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Synopsis
Episodes
This series captures how endangered wolves, bears, falcons, and eagles hunt and raise their young in the unique landscape of Italy, which ranges from the highest Apennine Mountains to the dry canyons of the South, from the brackish lagoons of Venice and Sardinia to the cliffs of small islands, and the worlds best-preserved beech forests.
These landscapes were shaped by ancient human populations, but today they belong to the animals living in this wilderness.
This episode deals with the biological cycle of Abruzzi's chamois, which are endemic to the highest mountains of Central Italy. The Apennine chamois are an ancient species, but today, they are under...
Ep. 1 Mountain Monarchs of Little Tibet
Mediterranean beech woods are considered among the most beautiful and important on the continent. They function as a refuge for endangered species, such as the Brown Bear. This episode follows a...
Ep. 2 The Forest of the Brown Bears
Like wrinkles on an old face, ravines mark the calcareous plateaus in the very south of Italy, connecting the arid lands of Lucania and Puglia to the blue sea of Magna Grecia. These rugged canyons are...
Ep. 3 Ravine. The Grand Canyon of Italy
This episode is a journey around the saltmarshes of Italy, starting from Sardinia and ending with Venice. Showcasing the Po delta, the second largest wetland in the Mediterranean. Wolves have only...
Ep. 5 Brackish Waters
The richness of biodiversity and ecological complexity within a Mediterranean ‘steppe’ is astonishing, and every creature, whether great or small, plays a precise role in this ecological system, that...
Ep. 6 Mediterranean Steppes
Once upon a time, there was a magnificent world in the heart of the Mediterranean, full of woods, meadows, lakes and rivers. But then the sea level rose hundreds of meters, submerging mountains and...
Ep. 4 Sardinia. The Lost Land of Thyrrenia
Directed by
Francesco Petretti
Producer
Diomedea Studium / Maria Michela Cherchi
Country
Italy
Languages
English
Available
Worldwide except Italy (but available for all other Italian speaking territories)
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