Sky Nature HD Wednesday

South Africa's Drakensberg, one of the continent's most impressive landscapes and home to sharp climatic and ecological gradients

In geological terms, humans have only been around for the blink of an eye. But as this episode shows, they have managed to influence the evolutionary path for many animals

TJ the capuchin causes mischief when he joins the new Chilean arrivals. Orangutan Amy is pregnant, and chimps from Hananya's group get their teeth cleaned

The team must make an important decision concerning the safety of a chimp group when alpha male Hananya continues to exhibit violent behaviour

In South Africa, a young rescued rhino called Esme has found heartwarming help from a playful dog called David and her sheep companion Melie

The complex social structures of honeybees in the Annapolis Valley, and the monarch butterfly, who has travelled from Mexico for food

Halifax, Nova Scotia, as seen through the eyes of its wildest residents, from squirrels and chipmunks by day to raccoons invading backyards at night

The colossal Outeniqua Yellowwood can live over 1,000 years. All the while, it hosts, feeds and shelters masses of plants and animals in the bows of their branches

As lockdown begins to ease, people start to return to Victoria Falls, and the Zambia gang have plenty of opportunity to perfect their ambush techniques

Patrick is in Costa Rica to witness the annual mass nesting of sea turtles, as well as the predatory jaguars that come in for the kill

TJ the capuchin causes mischief when he joins the new Chilean arrivals. Orangutan Amy is pregnant, and chimps from Hananya's group get their teeth cleaned

The team must make an important decision concerning the safety of a chimp group when alpha male Hananya continues to exhibit violent behaviour

In South Africa, a young rescued rhino called Esme has found heartwarming help from a playful dog called David and her sheep companion Melie

The complex social structures of honeybees in the Annapolis Valley, and the monarch butterfly, who has travelled from Mexico for food

Halifax, Nova Scotia, as seen through the eyes of its wildest residents, from squirrels and chipmunks by day to raccoons invading backyards at night

The colossal Outeniqua Yellowwood can live over 1,000 years. All the while, it hosts, feeds and shelters masses of plants and animals in the bows of their branches

Surviving in the African savannah requires wit and guile, especially for two of its hunters - African wild dogs and dwarf mongooses

Patrick is in Costa Rica to witness the annual mass nesting of sea turtles, as well as the predatory jaguars that come in for the kill

TJ the capuchin causes mischief when he joins the new Chilean arrivals. Orangutan Amy is pregnant, and chimps from Hananya's group get their teeth cleaned

The team must make an important decision concerning the safety of a chimp group when alpha male Hananya continues to exhibit violent behaviour

Part one of two. The lives of three rival species, lions, leopards and cheetahs, revealing the strategies each has evolved to coexist in their shared world

The importance of Zambia's trees to its ecosystem, providing food, shelter and hunting grounds, and offering a haven for 60 species of mammals and 400 types of bird

Patrick is in Costa Rica to witness the annual mass nesting of sea turtles, as well as the predatory jaguars that come in for the kill

Surviving in the African savannah requires wit and guile, especially for two of its hunters - African wild dogs and dwarf mongooses

The secrets of the most extreme sleepers of the animal kingdom, looking at how they deal with sleep deprivation and trying to discover whether animals dream

A journey around the world to find the shared traits between monkeys and humans

Part one of two. The lives of three rival species, lions, leopards and cheetahs, revealing the strategies each has evolved to coexist in their shared world

The importance of Zambia's trees to its ecosystem, providing food, shelter and hunting grounds, and offering a haven for 60 species of mammals and 400 types of bird

In South Africa, a young rescued rhino called Esme has found heartwarming help from a playful dog called David and her sheep companion Melie

The complex social structures of honeybees in the Annapolis Valley, and the monarch butterfly, who has travelled from Mexico for food

Halifax, Nova Scotia, as seen through the eyes of its wildest residents, from squirrels and chipmunks by day to raccoons invading backyards at night

A look at evolutionary changes that appear invisible to the naked eye, yet the effect of which can be massive

The question of sight can be one of life or death in the animal world. See how some creatures have evolved to see perfectly while others can be nearly invisible