The Life Of Mammals
The Life Of Mammals is a TV show on BBC2. David Attenborough looks at why mammals are the most successful creatures on the planet. The program has been available since 2025. A total of 20 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in December 2025.
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1:00:00The Life Of Mammals
Esteemed broadcaster David Attenborough witnesses up close the startling similarities between great apes and human beings, as he encounters orangutans and chimps.
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1:00:00David Attenborough continues his fascinating nature series. Here, he looks at a variety of monkeys from all over the world, including red howler monkeys in Venezuela.
1:00:00David Attenborough's major series about some of the world's oddest animals. Here, a look at tree dwellers - mammals which have adapted to a life at height.
1:00:00David Attenborough gives us more incredible insight into the world of mammals. Here the focus is on animals that swim, such as seals, dolphins and even elephants.
1:00:00World-spanning docu series about our closest animal relations. Zoological hero David Attenborough looks at omnivores - animals that eat whatever is around at the time.
1:00:00Witness elusive animals on film in this stunning series filmed around the world. David Attenborough looks at carnivores, from arctic foxes to the Siberian tiger.
1:00:00David Attenborough's focus switches to rodents, who possess incisor teeth with chisel-sharp enamel. Among the animals observed are the agouti, the beaver and the capybara.
1:00:00Stunning nature documentary series, filmed around the world over many years. Veteran broadcaster David Attenborough looks at some of the biggest predators on Earth.
1:00:00David Attenborough's enthralling nature series. Learn about the mammals that hunt insects, creatures that once shared the planet with dinosaurs.
1:00:00David Attenborough reveals why mammals are the most successful creatures on the planet. Here he visits Australia and South America to study the lives of marsupials.
David Attenborough concludes his documentary series with a programme about the similarities and differences between humans and other mammals.
David Attenborough looks at monkeys from around the world, including red howlers in Venezuela, capuchin monkeys in the Costa Rican swamps and guenons in west Africa.
David Attenborough continues his nature series. In this episode, he studies tree dwellers - mammals adapted to life at height, such as the hyrax and the tamandua.
David Attenborough continues his major documentary series with a look at marine mammals that have returned to the sea - from sea otters to the blue whale.
Documentary series. David Attenborough looks at omnivorous mammals, such as raccoons, bears, foxes and rats, that eat whatever is around at the time.
Documentary series. David Attenborough looks at carnivores, from Arctic foxes who cache food for winter, through to pack-hunting wolves and big cats.
David Attenborough looks at rodents, who possess incisor teeth with chisel-sharp enamel. Among the animals observed are the agouti, the beaver and the capybara.
Documentary series. David Attenborough meets the earth's most astounding herbivores, whose prey is armoured, indigestible and sometimes poisonous.
Nature documentary series. David Attenborough meets moles that can swim through sand, a shrew that hunts underwater and the world's strangest bat in New Zealand.
David Attenborough looks at why mammals are the world's most successful creatures. He visits Australia to study marsupials and mammals that have wombs.