Professor Trujillo interviews Dr. Michael Latz from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography who gives an overview of the institution's programs and facilities and discusses bioluminescence.

Yellowstone National Park is a spectacular landscape and a diverse habitat which supports an array of wildlife. But this serene habitat also holds a dark secret: it sits atop a super-volcano that could 'blow' at any minute. This episode follows the park's residents; the beavers, otters, elks and bison that are oblivious to this ticking time bomb, thriving in this land of extremes. Our narrator, esteemed naturalist Armstrong Wedgewood (actor Matt Lucas)...

In OCEAN LIFE, Bill goes underwater to talk about ocean ecosystems and the importance of small organisms such as coral, kelp, and plankton. Amazingly, these latter organisms are the food of huge whales, which gather them by straining thousands of tons of sea water through their mouths.

Water covers most of our Earth’s surface area. In this program, we’ll discuss the characteristics of the sea and its impact on climates and coast lines. Topics include: Marine Plants, Sea Water Characteristics, Ocean Currents, Sea Water Temperature, Wave and Tide Formation, Tsunamis, The Sea Bed, and Underwater Gas and Petroleum Deposits.

Each year, approximately half of the North Pacific humpback whale population migrates roughly three thousand miles from its feeding grounds in Southeastern Alaska to its breeding grounds in Hawai?i. While there, the male humpbacks perform their elaborate and haunting song. But what does it mean? And what is the purpose of this beautiful display? To find out, scientists are conducting research on the leeward side of Maui, inside the Hawaiian Islands...

Tarpon and snook are two of Florida’s most iconic game fish. Both species rely on mangrove creeks and ponds when they are juveniles. With half of the state’s mangroves lost to development, scientists employ creative solutions to restore and reconnect some of these important habitats to secure the future of the fisheries.

This program illustrates the physical, biological, and chemical treatment processes required to decontaminate industrial and residential wastewater and describes ways in which discharge is being put to work. Two wastewater treatment facilities are toured-one a traditional bricks-and-mortar operation and the other a constructed wetland system. Also, Steve Woods, of the Bayou Marcus Water Reclamation Facility; Thomas Byrom, of the Galveston Bay Estuary...

Man has explored land, the ocean’s surface, and large parts of the solar system...and in the 21st Century we are just beginning to explore the depths of the Pacific Ocean. We yearn to unravel the mysterious Pacific–but she does not give up her secrets willingly.

Startling wildlife photography reveals the sea and its communities at their most fearsome and alluring in this landmark BBC mini-series on the ocean, a world we know less about than the moon.