Season 5 (1986)
Episodes: 20
Star Cast:
Episodes List
Ep.1 Alyeska: The Great Land
Air Date: 1986-10-19
Examines how the plants and animals of Alaska’s Alyeska wilderness have adapted to the regions harsh climate.
Ep.2 Baja Lagoon
Air Date: 1986-10-26
An examination of the plants and animals that make their home in a shallow lagoon found on the Western coast of Mexico’s Baja Peninsula.
Ep.3 Galapagos: How They Got There
Air Date: 1986-11-02
This exploration of the Galapagos Islands, located in the Pacific Ocean West of Ecuador, examines theories explaining the arrival of wildlife to the archipelago.
Ep.4 Galapagos: Cold on the Equator
Air Date: 1986-11-09
Marine iguanas, cormorants, green turtles, sea lions, and sperm whales are among the animals that thrive in the cold waters surrounding the equatorially located Galapagos Islands.
Ep.5 Galapagos: The Ocean Travelers
Air Date: 1986-11-16
A look at the Galapagos Islands’ many birds, include the waved albatross, blue-footed booby, frigate bird and the ground finch; also, man’s relationship with the islands’ changing environment.
Ep.6 Pantanal: Prairie of the Great Waters
Air Date: 1986-11-23
A look at how the Pantanal's wildlife species cope with the annual cycle of flood and drought which transforms the marshy prairie from a dry savannah into the world's largest freshwater wetland – a 36,000 square-mile area that encompasses Southwestern Brazil and parts of Bolivia and Paraguay.
Ep.7 Cats
Air Date: 1986-12-07
An examination of the behavior of man’s feline friends.
Ep.8 Leopard: A Darkness in the Grass
Air Date: 1986-12-14
The activities of an elusive female leopard are traced over a two-day period on the hot plains of Africa.
Ep.9 The Elephant Challenge
Air Date: 1987-01-18
A look at the survival of the African elephants, as ivory and foraging land became more valuable.
Ep.10 Ichkeul: Between the Desert and the Deep Blue Sea
Air Date: 1987-02-08
A freshwater lake in Tunisia that turns salty every summer.
Ep.11 In the Shadow of Fujisan: See No Evil
Air Date: 1987-02-22
The Japanese take efforts to save an indigenous monkey.
Ep.12 In the Shadow of Fujisan: Bird of Happiness
Air Date: 1987-03-01
A look at the crane, Japanese symbol of longevity, true love and happiness.
Ep.13 In the Shadow of Fujisan: Long Live the Turtle
Air Date: 1987-03-08
Hunters and egg poachers threaten the existence of the giant loggerhead turtle.
Ep.14 America's Wild Horses
Air Date: 1987-03-15
Following the wild mustangs of America’s West.
Ep.15 Holy Land: A Wilderness Like Eden
Air Date: 1987-04-12
An exploration of the Rift Valley that sweeps North from Kenya to Turkey, where prophets said their god first planted a garden.
Ep.16 Holy Land: Sweet Water, Bitter Sea
Air Date: 1987-04-19
The unusual life in the salty Dead Sea, where the desert plunges 1,200 feet below sea level.
Ep.17 The Forgotten Garden
Air Date: 1987-04-26
What happens when a finely maintained garden is abandoned.
Ep.18 Lords of Hokkaido
Air Date: 1987-05-10
A year on a Japanese island following a family of red foxes.
Ep.19 Designed for Living
Air Date: 1987-05-17
The tunnelers, thatchers, weavers, dam builders, sculptors, potters and spinners of the animal kingdom.
Ep.20 Masked Monkeys
Air Date: 1987-05-24
Echoing hoots and trills, bandit masks, feathered tufts and orange noses distinguish African forest monkeys called quenons.