People are increasingly interested in seeing animals in natural settings, so traditional jail-like zoos are giving way to open-plan zoos, and to eco-tourism.

Barbary macaques are among the most popular tourist attractions in Gibraltar. The apes have a taste for junk food, which enables tourists to see them up close and allows scientists to easily capture them for research.

We leave the macaques in Gibraltar to travel to the Galapagos Islands to learn about marine and land iguanas.

The segment focuses on the alien striped iguanas of the Galapagos Islands, albinism in a variety of animals, and the peppered moth.

The last segment focuses on Australia. We visit the Warrawong Earth Sanctuary, where there are breeding programs to reintroduce such indigenous animals as bandicoots and quolls, creatures that came close to extinction.

The honey badger is described as the most fearless animal on the planet. Although barely a foot tall, they have a reputation for attacking just about anything—from venomous snakes to full-grown lions. And they are not exactly meant for captivity: Stoffel the honey badger escapes from his enclosure regularly using anything from balls of mud to a rake.

Matthew Forte, one of our film makers, is going to make a killer horror film (pun intended).
Yabla will be promoting his film and here's his fund raising link, in case you want to contribute, too:
Wednesday's Children - IndieGoGo Promo

We all know that crows are smarter than the average bird, but will 007 be able to solve the complex puzzle and retrieve his reward?

Just how smart are dolphins? Can they tell their own reflection apart from another dolphin? Here we see examples of "self-directed" behaviors that answer this question.

Just how powerful is a dog's sense of smell? Today, search dog Fern is going to test out her abilities to see if she can find a canister filled with pork meat in the middle of a lake, under 7 meters of water and mud.

Jessie J and her team are spending a day off in New York City and are visiting the Statue of Liberty. Their sightseeing tour doesn't last long since someone is daring Jessie J right there!

A continuation of Jessie J's time spent in New York City, she accepts a dare to sing on the steps of Times Square, then visits Grand Central Station and the Brooklyn Bridge.

The East Coast of the United States of America stretches from the tropical blue seas and white sand of Florida’s Sunshine State to the Canadian border in the North. We begin our journey in the warm and relaxed islands of the Florida Keys, where modern-day treasure hunters are still at work, hunting for sunken Spanish gold.

When the Fisher family of treasure seekers finally struck it rich, the local authorities tried to claim the bounty for themselves, and the case went to the Supreme Court. We learn how the “Florida Keys” got their name, and how these small outlying islands are linked to the mainland.

The town of Marathon in the Florida Keys is home to a unique hospital dedicated solely to caring for sea turtles. Marine biologist Bette Zirkelbach tells us about the dangers that sea turtles face in the wild. A lifesaving operation takes place, and a turtle is treated for a mysterious viral infection.