Nature Documentary Movies

Follow a multi-generational orangutan family through their treetop triumphs and travails in this immersive documentary narrated by David Attenborough.

A two‐year study of one wild dog unit (called the “Genghis pack”) by the animal expert and her colleague/husband, Hugo Van Lawick,...

A vivid journey into the mysterious subterranean world of mycelium and its fruit— the mushroom. A story that begins 3.5 billion years ago,...

Follows life of Malika, a lioness in South Africa’s Kruger National Park as she battles to survive.

Members of the weasel family are often portrayed as the villains of the natural world, but do they deserve this reputation? By following the...

In the frigid valleys of Japan's Shiga Highlands, a troop of snow monkeys make their way and raise their families in a complex society of rank and...

Powerful electric storms rip through an arid landscape. Salt water crocodiles occupy territories where tourists camped just weeks earlier. Cyclones...

A newborn monkey and its mother struggle to survive within the competitive social hierarchy of the Temple Troop, a dynamic group of monkeys who live...

Supported by the National Geographic Society, the world's eminent blue whale scientists embark on a revolutionary mission: They'll find, identify,...

Explore the mesmerizing world of whales, the ocean’s majestic rulers, through vivid footage from 20 nations. On this journey, whales show their...

Emmy award-winning filmmaker and marine biologist Rick Rosenthal teams up with science fiction writer Chris Carter on an investigative journey to...

Documentary about Jane Goodall, a young secretary from Bournemouth with no scientific qualifications, who entered a remote forest in Africa in 1960...

Follow ocean legend Sylvia Earle, renowned underwater National Geographic photographer Brian Skerry, writer Max Kennedy and their crew of teenage...

Australia: Land Beyond Time takes viewers on a breathtaking journey back in time to witness the birth and evolution of a mysterious land that harbors...

Take a new look at Earth through the eyes of a zany band of intergalactic adventurers. Zooming in to investigate, Captain Rip Rayon and his crew...

This is one the most fearless animals in the world, renowned for its ability to confront grown lions, castrate charging buffalo, and shrug off the...

On Zambia's Liuwa Plain two star-crossed spotted hyena cubs are born to warring rival clans: Twaambo, a male cub and Nasanta, a female, are destined...

A group of teenagers floats down the river, pretending to be dead for social media. One of them drifts away.

What do we know about these tiny animals that touch us so much? This film presents the life and development of young animals and their entry into...

60 years ago, almost nothing was known of elephants in the wild. But then one young Scottish biologist changed that forever. In 1965 Iain...