大卫·爱登堡爵士将带我们聆听自然的声音，这是关于繁殖和生存的露天歌会。那么这些“歌声”会很快消失吗？从阳光明媚的春天到黑暗寒冷的冬季，自然界中充满了动物的“歌声”。每一种“歌声”都在为我们讲述一个令人难以置信的故事，并吸引着我们去探索更多的自然之谜。鲸、大山雀、琴鸟，吸蜜鸟，以及华丽的鹩莺都有自己独特的“歌声”，有的婉转动听、有的非常惊人、有的充满了悲伤。科学家们发现，不只是雄性动物会“唱歌”，雌性动物也会“一展歌喉”。然而当我们刚刚听到它们的“歌声”时，人们却越来越担心这些歌声会永远消失。随着人类的世界变得越来越嘈杂，地球上的其它地方却变得越来越沉寂……

Sir David Attenborough chooses his favourite recordings from the natural world that have revolutionised our understanding of song. Each one - from the song of the largest lemur to the song of the humpback whale to the song of the lyrebird - was recorded in his lifetime. When Sir David was born, the science of song had already been transformed by Charles Darwin’s theory of sexual selection: singing is dangerous as it reveals the singer’s location to predators, but it also offers the male a huge reward, the chance to attract a female and pass on genes to the next generation. Hence males sing and females don't.

David Attenborough has a passion for birds' eggs. These remarkable structures nurture new life, protecting it from the outside world at the same time as allowing it to breathe. They are strong enough to withstand the full weight of an incubating parent and weak enough to allow a chick to break free. But how is an egg made? Why are they the shape they are? And perhaps most importantly, why lay an egg at all? Piece by piece, from creation to hatching, David reveals the wonder behind these miracles of nature.

大卫·爱登堡爵士即将步入人生第94个年头，这部独特的影片展现了这位传奇人物背后的非凡形象。它记录了爱登堡非凡的一生，讲述了他从孩提时代的化石猎人到早年的演讲者的历程，他的许多创新的节目改变了自然历史编程的面貌，首创性地使用了3D和4K等技术。这个特别节目讲述了爱登堡在旅途中的岁月——从加拉帕戈斯群岛，到加拿大山区，再到婆罗洲丛林。结合独家的幕后镜头，坦率的现场采访和惊人的时刻从他开创性的纪录片，这部电影捕捉了一个你从来没有见过的爱登堡。

1961年的一个炎热夏日，正在拍摄《动物园探索》的大卫•阿滕伯勒从一名马达加斯加当地男孩手中，接过了一些巨大的蛋壳碎片。这些碎片是男孩在覆盖着沙粒的河床上发现的，它们属于世界上最大的鸟类——已经灭绝的重达半吨的象鸟。自从大卫在马达加斯加拍摄完《动物园探索》后，这里就发生了巨大的变化：80%的雨林遭到破坏，而人口却激增了四倍，当地特有的50多种哺乳动物在灭绝的边缘挣扎。阿滕伯勒珍贵的蛋壳碎片能解释远古象鸟的消失之谜吗？我们能从象鸟的命运中领悟到拯救马达加斯加野生动物的方法吗？

大卫·爱登堡毕生致力于记录自然世界的奇珍，见识了大量非同一般的生物。但还是有许许多多不为人知的动物故事在持续激发着他的好奇心——不管是斑马身上的神奇条纹还是产卵的鸭嘴兽的怪事。每一集的电视都会探寻两个自然怪事背后的真相，并用一个共同的主题将它们联系在一起。本剧在英国本土拍摄，把大卫讲故事的天赋与漂亮的动物图片相结合，这将创造出一部史无前例的全新电视节目。

大卫·爱登堡毕生致力于记录自然世界的奇珍，见识了大量非同一般的生物。现在，在他开播时间第二久的热映系列节目《自然奇珍》中，他揭示了另外一些引起他好奇心的动物，有把自己冻僵以度过寒冬的青蛙，也有不需要配偶、可以自己繁衍后代的科摩多龙，还有诸多奇事在等着您，既能发现自然界中的大骗子，也能见到两种一直背负骂名的家伙。大卫将带领观众进行一次怪诞和奇异的自然世界之旅，期待发现更多秘密。

我们知道，熊猫、老虎和猩猩都是能够登上头条的濒危物种，但其他即将消失的物种处境如何呢？大卫将介绍十种非常重要但却很少被人提及的动物，包括洞螈、沟齿鼠、达尔文蛙以及其他一些相貌古怪、具有奇特生活习性的生物。在神奇的礼堂、图书馆和自然历史博物馆的深邃洞穴里，大卫分享了他对于灭绝问题的看法，解释了一些濒危动物的重要性。另外，本片还有一个没有主持人的版本《方舟》。

David Attenborough chooses his ten favourite animals that he would most like to save from extinction. From the weird to the wonderful, he picks fabulous and unusual creatures that he would like to put in his 'ark', including unexpected and little-known animals such as the olm, the solenodon and the quoll. He shows why they are so important and shares the ingenious work of biologists across the world who are helping to keep them alive.

David Attenborough investigates the remarkable life and death of Jumbo the elephant - a celebrity animal superstar whose story is said to have inspired the movie Dumbo. Attenborough joins a team of scientists and conservationists to unravel the complex and mysterious story of this large African elephant - an elephant many believed to be the biggest in the world. With unique access to Jumbo's skeleton at the American Museum of Natural History, the team work together to separate myth from reality. How big was Jumbo really? How was he treated in captivity? And how did he die? Jumbo's bones may offer vital clues. Arriving in London Zoo in 1865, Jumbo fast became a firm favourite of Queen Victoria and her children, and was nicknamed the Children's Pet. Yet behind the scenes, this gentle giant was living a double life - smashing his den, breaking his tusks and being pacified by large amounts of alcohol given to him by his keeper, Matthew Scott. Scott had no human friends but had a deep empathy for animals, developing a particularly strong and near mystical bond with Jumbo. Then, quite suddenly, London Zoo caused public outrage by selling Jumbo to PT Barnum's circus in America where he travelled with his devoted keeper to start a new life. But while his time in America turned him into star with 20 million people coming to see him, his life ended tragically and mysteriously. As well as Jumbo's skeleton, Attenborough explores the lives of wild elephants to explain Jumbo's troubled mind, and he discovers how our attitude to captive elephants has changed dramatically in recent years.