During a long conversation between two friends, a bet is made. To direct a wildlife documentary, in the french mountains, in only one year, about rare and threatened birds.
Set in Bangkok, the film shows the process of urbanization of the city while humans lose control over the consequences of their actions and their greed. The story begins and we move underground to meet the two protagonists: a pangolin couple. The two lovers are living a tranquil life in their hidden city beneath, when their quiet is upset by sudden earth shakes provoked by the drilling of a construction site above. Separated by the cracks in the soil, they begin an adventurous journey to find each other, taking the viewer deeper into the causes of the loss of connection between humans and the earth beneath and ultimately, of the pandemic.
American Ocelot tells the story of one of the most endangered and beautiful wild cats in the United States — a species so elusive that high-quality images and video have never been captured until now. With fewer than 100 individuals remaining in the US, the ocelot is critically endangered, genetically isolated, and only exists in Texas.
This is the story of a charismatic family of endangered animals and one man’s extraordinary devotion. It unfolds in a distant wilderness, in a land forgotten by time. But change is coming. In less than a year, this magical place, along with those who live here, may be lost forever. Welcome to Quoll Farm.
An aspiring photojournalist takes a trip to Julian, CA to learn about the history of two wolf species and what caused their population decline throughout history.
Five fishermen from Manresa, a poor neighborhood to the West of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, learn from marine biologist Omar Shamir Reynoso's one-of-a-kind plan to protect nesting sea turtles.
Warru, or black-footed rock-wallaby, is one of South Australia's most endangered mammals. In 2007, when numbers dropped below 200 in the APY Lands in the remote north-west of the State, the Warru Recovery Team was formed to help save the precious species from extinction. Bringing together contemporary science, practical on-ground threat management and traditional Anangu ecological knowledge, this unique decade-long program has celebrated the release of dozens of warru to the wild for the first time.
In Namibia, conservationist Maria Diekmann found herself on the frontline of the battle to save these wanted animals after unexpectedly becoming a surrogate mother to an orphaned baby pangolin named Honey Bun. On an emotional journey, Diekmann travels to Asia to better understand the global issues facing pangolins, before joining forces with a Chinese megastar to help build a campaign to bring awareness to the plight of these surprisingly charming creatures.
Дочь фермера обвиняют в отстреле редкого вида орлов. Вскоре выясняется, что за банальным правонарушением скрываются более серьёзные преступления.
This in-depth look into the powerhouse industries of big-game hunting, breeding and wildlife conservation in the U.S. and Africa unravels the complex consequences of treating animals as commodities.
Леонардо ДиКаприо, новый посол Мира ООН по проблемам климата, берется за главную роль в своей жизни. Путешествуя от пустошей Гренландии к лесам Суматры и залам Ватикана, ДиКаприо изучает влияние климатических изменений на нашу планету. Он пользуется своими привилегиями, чтобы побеседовать с активистами, учеными и сильными мира сего, включая Барака Обаму, Илона Маска и Папу Франциска. Изучая проблему со всех сторон, Лео ищет ответ на вопрос: что мы можем сделать, пока не стало слишком поздно?
Once facing extinction, Asia's last wild lions live dangerously close to India's villages.
A large commercial mining company has claimed the Patagonia Mountains, and the environmentalist mother wants to enjoy the area before the digging begins. The daughter devastated by her recent job loss from the Albuquerque Symphony finds her mother’s political correctness infuriating. When a magical and breathtaking encounter occurs with an endangered animal, hope emerges as they realize their discovery may be a possible key to saving the environmentally sensitive area.
Today, only 3,200 tigers roam in the wild. At the current rate of poaching, elephants, rhinos and tigers living in the wild will be extinct in our lifetime. Who are the global players in this deadly game of power, greed and profit? Who pulls the strings and who are the customers? And why have ivory and rhino horn become perfect investment opportunities?
Группа энергичных и неравнодушных активистов поставила перед собой цель пролить свет на две основные угрозы живой природе на Земле. Первая исходит от международной торговли животными и растениями и всевозможных лже-лекарств и тоников, которые производятся в ущерб фауне и потом продаются, ставя под угрозу существование целых видов живых существ, населяющих нашу планету вот уже миллионы лет. Вторая — скрытые выбросы углекислого газа, смертельные для живых организмов.
It's death on an unimaginable scale, when a majority of Earth's species quickly die out. It's called "mass extinction," and it's happened at least five times before. Cataclysms, such as supervolcanoes or asteroids, are thought to cause these events, but some experts believe a manmade mass extinction could be next. Is our planet in trouble? And if so, is there anything we can do to stop the next catastrophic annihilation? Experts are traveling the world, performing groundbreaking scientific detective work to answer these very questions.
В центре этой истории - группа во главе с довольно-таки уважаемым профессором. Ребята отправляются в экспедицию на большую реку, которая носит такое известное название как Амазонка. Там они хотят найти редкие виды животных, а может быть даже и несколько новых видов, но это если повезет. По пути у наших героев начинают твориться странные вещи. В результате всего этого, провожатые из местных отказываются от сопровождения этой группы, но почему. С этого момента всем становится еще страшнее...
A teenage girl thinks that the monkey she owns is her innocent pet, but it turns out to be something much more dangerous, an evil shapeshifter capable of unthinkable acts no loyal pet would ever be able to perform.