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"Attenborough visits various environmental regions of the world and discusses how wildlife has adapted to live in each."
"Series examines the earth's environments from a global view to see how organisms have adapted to their physical surroundings, and to each other."@en
"Part 1, Buildig the Earth, reveals how huge forces formed the earth, how continents move and how the planet has become so amazingly varied. Part 2, New Worlds, explores the effects of man's actions in changing the face of the planet, causing willful damage while also creating new habitats for plants and animals."@en
"A noted anthropologisht and author visits the great environmental regions to find out how plants and animals adapt in order to survive."@en
"A twelve part series which examines the earth's environments one by one to see how organisms in each have adapted to their physical surroundings and to each other."
"A twelve part series which examines the earth's environments one by one to see how organisms in each have adapted to their physical surroundings and to each other."@en
"Examines the earth's environments from a global perspective to see how organisms have adapted to their physical surroundings and to each other."@en
"Host David Attenborough visits the great environmental regions of the planet to examine how plants and animals adapt to their surroundings and how otherwise unrelated organisms, molded by similar conditions, develop similar techniques for solving problems of survival."
"Host David Attenborough visits the great environmental regions of the planet to examine how plants and animals adapt to their surroundings and how otherwise unrelated organisms, molded by similar conditions, develop similar techniques for solving problems of survival."@en
""Resource material for academic study for biological courses at all levels"--Introd."@en
"David Attenborough tours different ecosystems of the earth and examines the life he finds in each."
"Host David Attenborough examines how organisms adapt to their environment."
"Examines how plants and animals adapt to their physical surroundings in a variety of environments."@en
"Shows the many ways animals and plants have evolved in order to defend themselves against the elements and each other."@en
"Living Planet DVD No. 1 Volume 1: The Building of the Earth David Attenborough reveals how huge forces formed the earth, how continents move and how the planet has become so amazingly varied. He visits an erupting volcano in Iceland, finds giant plants on Mount Kenya and investigates the re-colonization of wildlife in Krakatoa and Mount St. Helens, two scenes of the earth's awesome power. Volume 2: The Frozen Earth From the snowy peaks of the Andes to Antarctica and the Arctic, David Attenborough explores remote places and sees how plants and animals survive in the most extreme conditions. Living Planet DVD No. 2 Volume 3: The Northern Forests Trees of the coniferous forests have special adaptations that enable them to survive long cold winters. Many animals that inhabit these vast forests are dependent on the trees for leaves, cones or bark. Further south, in the deciduous woodland, we see how bears, skunks, raccoons, squirrels and opossums put on fat for the winter. Volume 4: Jungle Attenborough makes a vertical journey down a kapok tree, whose crown emerges above the jungle canopy. He descends by ropes through various layers to the forest floor below, finding en route some of the most colorful and extraordinary plants and animals on earth. Living Planet DVD No. 3 Volume:5 Seas of GrassGrass grows all over the world, sustaining a host of creatures, particularly the African grasslands, which are home to the greatest collections of Savannah animals. Here, antelope, zebra and wildebeest reside with their predators, lions and cheetahs. Volume 6: The Baking Deserts Desert animals must survive two demanding conditions heat and drought. They have solved these problems in a variety of ingenious ways. Beetles and strange plants in the Namib Desert collect fog. Lizards gear their life style precisely to the position of the sun and spadefoot toad tadpoles turn cannibal to complete a life cycle before their pool dries out. Living Planet DVD No. 4 Volume 7: The Community of the SkiesThe atmosphere is a covering that is constantly on the move with current of air, often global in scale, manufacturing the worlds̕ weather. In order to drift and fly plants and animals must overcome gravity, a force that we take for granted but without which the world would be a chaotic place a fact Attenborough dramatically demonstrates by becoming weightless. Volume 8: Sweet Fresh Water The worlds̕ largest river system the Amazon is followed by David Attenborough from its source in the Peruvian Andes to its huge coastal delta in Brazil. Great waterfalls such as the Angel Falls in Venezuela and Iguassu in Brazil demonstrate the power of rivers to shape the landscape. Volume 9: The Margins of the LandLife between the tides makes great demands on the inhabitants, yet many creatures have made their home in this shifting world of mud and sand. Mangroves with their roots help to expand the coastline, and in Bangladesh a varied community inhabit the largest mangrove swamp in the world. Living Planet DVD No. 5 Volume 10: Worlds Apart Despite their often-small size and isolation many islands are inhabited by wildlife. How do plants and animals arrive at such remote locations and how do they survive when they get there? Attenborough lands on Aldabra Island in the Indian Ocean to visit giant tortoises that have reached their zenith in a hostile landscape of jagged coral rock where survival may mean eating your neighbor. Volume 11: Oceans Over 70% of the Earths̕ surface is covered by sea. This program looks at the oceans in their broadest aspects from drowned plains and hidden mountains to minute drifting plankton and forests of kelp. The food webs of the oceans and the evolution of fish and mammals that live there are featured. Volume 12: New WorldsMan has changed the face of the planet in many ways, causing willful damage and destruction while also creating new habitats for plants and animals. Adaptability is the key to success, and this program looks at the mixed fortunes of a wide variety of wildlife. David Attenborough also considers the fortunes of man himself and his impact through a time on the earth, and provides a glimpse into the possible future of the Living Planet."
""This landmark David Attenborough series presents the most comprehensive portrait of the natural world ever seen on television. To produce it, camera teams journeyed for three years from high Himalayan valleys to the depth of the ocean; from the sands of the Sahara to the humid jungles of Borneo. Everywherre they travelled they chronicled the many differing ways that animals and plants have evolved in order to defend themselves against the elements - and often - one another." -- Back cover."