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07 Dec
Harriet and the team tackle the problem of human and elephant conflict with an unusual experiment using African honeybees; Alison is out at sea to check on a colony of Cape fur seals.
07 Dec
Some species have baffled scientists. We discover the biological marvel that is the saiga antelope, the odd diets of the gelada baboons and greater bamboo lemurs and much more.
07 Dec
A young elephant needs urgent surgery after breaking his tusks, one of the zoo's strangest residents gets the VIP treatment, and a bent beak threatens to come between a couple of penguin lovebirds.
07 Dec
It's birthing season on Jackie Barlow's alpaca farm, and Peter heads over to West Yorkshire to open a brand-new animal hospital run by his friends and colleagues.
07 Dec
Peter rushes into Skeldale on his day off to try to save a lamb of Richard Bell's, and Julian's treating a very poorly one-week old llama called Noah at Suzanne Benson's trekking centre.
07 Dec
Wildlife cameraman Julz Braatvedt arrives in eastern Zambia to film three packs of wild dogs - the Manzis, Kakulis and Stork Colony - in three very different territories.
07 Dec
It's 100 degrees and rising; as waterholes dry up, Julz is alarmed to find lions in the Kakuli pack's favourite drinking spot but also gets to touch a wild dog for the first time ever.
07 Dec
The red kangaroo is a true Australian icon, but when keepers notice that the alpha male of the mob is having problems eating, it's time to call in the mobile hospital to set him right again.
07 Dec
While Taronga is closed to the public thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, it's the perfect time for staff to take Charlie, the 300kg (660lb) Australian sea lion for an enriching walk around the zoo.
07 Dec
Ray explores the tropical rainforests of southwest Yunnan - a region known as China's Amazon - that is home to some of China's smallest insects and largest animals.
07 Dec
Julian returns to Jacki's alpaca farm to investigate a worrying lump in the mouth of one of the animals, Peter carries out dental surgery on a Yorkshire terrier, and Julian examines a pygmy goat.
07 Dec
Julian and Peter have to cope with two night-time emergency call outs, new vet Esme performs her first emergency caesarean, and a pack of bloodhound pups cause mayhem in the surgery.
07 Dec
Julian gets an emergency call at 5am to attend to a horse with colic, and one of the nurses at the Skeldale Veterinary practice helps out on a local farm during the lambing season.
07 Dec
Dr Rebeca Atencia leads a series of checks to ensure the group are fit enough to go back to the wild, the younger chimps attend forest school, and the artistic abilities of chimpanzees are explored.
07 Dec
Dr Alex Rosati designs a test to see how the chimps respond to a wild chimpanzee call in preparation for the wild; while this test is underway, so is the search for the perfect release site.
07 Dec
A chimp is born on Tchindzoulou Island but there are serious complications, Dr Cat Hobaiter analyses Kefan's unique leadership style, and Mbebo jumps the fence of his enclosure and goes walkabout.
07 Dec
Recent arrival Aymard meets his surrogate mum, and sick infant chimp John is rescued and brought to Tchimpounga by plane; the two meet for the first time and soon become close friends.
07 Dec
Dr Jane Goodall's sanctuary isn't just for chimps; we meet the other species the staff care for. Chimpanzee intelligence is also explored, and the release group's foraging skills are assessed.
07 Dec
Julian, Peter and their staff deal with more animal emergencies, including a dog facing an emergency operation to remove a tumour and a prolapsing sheep that has to be treated in a car park.
07 Dec
Julian and head nurse Sarah tend to an injured swan at a fishing lake, and Bobby, a canine member of the North Yorkshire police force, is brought into the surgery to have an operation.
07 Dec
Mars the aardvark needs five-hour walks every night, exhausting Emma; Jenna and Sean discover how good an elephant's hearing is; Josie has her work cut out as an injured vervet monkey is rushed in.
07 Dec
Amanda goes on a white-knuckle bushwhacking adventure to rescue a waterbuck caught by a poacher's snare, and Alma gets a mysterious late-night monkey delivery.
07 Dec
Bilbies are an endangered species, which is why Taronga manages a much-needed breeding programme; they learn survival skills so they're comfortable in their natural habitat when they get released.
07 Dec
Jeremy goes in search of the real creature behind the sea serpent legend. Starting in the English Channel, he is led to Thailand, where the mythology of the sea serpent reveals a vital clue.
07 Dec
Australia: an aircraft carrying a group of aboriginal elders is forced to ditch in the sea. Six men find themselves in open water - and then disappear. Jeremy travels to the scene to investigate.
07 Dec
Dan O'Neill is on a mission to find, film and measure the planet's biggest living elephants; he heads to Kenya and hopes to track some incredibly rare super tuskers down.
07 Dec
Dan O'Neill's on a mission to find and film Earth's biggest wild lions; he heads to Botswana in search of a known giant male, but can he track him down?
07 Dec
This episode explores a unique dig site in America to investigate how the T-Rex became the king of the dinosaurs.
07 Dec
This episode examines a unique dig site in Egypt that could help solve the mystery of how prehistoric land mammals evolved into top ocean predators.
07 Dec
If we had to pick one iconic African animal, it would be the elephant. Its ancestors have dominated the world and the five continents through an exceptional evolution.
07 Dec
Today, the grizzly bear is a star in Yellowstone National Park. But the history of the bear is rooted in that of a large family of mammals: the carnivores, which appeared 60 million years ago.
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