Animal close-ups

Describes the physical characteristics, hunting techniques, reproduction, reputation, and some different species of sharks.

Describes the physical characteristics, habitat, behavior, and reproduction of the panda, one of the rarest animals on earth, and discusses efforts to save it from extinction.

Describes the life of deer, their environment, and habits.

Examines the physical characteristics and habits of the sea lion.

Describes the hippopotamus' physical characteristics and habitat highlighted by color photographs of hippos in their native Africa.

Provides information about orangutans and their habitat.

Describes the physical characteristics, habitat, behavior, and life cycle of bottlenose dolphins, as well as human and other threats to their survival. Briefly introduces other dolphins and related species.

An introduction to the physical characteristics, behavior, and natural environment of amphibians, and snakes and other reptiles.

Looks at foxes, describing where they live, what they eat, and how they grow and have families.

An introduction to the largest mammals that ever lived, with a brief history of whaling and how it has threatened the whales' survival.