Realms of the Russian Bear: Green Jewel of the Caspian

S11 E01 • Monday, Oct 5, 1992 • Oct 5 • 53m

This miniseries starts off by exploring the abundance of wildlife around the Volga Delta in Russia’s Astrakhan region.

Realms of the Russian Bear: the Arctic Frontier

S11 E02 • Monday, Oct 5, 1992 • Oct 5 • 53m

An exploration of the wildlife of the Russian Arctic, and in particular Wrangle Island, featuring polar bears, musk oxen, Ross’s Gulls, reindeer, foxes, walruses, and the Red-breasted Goose.

Realms of the Russian Bear: the Red Deserts

S11 E03 • Tuesday, Oct 6, 1992 • Oct 6 • 53m

A focus on the wildlife of the Central Asian deserts.

Realms of the Russian Bear: the Celestial Mountains

S11 E04 • Tuesday, Oct 6, 1992 • Oct 6 • 53m

Between China and Central Asia is the Tian Shan mountain range, home to Marco Polo sheep, white-clawed bears, snow leopards, yaks, and the ibex.

Realms of the Russian Bear: Siberia, the Frozen Forest

S11 E05 • Wednesday, Oct 7, 1992 • Oct 7 • 53m

A look at the wildlife in the huge Siberia forest reveals bears, elk, wolves, and musk deer among many other creatures in this frozen expanse.

Realms of the Russian Bear: Born of Fire

S11 E06 • Wednesday, Oct 7, 1992 • Oct 7 • 53m

This last program in the miniseries explores Kamchatka Peninsula where the Russian Arctic meets Southeast Asia. Home to perhaps the highest concentration of volcanoes in the world, this remote region is teeming with life both on land and in the sea, from the Amur Tiger to the Giant Pacific Octopus.

Shadows in a Desert Sea

S11 E07 • Sunday, Oct 18, 1992 • Oct 18 • 53m

Fish, bats, birds, whales, giant squids, sharks, dolphins, sea lions and more flourish in and around the Sea of Cortez.

The Tree of Music

S11 E08 • Sunday, Oct 25, 1992 • Oct 25 • 53m

The African Blackwood is prized the world over for its wood in the making of musical instruments. Nature takes you on a journey through the history of this “tree of music” and into modern day efforts in Tanzania to save this ever dwindling resource.

Slaves to the Queen

S11 E09 • Sunday, Nov 29, 1992 • Nov 29 • 53m

Get right inside the hives of bees and wasps to see the inner workings of these complex societies.

Ice Fox: Struggle for Survival

S11 E10 • Sunday, Jan 10, 1993 • Jan 10 • 53m

A look at two separate families of arctic foxes. One living in the frozen, barren tundra of northern Russia, the other living in the slightly more comfortable surroundings of the Norwegian coastline.

Cheetahs in the Land of Lions

S11 E11 • Sunday, Jan 24, 1993 • Jan 24 • 53m

A study of cheetah behavior follows a mother and her cubs on the Serengeti plains.

Gorilla: King of the Congo

S11 E12 • Sunday, Feb 14, 1993 • Feb 14 • 53m

A gorilla orphanage and a proposed forest reserve may save the lowland gorilla.

American Trickster

S11 E13 • Sunday, Feb 21, 1993 • Feb 21 • 53m

As its numbers increase and its natural range diminishes, the coyote moves into populated regions like Los Angeles.

Hebrides: the Secret Islands

S11 E14 • Sunday, Feb 28, 1993 • Feb 28 • 53m

Echo of the Elephants

S11 E15 • Sunday, Mar 14, 1993 • Mar 14 • 53m

In Kenya’s Amboseli National Park is a family of elephants led by its matriarch Echo. Elephant expert Cynthia Moss, takes us up-close and inside the lives of these magnificent animals.

The Ghosts of Ruby

S11 E16 • Sunday, May 9, 1993 • May 9 • 53m

The Bandit and the Builder

S11 E17 • Sunday, May 16, 1993 • May 16 • 53m

Raccoon and beaver lifestyles in the Canadian wilderness.

Spirit of the Sound

S11 E18 • Sunday, May 23, 1993 • May 23 • 53m

Exploration of Puget Sound's ecosystem.