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Explore extraordinary animals, landscapes, and people who live alongside iconic rivers. Season 1 explores the Amazon, the Nile and the Mississippi. Season two travels down three of Earth's great rivers: the Zambezi, the Danube and the Yukon.

A river of extremes, remote and wild, the Yukon is North America's legendary frozen River.
Explore the Yukon, North America's legendary frozen River.
A river of extremes, remote and wild, the Yukon is North America’s legendary frozen River.
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Explore the Yukon, North America's legendary frozen River.
Europe's mighty and majestic Danube, a river of glorious riches and magical surprises.
From elephants and wildebeest to Victoria Falls, the largest curtain of water on earth.
The massive Mississippi – a surprising story of a river that unites this great nation.
The secret wildlife and remarkable people of the Amazon, from shamans to electric eels.
The astonishing wildlife and people of the Nile – the world’s longest river.
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A river of extremes, remote and wild, the Yukon is North America's legendary frozen River.
A river of extremes, remote and wild, the Yukon is North America’s legendary frozen River.
Europe's mighty and majestic Danube, a river of glorious riches and magical surprises.
Europe's mighty and majestic Danube, a river of glorious riches and magical surprises.
Discover the wildlife, people and scenery of the Zambezi, the Danube the Yukon.
This is the story of the people and wildlife of the Zambezi, Africa's wildest river.
Discover the wildlife, people and scenery of the Zambezi, the Danube the Yukon.
The massive Mississippi – a surprising story of a river that unites this great nation.
Reddish Egrets performing their bizarre fishing "dance" on Elmers Isle in Louisiana.
Each year, Gull Lake in Minnesota hosts the largest charity ice-fishing contest on Earth.
American White Pelicans gorge on fish below a dam in Eastern Minnesota.
Huge barges transporting goods up and down the Mississippi, 24 hours a day.
Drone aerials capture the Amazon’s flood transition from low to high water.
Pink River Dolphins are some of the most playful and mysterious of all Amazon animals.
Dive into the transparent bubbling waters of the Amazon’s secret blue lagoon.
Meet a newly discovered species of clever and cute fish who are new to science.
The secret wildlife and remarkable people of the Amazon, from shamans to electric eels.
The Nile allowed a great ancient civilization to grow in the middle of a great desert.
Explore the Amazon, the Nile and the Mississippi rivers in this three-part series.
The astonishing wildlife and people of the Nile – the world’s longest river.
The Nile creates one of the most powerful waterfalls in the world.
The once country home of Idi Amin has been taken over by wildlife.
A nesting crocodile mother tried to protect her eggs.