Animal

Sir David Attenborough tells the stories of the world's best animal architects. There are house-proud bower birds, who only find a mate if they decorate their homes perfectly. There are hornets, who build electric central heating systems, and the star-nosed mole, whose house is designed so well that worms, his favourite meal, literally drop in for dinner. From larders to nurseries and from high-rises to subway systems, Attenborough shows that the animal architects have designed it long before humans.

Meerkat pups Squirt and Weeny belong to one of the most famous animal families on the planet, animals that are now stars of screens both big and small. These furry celebrities are also part of the longest-running animal behaviour study ever, now in its 20th anniversary year. David Attenborough tells the full story of the study - from its pioneering days when it was a challenge to even get close to a meerkat, to the very latest revelations about these animals and their complex lives. For Squirt and Weeny, the study means very little, as they are facing up to the challenge of a drought and one of the toughest years in their family's history.

Shot in the real-life contemporary art world, FEMALE HUMAN ANIMAL is a psychothriller about a creative woman disenchanted with what modern life has to offer her.

How smart are animals? Traditionally, we’ve answered that question by comparing them to us. But recently scientists have begun to Think Like an Animal. In this entertaining, thought-provoking documentary, we explore exciting new research and dispel old myths about how animals really think. From the foothills of the Canadian Rockies to a nature reserve in South Africa, Think Like an Animal features cutting edge researchers and the fascinating creatures they’re studying - animals that possess more complex cognitive skills and emotional depth than we humans once assumed.

The sexual behaviour and intriguing reproductive strategies of the animal world.

Cameras follow six baby animals as they learn the basic skills needed to face the challenges of surviving their first year on Earth.

In this Documentary we reveal the weird and wonderful stories of some of the natural world's most incredible parents.

Animal Machine raconte l’histoire de la vache Holstein, surnommée « la pisseuse de lait », tant la zootechnie, la science de l’élevage, l’a rendue productive. En quelques décennies, son rendement laitier a été multiplié par quatre ! A travers son parcours, se raconte la transformation de l’élevage, devenu dans bon nombre de pays avancés, production industrielle. Au plus profond de sa nature bovine, dans la plus petite cellule qui l’anime, le corps de cette vache n’en finit pas d’être étudié et amélioré par une science du vivant au service de la production animale. La Holstein fut l’une des premières à donner son corps à la science en étant mère inséminée, mère porteuse, mère génétiquement modifiée, mère clonée. Bon nombre de ces biotechniques sont devenues aujourd’hui une routine comme l’insémination artificielle, le sexage, le transfert d’embryon, la fécondation in vitro et même le clonage reproductif…