Planet Earth II (2016)
Planet Earth II is a 2016 documentary series. It stars David Attenborough.
David Attenborough returns for a second survey of Earth's most iconic habitats, this time shot with lighter cameras and drones that move with the animals instead of watching from a distance. Islands, mountains, jungles, deserts, and the strange new wilderness of the city each get an hour, and each is built around the small dramas of individual creatures trying to feed, mate, and stay alive. A racer snake and an iguana hatchling, a snow leopard in daylight, a heron among skyscrapers. The result is close, kinetic, and quietly overwhelming.
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What is Planet Earth II about?
David Attenborough returns for a second survey of Earth's most iconic habitats, this time shot with lighter cameras and drones that move with the animals instead of watching from a distance. Islands, mountains, jungles, deserts, and the strange new wilderness of the city each get an hour, and each is built around the small dramas of individual creatures trying to feed, mate, and stay alive. A racer snake and an iguana hatchling, a snow leopard in daylight, a heron among skyscrapers. The result is close, kinetic, and quietly overwhelming.
When was Planet Earth II released?
Planet Earth II was released on 6 November 2016.
How many episodes does Planet Earth II have?
Planet Earth II has 6 episodes across 1 seasons.
Where can I watch Planet Earth II?
Planet Earth II is available on Discovery +, Discovery+ Amazon Channel, HBO Max, HBO Max Amazon Channel, Philo and Planet Earth Amazon Channel.
Where to watch Planet Earth II
Stream: Discovery +, Discovery+ Amazon Channel, HBO Max, HBO Max Amazon Channel, Philo, Planet Earth Amazon Channel, YouTube TV
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For the same eye on the natural world carried to the sea, Ocean with David Attenborough follows David Attenborough beneath the waves and into the health of the water itself. On the page, The first Eden gathers his account of the Mediterranean's wildlife and the long human hand upon it. Both keep the series' patience and awe.
More David Attenborough nature docs after Planet Earth II
Planet Earth II pairs Attenborough's narration with animal-level camerawork, and these keep his voice front and center. From ocean floors to melting poles, each one follows his measured storytelling across a single grand subject, the same mix of awe and quiet worry about where the wild is heading.
Ocean documentaries for people who loved the Planet Earth II blue worlds
The islands and coastlines of Planet Earth II are only a glimpse of the sea. These dive deeper, tracking currents, reef life and the pressure fishing puts on all of it, holding the same wonder at scale while asking harder questions about what humans are doing to the water.
Documentaries about the climate crisis behind the wildlife
Planet Earth II shows animals adapting to a warming, shrinking world, and these make that pressure the main subject. They line up the science, the tipping points and the human footprint, turning the same landscapes into an argument about how much wild is left to lose.
Illustrated wildlife books to read alongside Planet Earth II
Planet Earth II moves habitat by habitat, and these books do the same on the page. They break the natural world into deserts, poles, amphibians and adaptation, good companions for anyone who paused an episode to learn how a creature actually survives where it lives.