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Life in the Air

Exploring how animals effortlessly beat gravity, including a creature that creates sound out of thin air with the world's fastest courtship display.

2023
Exploring how animals effortlessly beat gravity. Why peregrine falcons can top 200 miles an hour and how heavyweight beetles break the rules to find love.
Documentary series exploring how animals effortlessly beat gravity, from the African caracal's 'rocket-propelled' launch to the Australian kangaroo's hop.
Episodes 2021
Witness the world's fastest courtship display and a super-aggressive bird as we take to the skies. And learn how half a million birds avoid collision in the air.
The focus is on powered flight as we learn how more animals beat gravity. See peregrine falcons reach speeds of 200 miles an hour and bats dominating the sky.
How do animals conquer gravity to master life in the skies? Witness a caracal's 'rocket-propelled' launch in Africa and an insect's extreme ejector seat in the UK.
Episodes 2019
Witness the world's fastest courtship display and a super-aggressive bird as we take to the skies. And learn how half a million birds avoid collision in the air.
The focus is on powered flight as we learn how more animals beat gravity. See peregrine falcons reach speeds of 200 miles an hour and bats dominating the sky.
How do animals conquer gravity to master life in the skies? Witness a caracal's 'rocket-propelled' launch in Africa and an insect's extreme ejector seat in the UK.
Witness the world's fastest courtship display and a super-aggressive bird as we take to the skies. And learn how half a million birds avoid collision in the air.
The focus is on powered flight as we learn how more animals beat gravity. See peregrine falcons reach speeds of 200 miles an hour and bats dominating the sky.
How do animals conquer gravity to master life in the skies? Witness a caracal's 'rocket-propelled' launch in Africa and an insect's extreme ejector seat in the UK.
Witness the world's fastest courtship display and a super-aggressive bird as we take to the skies. And learn how half a million birds avoid collision in the air.
Witness the world's fastest courtship display and a super-aggressive bird as we take to the skies. And learn how half a million birds avoid collision in the air.
How do animals conquer gravity to master life in the skies? Witness a caracal's 'rocket-propelled' launch in Africa and an insect's extreme ejector seat in the UK.
How do animals conquer gravity to master life in the skies? Witness a caracal's 'rocket-propelled' launch in Africa and an insect's extreme ejector seat in the UK.
The focus is on powered flight as we learn how more animals beat gravity. See peregrine falcons reach speeds of 200 miles an hour and bats dominating the sky.
The focus is on powered flight as we learn how more animals beat gravity. See peregrine falcons reach speeds of 200 miles an hour and bats dominating the sky.
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