf.

Comparative anatomist Professor Joy Reidenberg and veterinarian Mark Evans explore the life and death struggles of earth's greatest species as they attempt to reproduce in some of the most hostile environments on earth. From the first mating calls to heart-stopping births, examine the wonderful, weird and sometimes wacky world of animal reproduction.

Dr. Joy Reidenberg, comparative anatomist and host, discusses the importance of examining the reproductive behaviors for animals featured in Sex in the Wild.