Marty Stouffer Tracks The Elusive Black Bear In Louisiana Swamps | Wild America

Have you ever wondered what exactly an animal's tail does? Marty Stouffer explores this very question in Wild America. Most people believe it's to help them keep balanced but it does so much more. Snakes use their tails in defense, fish use theris to move, porcupines use theirs to warn off predators which are covered in spikes, beavers use their tales as a paddle and rudder, wolfs and wild dogs use their tails to communicate and express their moods.

The Pacific Coast's various species of seals and sea lions spend most of their lives roaming the ocean, coming ashore only to give birth and breed. To best utilize their time gathered on land, both events occur together. January to July is the season when enormous elephant seals clash and baby harbor seals learn to dare the waves.

High on the frozen mountain peaks and deep within the thermal valleys of Yellowstone National Park, survival is a daily battle. This legendary wilderness is home to some of the most resilient predators on earth, including Bear 211, famously known to locals as Scarface. Over twenty years old and carrying the battle scars of a lifetime spent fighting for food, territory, and survival, this old warrior shows us what it truly takes to rule the northern range. Watch how mother grizzlies fiercely protect their cubs from relentless wolf attacks, and see massive heavyweights clash like sumo wrestlers in violent duels for total dominance over the valley’s precious resources.

Reptiles exist in all four corners of the globe coming in all shapes and sizes including crocodiles, turtles, snakes, lizards, and geckos. They are the forefathers of the dinosaurs many are solitary whilst others work in groups. This detailed documentary explores some of these fascinating yet scary-looking reptiles.

For millions of years the mammoth, a magnificent animal ruled the northern hemisphere. Thriving on lush ice age grasslands huge herds spread across continents. The mammoth shared a common ancestor with today's common elephants and the two species merged 5 million years ago. But whilst the elephant survived the mammoth did not. What killed the mammoth? nature, man, or something more destructive?

Deep in the heart of Canada’s rugged wilderness, teams of palaeontologists face extreme weather, dangerous wildlife, and racing clocks to pull ancient giants out of the ground. In Dinosaur Provincial Park, Dr. Philip Curry guides young fossil hunters on a mission to trace 75-million-year-old predators and solve a century-old mystery involving a lost armored dinosaur skull. Meanwhile, in the remote forests of British Columbia, a husband and wife team prepares for the most nerve-wracking operation of their careers: airlifting a five-ton Hadrosaur fossil using a massive cargo helicopter. From treacherous cliffs in bear territory to sudden flash floods threatening exposed bones, witness the high-stakes reality of modern fossil hunting as scientists bring prehistoric monsters back to life.