This episode is set in Madagascar, where Adams and Carwardine conceived the idea for Last Chance to See on their first travels together in 1985. In Nosy Mangabe, they encountered a wild aye-aye, a rare nocturnal lemur. The aye-aye has been a victim of cultural beliefs as well as habitat loss, regarded by some natives […]
In this episode Brian Cox visits South East Asia’s ‘Ring of Fire’. In the world’s most volcanic region he explores the thin line that separates the living from the dead and poses that most enduring of questions: what is life? The traditional answer is one that invokes the supernatural, as seen at the annual Day […]
The most catastrophic extinction event in the history of the earth was the Permian Extinction 250 million years ago. Scientists believe this was caused by a massive half million year eruption in the Siberian traps that lead to wave after wave of toxic gases devastating life on the planet beginning with sulfur dioxide followed by […]
Madagascar is an island located in the Indian Ocean inhabited by only creatures whose origin is still unknown. Lemurs are the most representative animals of Madagascar. There is a beautiful legend which speaks of the South Atlantis, the sunken continent of Lemuria. There, there were dense ancient jungles inhabited by beings different from any others […]
50 minutes / 2018 / Directed by Nitin Das The film unfolds through inspiring stories of people whose lives are intricately woven with forests. Through their insights as well as new scientific findings we explore the remarkable healing powers of nature. See more of our movies here! You can view the movie on Youtube by […]
50 minutes / 2009 / Directed by Ian Duncan On a desolate mountain top in California lives the world’s oldest organism – a gnarled and twisted bristlecone pine. The Curse Of The Methuselah Tree shows how the climate and dramatic events – from volcanoes to nuclear tests – over the last 4000 years have affected […]
39 minutes / 2019 / Directed by Paul Maple This film shows you the central shocking secrets about climate change, but also the solutions we already have that can avoid climate breakdown. See more of our movies here. You can view the movie on Youtube by clicking this link.
58 minutes / 2014 / Directed by Russell Leven Richard Fortey explores fungi, the story of their evolution, their mysterious life cycle and their value to the planet. See how these ubiquitous organisms impact the ecoystems they’re a part of. See more of our movies here! You can view the movie on Youtube by clicking […]
Rainforest Pharmacy 42 minutes / 2016 / Directed by Axel Friedrich and Eva Demmler Great apes know how to self-medicate. Bonobos, for instance, treat themselves with plants from the tropical rain forest in which they live. What can humans learn from them? You can also find the film on Youtube via this link. Find more […]
The Climate Exodus – The Real Environmental Disaster 42 Minutes / English / 2019 / Produced by Richard Klug and Susanne Strezenbach How many millions of people will be forced to leave their homes by 2050? This documentary looks at the so-called hotspots of climate change in the Sahel zone, Indonesia and the Russian Tundra.. […]