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Weekly Highlights (HD)The weekly highlights show features some of the best nature and wildlife video from www.earth-touch.com in one short, high-definition, quality package. Each and every week, viewers are transported around the world on a global safari to witness the animals, landscapes, sights and sounds that the Earth-Touch crews discover on their expeditions.
With their complex social structures and sophisticated communication strategies, dolphins have earned a reputation as some of the most intelligent animals in the ocean.
This week, we're taking a closer look at these iconic animals and examining the role they play as primary predators in South Africa's annual Sardine Run.
It's been a long road but the new Earth Touch website is finally launching. Here are a few of our most memorable wildlife moments from years gone by ... and we've got exciting new content waiting for you just around the corner!
A pack of wild dogs in Botswana is in 'play' mode ... and they're not about to stop the fun and games - not even when a huge herd of buffalo approaches.
A highly venomous monocled cobra inflates its hood as it comes face to face with our camera crew in Thailand.
A baboon grooming session in the sunshine is interrupted when a band of rowdy mongoose barges in.
A kudu mating ritual plays out in this week's episode and a young male contender loses out to a stronger, more territorial rival.
There's an early-morning feast for a pride of lions in this week's episode after the females bring down a zebra.
Their spear-like horns certainly come in handy when territorial oryx (also known as gemsbok) duel for dominance.
In this week's episode, huge elephant bulls take time to savour the most precious resource on the dry African plains: water.
Birds of all shapes and sizes flock together for a termite feast of massive proportions! The amazing winged spectacle even attracts a curious lion or two.
All it takes is a little stealth and focus … and one quick movement of its long and sticky tongue - and lunch is served for this rare emerald dwarf chameleon.
Our first episode of the year takes us to the cold and rugged coast of South Georgia, where breeding season is in full swing for the Antarctic fur seals. We also take a look at seabirds with some unique adaptations to this extreme region.
We're taking a close-up look at a young python in our latest episode as our camera captures the disconcerting gaze, the vivid scale patterns and the snake's recently regurgitated meal!
Even venomous snakes are no match for the powerful beak of the Southern ground-hornbill in this week's episode.
We're following in the footsteps of a leopard in our latest episode. When an impala hunt goes wrong, the elusive cat takes to the trees with characteristic agility.
From those distinctive ossicones all the way down to the impressive hooves, we're zooming in on giraffes in this week's episode. And there's one individual who breaks the mould with his unusual dark colouring.
Danger takes the form of a wolf spider in this week's episode. Engrossed in their frenetic housekeeping, harvester termites become easy prey for the hungry spider - until it encounters a little arachnid mishap.
There's a procession of comical crustaceans coming your way in this week's episode. With some mad vocal harmonies to guide them, these freshwater shrimps are going forth to multiply!
From routine grooming rituals to more amorous pursuits, we're taking a look at the world of the rockhopper penguin in this week's episode. With its wild hairstyle, red eyes and love of rocky terrains, the rockhopper is one of the planet's most distinctive penguin species.
Sable antelope show off their impressive horns in this week's episode. They might be some of Africa's most elegant antelopes but they're also pretty well equipped when it comes to warding off predators thanks to those 1.5-metre horns.
Namibia's Etosha National Park can be a barren place where water is scarce and precious. In this week's episode, we look at how jackals, birds and ground squirrels survive in this harsh environment.
They're tiny, very cute and ready to meet the world! In this week's episode, young meerkats take a curious peek out of their underground burrow - under the watchful eyes of their vigilant babysitters.
A lioness shows her formidable strength in this week's episode as she drags her zebra kill into a shady spot. Not far off, vultures wait for their chance to scavenge a few scraps.
This week's episode is all about nature's most vibrant and alluring insects: butterflies. The Earth-Touch crew films colourful clouds of these tiny animals as they extract salt and minerals from the ground at a wildlife sanctuary in Thailand.
This week's episode is all about elephants. A herd of these huge animals takes time out to wallow by a pool of water. The adults cover their bodies with mud to ward off parasites while the youngsters learn some important dexterity lessons.
There's a tense standoff in this week's episode as hyenas clash with a leopard over a kill.
In the harsh African environment, giant elephant bulls spend an afternoon near the water and massive flamingo flocks face the surging tides at a Mozambican estuary.
A pride of lions show off their teeth in the Okavango Delta, while a host of colourful crabs forage in a muddy mangrove. We end off on a tropical reef in the Seychelles, where our wildlife camera crew explore some incredible underwater rock formations.
A young elephant makes his shaky way amongst the rest of the herd at a watering hole in South Africa's Addo Elephant National Park while zebras spar and graze on the plains of the Okavango Delta.
Finally, we join the crew as they film terns on a tiny Seychelles island.
We experience a day in the life of a leopard on the floodplains of the Okavango Delta before travelling to the edge of an Indonesian rainforest to explore a captivating cave system.
Finally, we visit a beach in the Seychelles where some curious-looking crustaceans comb the white sand in search of a meal.
Our crew goes in search of hawksbill turtles on a tropical island in the Seychelles before taking a closer look at some strange marine creatures in an intertidal rock pool off the coast of South Africa.
Finally, we travel to Indonesia's Sumatra Island where Thomas's leaf monkeys forage for food on the forest floor.
Animals with shells big and small feature in this week's episode. Crabs feast on a beached whale in Mozambique, while hundreds of snails gather on a tree beside a pool of water in Indonesia's Moyo Island. We end off with a journey to the Seychelles where giant tortoises feast on fallen berries.
It's winter here in the southern hemisphere so we're tracking changes in the animal kingdom as the mercury drops.
We start with sardines in the chilly waters off the coast of South Africa, follow lions in Botswana and dive with crocs in the murky water channels of the Okavango Delta.
Our crew searches for wolves on the snow-covered mountains of Romania before taking to the air to capture some aerial shots.
We go behind the scenes with our camera crew this week as they go in search of the elusive lynx in Romania's Brașov region.
