The first three critical months are when animal babies have to rapidly get to grips with their new family and the challenges of environment that surrounds them. Show more

From around three months old, the animal babies can all get around on their own, but that means the impact of their environment and the struggle to find food really begin to hit home. Show more

Approaching the end of their first year on Earth, the animal babies take on the most complex challenges of their lives. A mountain gorilla infant learns the co-ordination to roam free in the forest. Show more

Highlights compilation of the series in which Steve Backshall learns about sharks. Steve reveals his top ten favourite sharks. Show more

Series exploring the paradise of Thailand. Northern Thailand, dominated by mountains and forests, hides ancient creatures and surprising partnerships. Show more

Steve Backshall encounters a seriously smooth shark. He dives with the silky shark in the wild, and gets under their smooth skin in his lab. Show more

Steve Backshall heads to Canada to learn about the sixgill shark, which has barely changed in 200 million years. Show more

Steve Backshall encounters the most striking shark of all - the thresher shark. Steve dives with two of these stunning sharks off the coast of the Philippines. Show more

Steve Backshall meets the MOST MENACING shark, the bull shark, off the coast of Mexico. Show more

Steve Backshall reveals another side to sharks. Manta rays may not appear to look like sharks but they are part of the same family, and are the most graceful fish in our seas. Show more

Steve Backshall reveals another side to sharks. Steve tracks down the blue shark, which migrates around the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Show more

Steve Backshall meets the hammerhead shark, a shark with some serious supersenses. Steve reveals how it detects dinner like a metal detector finds treasure. Show more

Steve Backshall reveals the supersucker of all sharks, the nurse shark. This shark uses its specialist mouth and vacuum-like suction to devour its dinner. Show more

Steve Backshall meets the oceanic whitetip, revealing in his lab how these sharks rely on fantastic fins to dive and swim huge distances. Show more