Go behind the scenes with Wilderness Documentarian Ross Thomas as he learns the amazing and inspiring stories of the critically endangered California condor. Ross meets the Ventana Wildlife Society experts who have been working since 1997 to restore these majestic giants to the wild Big Sur coast...

Through experiencing the work of Ventana Wildlife Society, Ross comes to understand the greatest threat to condors is lead ammunition. Ross meets Mike Stake, Non-Lead Ammunition Program Manager, who takes him to meet with a rancher in a key condor area to better understand these complex issues. T...

​Joe shares rare archival footage of the 2008 Basin Complex fire that burned most of the Big Sur wilderness. We see Ventana Wildlife Society biologists climb a burned redwood tree to save baby condor, Phoenix. Later, we meet Iniko, who captured the world’s heart during the Dolan Fire in 2020. We ...

Warning - This film contains some distressing images.
Across Africa, Vultures are disappearing. Their exceptional adaptations to consume the dead are now a curse. Demand for their body parts, powerline collisions and indiscriminate poisoning are pushing them to the brink. But Kerri Wolter has bee...

Alex helps Koko install a new home for some hornbills, Borneo's most recognisable birds, high up in the forest canopy

Thirty years ago the toki, also known as the iconic crested ibis, became extinct in the wild in Japan. Dedicated scientists have since, with some difficulty, managed to breed the last remaining birds in captivity and to return their off-spring to the wild

A small colony of 'Little Penguins' live on Penguin Island off the coast Perth, Western Australia.
The island has a Discovery Centre which treats and houses penguins that have been injured, orphaned or abandoned, usually as chicks

The Spanish imperial eagle is one the the rarest animals on the planet. On the brink of extinction, the last specimens they live on the Iberian peninsular surrounded by strict protection measures. Its population is distributed by the areas where rabbits are most abundant, which constitutes the ba...

The Hawaii islands are one of the most isolated island chains in the world, the species here have evolved into an incredible array of organisms that have helped shape the landscape. Sadly the challenges of the arrival of humans, Hawaii is now known as the worlds extinction capital. As populations...

MPG Ranch Montana, USA, and the team head up a study and rehabilitation program for Golden Eagles. Specifically addressing their decline and the investigation into the lead in their blood.

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A professionally animated episode from the Planet Bonehead TV show. In this parody of STAR TREK, Cpt Bonehead and his crew on board the VERTIBRISE get an anonymous hail telling them that JP Rothbone and his Sniveling Cronies have captured all the birds of prey in the area. With no birds of prey a...

"The Weight of a Feather” explores the triumphs and challenges of wildlife rehabilitation, the history of conservation, and the deep significance of feathers to Native American cultural identity. This story is told through the lens of Liberty Wildlife, a wildlife rehabilitation, education, and co...