Season 1

• 

  8.8/1017 votes

  Challenges of Life

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/11/2009

  A look at how some animals and plants go to extremes to give themselves a chance to breed.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

• 

  8.7/1013 votes

  Reptiles and Amphibians

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/18/2009

  A look at the strategies used by reptiles and amphibians to conquer their shortcomings.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

• 

  8.5/1012 votes

  Mammals

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/25/2009

  How mammals dominate the planet through having warm blood and by caring for their young.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

• 

  8.7/1010 votes

  Fish

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/1/2009

  A look at various fish species including sea dragon, fringehead and Hawaiian goby.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

• 

  8.7/109 votes

  Birds

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/8/2009

  A slow-motion camera captures the unique flight of the Marvellous Spatuletail Hummingbird.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

• 

  8.6/1010 votes

  Insects

  Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/15/2009

  Super-slow motion shows a bombardier beetle firing boiling liquid at its enemies.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

• 

  8.6/109 votes

  Hunters and Hunted

  Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/21/2009

  Unique footage of a killer whale engaging in sneaky behaviour to hunt elephant seal pups.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

• 

  8.8/1010 votes

  Creatures of the Deep

  Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/29/2009

  A look at marine invertebrates, including Humboldt squid, starfish and giant octopuses.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

• 

  9.1/109 votes

  Plants

  Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/6/2009

  A look at plants and the ingenious and manipulative ways they counter life's challenges.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

• 

  8.9/108 votes

  Primates

  Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/13/2009

  Primates are just like humans - intelligent, quarrelsome, family-centred.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown