biological diversity

Explains how simple cell building blocks create a variety of different forms of life, and clarifies how scientists organize these differences for the purpose of studying them.

Describes how the extinction of species caused by habitat destruction has increased to a rate that may be 10,000 or more times greater thatn the rate prior to human intervention.

Four years in the making, and filmed over 3000 days across every continent and in every habitat, see 130 incredible stories from frontiers of the natural world. Discover the glorious variety of life on Earth and the spectacular and extraordinary tactics animals and plants have developed to stay alive. This is evolution in action: individual creatures under extreme pressure to overcome challenges from adversaries and their environment.

Examines the biological diversity of planet earth focusing on natural systems that provide life-support for million of species.