Force of Nature

Shifting rains rewrite survival as pygmy elephants battle raging rivers, platypus flee flash floods, and a lioness uses a flood to hunt prey.

As warming seas play havoc with our coastal environments, flamingos, sea otters, clownfish and little anole lizards must face up to the elements.

Cold-adapted animals are struggling more than most in a warming world - as a result, they must change long-established behaviours to survive.

New extremes of heat and drought are pushing the extraordinary behavioural and physical adaptations of wombats, leopards and kangaroo rats to their very limits.

In this episode, we turn the camera on the extraordinary people who are dedicating their lives to helping the animals cope with today's extreme weather.