List of episodes of the series «Round Planet»

Arctic

• Episode number: 1
• Episode description:
  Artic creatures aren't bothered by the cold. Rather, they fear the warmth caused by human activity that is setting the 'Earth's freezer' to 'defrost'.

Yellowstone

• Episode number: 2
• Episode description:
  Serene as it seems, Yellowstone National Park is more unpredictable than an atom of Radium-226, thanks to the active super volcano below it.

Oceans

• Episode number: 3
• Episode description:
  Most of Earth's animals live in the sea, where they form a "living soup" or a "massive death chowder" in which it's eat or be eaten.

Wildebeest

• Episode number: 4
• Episode description:
  The wildebeest, one of the many species of ungulates and "cud munchers" that populate the Serengeti, take part in a grand migration every year.

Madagascar

• Episode number: 5
• Episode description:
  Many of the flora and fauna of Madagascar are found nowhere else on Earth, which is why the island isn't called "Normal-a-gascar."

Penguins

• Episode number: 6
• Episode description:
  Penguins, "the natural world's answer to Charlie Chaplin," only have to waddle about to make children -- and Amstrong Wedgewood -- smile.

Islands

• Episode number: 7
• Episode description:
  Life on islands evolves in isolation from the wider world, and in a manner that is "absolutely potty." Much of this life is weird and wonderful.

Great Apes

• Episode number: 8
• Episode description:
  The great apes, not to be confused with monkeys, have opposable thumbs, complex social politics and other "phenomenally humanlike" qualities.

Forests

• Episode number: 9
• Episode description:
  In forests, the perfect combination of sunlight and rain "makes trees grow like billy-o." Among these trees, an entire world springs into being.

Bears

• Episode number: 10
• Episode description:
  Armstrong narrates a focus on bears, the largest land predators on Earth which, surprisingly, forage for some of the smallest meals available.