Show: Escape to Chimp Eden
Network: Animal Planet
Episode Title: Tony’s Brush with Death
Original Air Date: Friday, April 3rd, 9:00 PM EST/PST
In the premier episode of this season’s Escape to Chimp Eden it’s moving day at Chimp Eden. And we don’t mean that you are shipping out and moving to a new location. Actually, chimps that are new to Eden are usually placed in quarantine for sometime before the move and begin to socialize with general chimp population.
If you recall four-year-old Tony and 7-year-old Sampa, who were rescued from Angola, are ready to leave quarantine and start the integration process with the …read more

Series Premieres Wednesday, April 8, at 10 PM (ET/PT)
Since the dawn of time, man has feared what happens when the lights go out. Tapping into our most primal fears, NIGHT takes viewers into the darkness to experience the wonder and terror of nocturnal nature and all its animal activities.
From the shivers down our spines when coyotes howl to the involuntary jumps when snakes hiss, to the uncontrollable urge to run when confronted with bright yellow beady eyes, host and animal expert Brandon McMillan faces this and more as he embarks upon the shocking and sometimes terrifying journey into the …read more

Just when you thought summer was here and it was safe to get back into the water, Animal Planet launches its new 7 part series called River Monsters. River Monsters is a new show on Animal Planet airing on Sunday, April 5th at 5PM EST. Its going to be hosted by Jeremy Wade who is an extreme angler as well as a Biologist.

The host travels worldwide to investigate harrowing tales of flesh-eating freshwater fish. Each week he’ll get face-to-face with predators, such as piranha, alligators, bullshark and arapaima, to determine the truth about their feeding habits
Watch below as host Jeremy …read more

Over 640,000 years ago, the area that we know as Yellowstone National Park was the epicenter of a cataclysmic volcanic eruption—an eruption one thousand times larger than Mt. St. Helens. The eruption blasted away mountains, unearthed a vast ocean of lava and spewed hundreds of miles of debris into the atmosphere, burying half of the United States with deadly ash.
Largely unknown today, this destructive super volcano is still active, turning the picturesque landscape of Yellowstone into one of the harshest environments on the planet. Brutally cold winters fade into majestic summers, but for the animals that call the park …read more

From the forests of Puerto Rico to the jungles of Central America to the high Sierras of the American West, the world’s frogs are mysteriously vanishing. Experts believe that as many as one-third to one-half of the planet’s 5,743 known amphibian species are in danger of disappearing — victims of the most significant mass extinction since the dinosaurs.
THE VANISHING FROG, a new documentary from Animal Planet in partnership with The Clorox Company, sends Jeff Corwin on an international mission to uncover clues about the frogs’ deadly plight.

Jockeys (Animal Planet)
Episode 1.04 “Losing Grace”
Air Date: Friday, February 13th 9:00 PM EST/PST
Everywhere two Jockey’s die on the race track in North America. Purebred horse racing is one of the most dangerous sports on earth, both for the horse as well as for the Jockey’s riding the horses. Jockey’s have nothing to protect them when they get up on the house and if they end up going down with the horse, they are going down real hard.
In this episode of Jockey’s they take it to Santa Ana to see who will come out on top. In this episode Joe ends …read more

Show: Dark Days in Monkey City
Network: Animal Planet
Episode Title: Born of the Storm
Original Air Date: Tuesday, February 24th, 10:00 PM EST/PST
If you thought Meerkat Manor was great then welcome to Monkey City. Its all about animal politics and social structure. The premier episode of Dark Days in Monkey City aired on Tuesday, February 24th on Animal Planet.
The Temple Troop has dominated Monkey City for years, but times are changing. The crown rests uneasily on the head of the aging King Lear, sending ripples of uncertainty throughout the tribe.

I’ve been checking out some of the past episodes of Orangutan Island which air on Animal Planet and I’m finding so many similarities between the orangutans and humans. Watch these series of videos with the orangutans acting more like us. Enjoy!

Orangutan Island – Walking Upright

Orangutan Island – Jordan’s Runny Nose

Orangutan Island – Inventive Orangutans

Have you ever needed to win so badly that you would be willing to break 50 bones just to do it? What about winning but never really getting any recognition? Well that’s what Jockey’s usually face when they compete and Animal Planet is now taking a look at this profession.

Jockeys are normally self employed, nominated by horse trainers to ride their horses in races, for a fee (which is paid regardless of the prize money the horse earns for a race) and a cut of the purse winnings.
I had not really gotten into the sport until the Kentucky Derby event …read more

Whale Wars (Animal Planet)
Episode 1.03 “Mystery Ship”
Original Air Date: Friday, November 28th 9 PM ET/PT
In the previous episode of Whale Wars Ben and Giles of Sea Shepherd are being held hostage aboard the Japanese whaling ship Yushin Maru #2, Captain Paul Watson is pleased at the international media storm he has created, and rejects an offer from whalers to release the hostages.
He forces the Australian and Japanese governments to get involved and at last negotiate for their return. As the Sea Shepherds head to pick up their crew members, they decide to attack the Japanese vessel that held them hostage. …read more