Life on Our Planet
Season 1
2023 • 8 Episodes
Episodes
1. Chapter 1: The Rules of Life
October 25, 2023
Evolution. Competition. Mass extinction. Three fundamental rules have driven the rise and fall of life on Earth for over four billion years.
2. Chapter 2: The First Frontier
October 25, 2023
For billions of years, land on Earth was uninhabitable. But in the seas, predation allowed species to thrive before — and after — two mass extinctions.
3. Chapter 3: Invaders of the Land
October 25, 2023
Sprawling moss, towering trees, flying insects, limbed amphibians: Early species vied for domination as the land went from hostile to hospitable.
4. Chapter 4: In Cold Blood
October 25, 2023
After Earth's third mass extinction, mammals' surviving ancestors ruled the supercontinent Pangea. But lizards soon ushered in the age of reptiles.
5. Chapter 5: In the Shadow of Giants
October 25, 2023
The formation of continents with varied environments allowed for an explosion of biodiversity — and turbo-charged the evolution of mighty dinosaurs.
6. Chapter 6: Out of the Ashes
October 25, 2023
The dinosaurs met their end with a cataclysmic asteroid impact. Rising from the ashes, birds reinvented themselves into a dynasty 10,000 species strong.
7. Chapter 7: Inheriting the Earth
October 25, 2023
Emerging from the dinosaurs' shadows, mammals went from underdogs to global power, with game-changing adaptations that would conquer land, air and sea.
8. Chapter 8: Age of Ice and Fire
October 25, 2023
As the Ice Age thawed, humans rose above the rest. But the possibility of a sixth mass extinction now looms: Has our ingenuity caused our downfall?