Islands: Nature's Wild Laboratories - Season 1
Season 1
Episodes
Vancouver
The first edition looks at the flora and fauna of Canada's Vancouver Island.
K'gari
A look at K'gari in Queensland, also known as Fraser Island, with footage of stingrays hunting soldier crabs in the tidal shallows, acid frogs evading vicious predators.
Baffin
Journey to largest island in the Canadian Arctic and encounter arctic foxes, white beluga whales, a never-before-filmed two-tusked narwhal and more.
Borneo
Here, evolution is in overdrive, resulting in an explosion of life. An unnamed species of spider is filmed for the first time, hunting other spiders.
Okavango
Hyenas claim the largest island in the delta, but must defend it. Elephants and hippos sculpt the waterways and make new homes for smaller creatures.
Sri Lanka
Never-before-filmed highland leopards stalk Sambar deer, while territorial mudskippers and fiddler crabs compete for homes and mates.
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