More About the Episodes

Episode 1 | The Missing Lynx

Across the Iberian peninsula, food chains and ecosystems are being restored allowing a host of endangered animals, including the Iberian Lynx - rarest cat in the world - to flourish once again. In Portugal's Coa Valley, the introduction of ancient species is transforming the landscape and heralding the return of the region's top predators.

Episode 2 | Return of the Titans

In the Carpathian mountains and other wildlife strongholds, nature is being given a helping hand. The reintroduction of European bison and the spread of the gray wolf across the continent signal a wildlife comeback which is benefiting not only other animals but humans as well.

Episode 3 | The Land of the Snow and Ice

The wilds of Lapland have served as a home for the Sami people and their reindeer for thousands of years. But with the modern world threatening their traditional way of life, the Sami are working with conservation groups to protect and rewild one of Europe's most extreme wildernesses. Now, Lapland is witnessing wildlife spectacles return to the land of ice and snow.

Episode 4 | Europe's Amazon

The Danube River carves its way eastwards from the Black Forest in Germany to the black sea in the East, where it splits into hundreds of braided channels running across the Danube Delta. The river feeds a diversity of habitats, home to over 300 spectacular wetland birds, over 40 mammals, and hundreds of amphibians, fish and insects. Every year the delta advances into the Black sea, but its future depends on the efforts of conservationists working to preserve these unique and fragile habitats.