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This program features the Kogi tribe who live in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Columbia. They are pre-Columbian peoples, and consider themselves as the elder brothers of humankind. They insist that it is the modern world, the younger brothers, who are destroying the harmony of life on earth.

Vietnam's wildlife is reappearing after the great losses suffered during the war.

Simon King films a lioness and her pride during winter on Africa's Serengeti plain.

A look at the environmental crisis on Madagascar and new conservation efforts being made.

This first episode in the miniseries explores the European discovery and settlement of the New World. Two views are presented, that of the colonists struggles to survive in their new and unfamiliar setting, as well as the Native Americans success within the same environment.

A look at the colonization of Canada and the fur trade.

A focus on the prospect of gold in the new world, and the Spanish exploration of Florida in search of that alluring metal.

An exploration of the Great Plains of North American from the Lewis and Clark expedition through to the present day.

A focus on the Rocky Mountains and Yellowstone National Park.

A look at life in the Sonoran Desert.

Exploring the people and wildlife of Alaska.

This last episode in the miniseries looks at the landscape and wildlife of California.

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S10 · E14Horse Tigers 1992-01-05 · 53 min＋

This program follows a herd of zebras along their yearly migration route through the African plains.

Follows the yearly migration of the caribou of Alaska and the Yukon Territory in an effort to find suitable birthing grounds, all will trying to avoid wolves and other predators.

India's remote Ladakh region in the Himalaya Mountains, home to the snow leopard and other rare wildlife.

Chimpanzees and other primates survive on Tiwai, an Upper Guinea island where witchcraft and taboos still exist.

Roger Tory Peterson's fight to save America's birds and their habitats.

The life cycle of a female northern elephant seal is documented.

S10 · E20Dolphins: Close Encounters 1992-03-08 · 53 min＋

Explores the lives of dolphins all around the world, and the scientists who are trying to communicate with them.

Loggers and conservationists have conflicting plans for ancient forests of redwoods, Douglas firs, hemlocks and Sitka spruce trees along the Northern Pacific rim.