E1 - Alyeska: The Great Land

Aired: October 19, 1986

Examines how the plants and animals of Alaska’s Alyeska wilderness have adapted to the regions harsh climate.

E2 - Baja Lagoon

Aired: October 26, 1986

An examination of the plants and animals that make their home in a shallow lagoon found on the Western coast of Mexico’s Baja Peninsula.

E3 - Galapagos: How They Got There

Aired: November 02, 1986

This exploration of the Galapagos Islands, located in the Pacific Ocean West of Ecuador, examines theories explaining the arrival of wildlife to the archipelago.

E4 - Galapagos: Cold on the Equator

Aired: November 09, 1986

Marine iguanas, cormorants, green turtles, sea lions, and sperm whales are among the animals that thrive in the cold waters surrounding the equatorially located Galapagos Islands.

E5 - Galapagos: The Ocean Travelers

Aired: November 16, 1986

A look at the Galapagos Islands’ many birds, include the waved albatross, blue-footed booby, frigate bird and the ground finch; also, man’s relationship with the islands’ changing environment.

E6 - Pantanal: Prairie of the Great Waters

Aired: November 23, 1986

A look at how the Pantanal's wildlife species cope with the annual cycle of flood and drought which transforms the marshy prairie from a dry savannah into the world's largest freshwater wetland – a 36,000 square-mile area that encompasses Southwestern Brazil and parts of Bolivia and Paraguay.

E7 - Cats

Aired: December 07, 1986

An examination of the behavior of man’s feline friends.

E8 - Leopard: A Darkness in the Grass

Aired: December 14, 1986

The activities of an elusive female leopard are traced over a two-day period on the hot plains of Africa.

E9 - The Elephant Challenge

Aired: January 18, 1987

A look at the survival of the African elephants, as ivory and foraging land became more valuable.

E10 - Ichkeul: Between the Desert and the Deep Blue Sea

Aired: February 08, 1987

A freshwater lake in Tunisia that turns salty every summer.

E11 - In the Shadow of Fujisan: See No Evil

Aired: February 22, 1987

The Japanese take efforts to save an indigenous monkey.

E12 - In the Shadow of Fujisan: Bird of Happiness

Aired: March 01, 1987

A look at the crane, Japanese symbol of longevity, true love and happiness.

E13 - In the Shadow of Fujisan: Long Live the Turtle

Aired: March 08, 1987

Hunters and egg poachers threaten the existence of the giant loggerhead turtle.

E14 - America's Wild Horses

Aired: March 15, 1987

Following the wild mustangs of America’s West.

E15 - Holy Land: A Wilderness Like Eden

Aired: April 12, 1987

An exploration of the Rift Valley that sweeps North from Kenya to Turkey, where prophets said their god first planted a garden.

E16 - Holy Land: Sweet Water, Bitter Sea

Aired: April 19, 1987

The unusual life in the salty Dead Sea, where the desert plunges 1,200 feet below sea level.

E17 - The Forgotten Garden

Aired: April 26, 1987

What happens when a finely maintained garden is abandoned.

E18 - Lords of Hokkaido

Aired: May 10, 1987

A year on a Japanese island following a family of red foxes.

E19 - Designed for Living

Aired: May 17, 1987

The tunnelers, thatchers, weavers, dam builders, sculptors, potters and spinners of the animal kingdom.

E20 - Masked Monkeys

Aired: May 24, 1987

Echoing hoots and trills, bandit masks, feathered tufts and orange noses distinguish African forest monkeys called quenons.