Life on Our Planet
The battle for survival.
Life's extraordinary journey to conquer, adapt and survive on Earth across billions of years comes alive in this groundbreaking nature docuseries.
Episodes
Season 1 — 8 episodes
E1
Chapter 1: The Rules of Life
43m·8.0
Evolution. Competition. Mass extinction. Three fundamental rules have driven the rise and fall of life on Earth for over four billion years.
E2
Chapter 2: The First Frontier
54m·8.2
For billions of years, land on Earth was uninhabitable. But in the seas, predation allowed species to thrive before — and after — two mass extinctions.
E3
Chapter 3: Invaders of the Land
57m·8.4
Sprawling moss, towering trees, flying insects, limbed amphibians: Early species vied for domination as the land went from hostile to hospitable.
E4
Chapter 4: In Cold Blood
55m·8.0
After Earth's third mass extinction, mammals' surviving ancestors ruled the supercontinent Pangea. But lizards soon ushered in the age of reptiles.
E5
Chapter 5: In the Shadow of Giants
51m·7.8
The formation of continents with varied environments allowed for an explosion of biodiversity — and turbo-charged the evolution of mighty dinosaurs.
E6
Chapter 6: Out of the Ashes
53m·8.2
The dinosaurs met their end with a cataclysmic asteroid impact. Rising from the ashes, birds reinvented themselves into a dynasty 10,000 species strong.
E7
Chapter 7: Inheriting the Earth
52m·6.7
Emerging from the dinosaurs' shadows, mammals went from underdogs to global power, with game-changing adaptations that would conquer land, air and sea.
E8
Chapter 8: Age of Ice and Fire
50m·7.0
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?
