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Life on Our Planet
2023TV-PG8 EPISODES
Life's extraordinary journey to conquer, adapt and survive on Earth across billions of years comes alive in this nature documentary series.
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Life on Our Planet

SEASON 1

  • Episode 1
    Chapter 1: The Rules of Life
    Evolution. Competition. Mass extinction. Three fundamental rules have driven the rise and fall of life on Earth for over four billion years.
  • Episode 2
    Chapter 2: The First Frontier
    For billions of years, land on Earth was uninhabitable. But in the seas, predation allowed species to thrive before — and after — two mass extinctions.
  • Episode 3
    Chapter 3: Invaders of the Land
    Sprawling moss, towering trees, flying insects, limbed amphibians: Early species vied for domination as the land went from hostile to hospitable.
  • Episode 4
    Chapter 4: In Cold Blood
    After Earth's third mass extinction, mammals' surviving ancestors ruled the supercontinent Pangea. But lizards soon ushered in the age of reptiles.
  • Episode 5
    Chapter 5: In the Shadow of Giants
    The formation of continents with varied environments allowed for an explosion of biodiversity — and turbo-charged the evolution of mighty dinosaurs.
  • Episode 6
    Chapter 6: Out of the Ashes
    The dinosaurs met their end with a cataclysmic asteroid impact. Rising from the ashes, birds reinvented themselves into a dynasty 10,000 species strong.
  • Episode 7
    Chapter 7: Inheriting the Earth
    Emerging from the dinosaurs' shadows, mammals went from underdogs to global power, with game-changing adaptations that would conquer land, air and sea.
  • Episode 8
    Chapter 8: Age of Ice and Fire
    As the Ice Age thawed, humans rose above the rest. But the possibility of a sixth mass extinction now looms: Has our ingenuity caused our downfall?

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