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This is the remarkable story of two baby elephants struggling to survive their critical first six months in the oldest desert on earth. The Desert Elephants of Namibia suffered a poaching holocaust in the 1980s. As the most endangered elephant population in the world recovers, every single calf is vital. Himba and Dusty are born in a boom year, but when the short-lived rivers on which they depend disappear underground, their lives depend on the memories, experience and decisions of the females who lead their tiny families.

Six feet tall, 13 stone, and armed with five-inch claws, cassowaries are birds that deserve respect. So when a cyclone forced dozens of cassowaries out of Australian rainforests and into towns, there was bound to be trouble.

Natural gymnastics to martial arts combines the techniques of stretching, flexibility and breathing from yoga, the movements of jiu-jitsu, and natural body movements. These exercises are used in the majority of Brazilian athletes, with emphasis on the martial arts. This is a revolutionary method of physical conditioning, which is aimed at developing physical qualities associated with motor and mental skills. Romano developed a methodology for beginning, intermediate and advanced.

Botswana's elephants are doing very well, too well perhaps. People are worried that too many elephants will damage their fragile desert home and have suggested that up to 60,000 should be culled. Researcher Mike Chase studies ancient elephant migration routes - he has tracked them across vast deserts, desolate salt pans, and Angolan minefields. Now he thinks he has a plan that could safeguard their future.

In 2007 Wye: Voices from the Valley was awarded the Royal Television Society Craft Award for Cinematography and the Award for Excellence by The Guild of Television Cameramen. It was also nominated for a BAFTA for cinematography and was a finalist for best cinematography and the 2008 Wildscreen Festival.

Rescued by local fishermen as a baby and raised by giant otter expert Carolina Vargas, this is the story of a young giant otter's journey to adulthood. At first, Sancho is utterly dependent on Carolina, and has to be bottle fed and taught how to catch fish. Eventually Carolina knows that she will have to break their extraordinary bond as Sancho makes his way back into the wild. Giant otters are highly social animals, so Carolina doesn't know whether an orphaned giant otter can survive alone in the world's biggest wetland. In the idyllic Pantanal, we follow Sancho's story as he learns to survive in a world fraught with danger.