Wild Australians
(2020)Streaming Episode Guide
Forces of Nature | Nature's Great Divide | Wild Wars | Wild Treasures | Australia's Oceans | Wild Australians | Top 5 Episodes
Forces of Nature
Flood
Episode 4 - 2-20-2022
Australian droughts are often followed by flood, a rhythm of life that the country has adapted to. While the inland is still subjected to natural floods, elsewhere the flood regimes are changing.
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Fire
Episode 3 - 2-13-2022
Blazes fuelled by wind, dry bush and weather can consume everything in their path. Aaron Pedersen explains how nowhere on Earth burns with quite the same intensity and ferocity as Australia - or as regularly.
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Drought
Episode 2 - 2-06-2022
Australia is the driest inhabited continent on earth, and severe droughts grip the nation regularly. Aaron Pedersen explains how over millions of years of evolution, Australian life is uniquely prepared for these challenges.
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Cyclone
Episode 1 - 1-30-2022
Cyclones burst upon Australia's tropical coast bringing torrential rain and destruction, while ancient rain forests and coral reefs are destroyed. Aaron Pedersen explains how these ecosystems have evolved and adapted.
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Nature's Great Divide
The hard line that separates the natural worlds of Asia from Australia is the leaping off point for amazing wild stories. The strong currents along the Wallace Line creates parallel narratives of fascinating differences.Inner Kingdoms
Episode 3 - 12-21-2021
Safe behind the Wallace Line, life in Australia charted its own evolutionary course, in habitats defined by natural borders. This is the story of the wild kingdoms protected by Nature's Great Divide.
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Where Worlds Collide
Episode 2 - 12-14-2021
The Wallace Line divides separate worlds, where radically different animals live remarkably similar lives. This is the story of two parallel creations, and what happens when these worlds collide.
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A Separate Realm
Episode 1 - 12-07-2021
The narrow strait between the Indonesian islands of Bali and Lombok marks the boundary between the wild worlds of Asia and Australia. This is the story of life on each side of nature's great divide.
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Wild Wars
Life in Australia is a battle. Shaped by the challenges of epic environments the creatures of the island continent compete for mating rights, to eat, and avoid being eaten.Forest
Episode 4 - 3-02-2021
While forests only cover only 16% of Australia's land area, they harbour a higher concentration of animal species than anywhere else on the continent.
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Coast
Episode 3 - 2-23-2021
Australia is an island continent boasting nearly 35,000 kilometres of coastline. Humans come to the seaside to relax, but for tens of thousands of species that live and breed on our coast, it's a battleground.
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Desert
Episode 2 - 2-16-2021
Australia is the driest inhabited continent on earth, with seventy percent of the land mass declared an arid zone. Spanning five million square kilometres, this zone is one of the most exposed areas on the planet.
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Wetlands
Episode 1 - 2-09-2021
Wetlands are a critical part of our natural environment. They protect our shores from wave action, reduce the impacts of floods, absorb pollutants and improve water quality.
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Wild Treasures
Australia's diverse and unique landscapes and ecosystems are unparalleled. Aaron Pedersen showcases unique places of ecological significance and natural beauty where animals have adapted to their particular habitats.Tasmania
Episode 6 - 1-25-2021
Tasmania is a world lost in time, an isolated pocket of Gondwana-era forests and Jurassic mountains sheltering animals that live nowhere else on the planet. Even in its isolation, the island is under threat.
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Great Barrier Reef
Episode 5 - 1-18-2021
Extending over 2000km, the Great Barrier Reef is a complex system. Aaron Pedersen explains that its beauty is just one of many amazing features that makes this natural wonder so important.
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Ancient Forests
Episode 4 - 1-11-2021
The Daintree Rainforest has one of the highest rates of biodiversity on Earth. Aaron Pedersen explains how this oldest rainforest on Earth is a window into an Australia that has otherwise vanished.
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Red Centre
Episode 3 - 1-04-2021
The magnificent rock that is Uluru is an icon of Australia - remote, untamed, and mysterious. However, as Aaron Pedersen explains, the Red Centre with its arid deserts hold much more than meets the eye.
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Kakadu
Episode 2 - 12-28-2020
A year in the life of Kakadu in Australia's Top End. Aaron Pedersen explains the six seasons recognised by the Bininj people and reveals the web of relationships between its species and the environment.
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Wild Alps
Episode 1 - 12-21-2020
Australia might be world famous for its outback and red deserts, but there are also lush alpine regions that are just as unique and breathtaking and play a central role to the animals living along the east coast.
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Australia's Oceans
Explore the incredible diversity of ocean wildlife, and how as environmental changes heat the globe, life is changing for everything beneath the waves and along the coasts.Wild Southern Ocean
Episode 3 - 10-25-2020
The Southern Ocean is the only ocean that stretches unbroken around the globe. Aaron Pedersen examines how the cold southernmost waters, reaching from Australia to encircle the Antarctic, are rich and productive.
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Wild Pacific Ocean
Episode 2 - 10-18-2020
The Pacific Ocean occupies a third of the globe's surface. Aaron Pedersen explores the astounding diversity of this ocean from its depths to its surface, its temperate waters and equatorial regions.
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Wild Indian Ocean
Episode 1 - 10-11-2020
The Indian Ocean may be the smallest of the oceans, but it is the most complex. Aaron Pedersen explores how it is home to thousands of diverse species and has a major impact on Australia's climate.
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Wild Australians
Explore some of Australia's most iconic and fascinating animals. From mysterious orca to the iconic kangaroo, intelligent parrots and the secret lives of reptiles, all have evolved to survive across the Australian landscape.Orca
Episode 6 - 10-04-2020
55m
Orcas are notorious for being merciless ocean killers, but as Aaron Pedersen explains, this is mostly a misunderstanding of what is one of Earth's most intelligent mammals, who live together in complex family groups.
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Reptile Realm
Episode 5 - 9-27-2020
55m
There's more to Australia's reptiles than being cold-blooded killers. Aaron Pedersen explores intimate mating rituals and protective mothers and how we're only starting to scratch beneath the scales of our reptiles.
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Wombat Kingdom
Episode 4 - 9-20-2020
54m
Known as the bulldozers of the bush, wombats are Australia's largest burrowing animals. Aaron Pedersen explores how their digging has transformed landscapes and changed the face of the continent.
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Platypus and Echidna
Episode 3 - 9-13-2020
54m
Echidnas and platypuses are unique - the only mammals in the world to share some key traits with reptiles, including laying eggs. Aaron Pedersen explains how they are actually highly-tuned to their environment.
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Parrot Paradise
Episode 2 - 9-06-2020
53m
Parrots are by far some of the world's most intelligent birds. Aaron Pedersen explores why these intelligent birds thrive in Australia, and what kind of impact their exceptional intellect has on our environment.
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Kangaroo Tales
Episode 1 - 8-30-2020
53m
The red kangaroo is iconic, but as Aaron Pedersen explains there is more to the kangaroo family than just one famous face. Explore how these marsupials spread across the continent, taking on a variety of shapes and forms.
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