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Earthsounds

Nature, Travel · 2024

Last aired: S1 E12, Listening to Our Planet · 2024-02-23

Earthsounds travels to spectacular habitats, including the Queensland rainforest, the Antarctic ice shelf, the Namibian dunes, tropical coral reefs and more. Discoveries and rarely heard recordings from the series include snow leopards singing love songs, the intimate chatter of ostrich chicks from inside their eggs, musical spiders, walrus's underwater courtship calls and more. But it's not just animals that make unusual noises. The series also captures the mesmerizing secret sounds of our planet, including the hum of deserts, drinking trees and the mysterious buzz of the northern lights.

Cast

Tom Hiddleston Narrator

Season 1

E1 Australian Forests 2024-02-23 · 32 min In ancient woodlands, a crocodile relies on sound to protect her babies, koalas release powerful roars, and an enchanting frog choir communes.

E2 The Himalayas 2024-02-23 · 30 min Mountains act as a huge echo chamber for elusive creatures—like snow leopards—who use the landscape to amplify their rarely heard love songs.

E3 The Rainforests 2024-02-23 · 29 min In one of the richest soundscapes, howler monkeys attempt to out-voice each other and sloths break their silence to search for mates.

E4 The Pacific 2024-02-23 · 34 min Whale songs and dolphin clicks hold hidden meaning in an underwater world full of clever acoustic tricks.

E5 African Plains 2024-02-23 · 30 min Predators listen for frantic footsteps, cocktail ants craft a battle cry, and lions embrace the transformative power of rolling rain and thunder.

E6 Polar Worlds 2024-02-23 · 29 min In subzero conditions, emperor penguins use custom calls to find their families. After dark, the northern lights make mesmerizing music.

E7 African Deserts 2024-02-23 · 30 min Silence may seem golden in the desert, but secret sounds connect curious meerkats—and tip off eavesdropping predators like cobras and eagles.

E8 Atlantic Coasts 2024-02-23 · 29 min Where land meets sea, rockhopper penguins, orca whales, and elephant seals find incredible ways to cut through the chaos.

E9 Winter Woodlands 2024-02-23 · 29 min In North America's forests, a snowy game of hide-and-seek unfolds between foxes and voles. When seasons change, elk strike up a sonic rivalry.

E10 African Water Worlds 2024-02-23 · 29 min The Okavango Delta is awash with sound. And locals—from pied kingfishers to hippos—tune in to life above and below the water to survive.

E11 Shallow Seas 2024-02-23 · 28 min New technology reveals a raucous symphony of pops and squeaks in an underwater amphitheater full of flirtatious fish and graceful manatees.

E12 Listening to Our Planet 2024-02-23 · 33 min Meet the scientists studying sound around the globe to help stop the rapid progression of climate change and wildlife endangerment.

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