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Discover the extraordinary animals adapting to life in the world’s most loved cities.
Discover the extraordinary animals adapting to life in the world’s most loved cities, and witness the remarkable ways they meet the challenges of surviving in the newest habitat on the planet.
Discover the extraordinary animals adapting to life in the world’s most loved cities, and witness the remarkable ways they meet the challenges of surviving in the newest habitat on the planet.
As cities grow, animals are displaced. Witness their stories of conflict and resolution.
Episode 3 Preview | Survivors
Follow animals as they travel in and out of cities for food, shelter and to start family.
Episode 2 Preview | Commuters
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A grey heron takes a break in the city of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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A wild elephant navigates a busy highway in Sri Lanka.
Joana Kruse/Alamy Stock Photo
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Local children investigate male ibex grazing in Mitzpe Ramon, Israel.
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Black bear mother and cub take a well-earned rest on a garden fence in Aspen, Colorado.
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Long-tailed macaques with infant on back take a stroll along parapet Lopburi, Thailand.
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Reticulated python moving through the heart of Bangkok after dark.
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Mallard ducks finding a much needed meal on the outskirts of Calgary, Canada.
Jon Groves
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A humback whale breaching against the New York skyline.
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White storks find an easy meal on a Spanish landfill site.
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A long-tailed macaque enjoying a moment reflection in Lopburi, Thailand.
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About the Show
Wild Metropolis is a three-part natural history series revealing the world’s most extraordinary wildlife living in the newest and fastest changing habitat on the planet: cities. While most of us imagine cities to be concrete jungles devoid of nature, for animals of all shapes and sizes they are just a new habitat filled with new and surprising opportunity.
With similar needs to humans, these wild animals face similar challenges, and like us, if they play their cards right, they can find everything they need to survive in the city. This innovative series features a diverse cast of animals that are adjusting to this new world better than could have been predicted, not only applying their natural born skills and abilities to life in the city, but also making amazing physical or behavioral adaptations.
With an emphasis on beauty and the highest cinematographic standards this definitive series on urban wildlife behavior follows animals at critical times of their lives, and showcases the urban world with the same epic scale, ambition and techniques used to film the natural world.
From humpback whales breaching in New York’s Hudson Bay to huge colonies of mega-bats in Adelaide; from African penguins nesting in Cape Town to Burmese pythons living on the streets of Bangkok, experience our most-loved and familiar cities through fresh eyes – the eyes of the animals that live in them, and discover a wilder side to a world we think we know.
Episode 1 | Residents
From pythons in Bangkok to otters in Singapore, cities may seem unlikely havens for wildlife, but for animals able to adapt, the urban world is filled with opportunity.
Episode 2 | Commuters
In a modern migration, animals travel in and out of cities to find food, shelter or to start a family. See if the secret to success in a fast-changing world is commuting.
Episode 3 | Survivors
As the urban world grows animals are displaced from land that belonged to them. From herons to humpback whales, follow the captivating stories of wild survivors.
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