Blue World - Season 2, Episode 201
Jonathan visits the New England Aquarium to learn what it takes to be an aquarist, investigates the spawning behavior of Mandarinfish, and travels to Mexico to find feeding Whale sharks.
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Blue World - Season 2, Episode 202
Jonathan travels to Micronesia to learn about Manta rays, helps rescue tropical fish in New England and dives with Tiger sharks in the Bahamas.
Blue World - Season 2, Episode 203
Jonathan heads to Malaysia to learn about sea turtles, explores mangroves, and finally investigates Wolffish.
Blue World - Season 2, Episode 204
Jonathan goes to Mexico to investigate cenotes, investigates the world’s most venomous fish, and goes searching for Greenland sharks in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Blue World - Season 2, Episode 205
Jonathan learns about sea stars, anemonefish and shark feeding frenzies.
Blue World - Season 2, Episode 206
Jonathan searches for lobsters in Maine, learns about remoras on sharks and feeds stingrays in Grand Cayman.
Blue World - Season 2, Episode 207
Jonathan travels to Antarctica on an epic adventure where he swims with penguins, meets a Leopard seal and dives under icebergs.
Blue World - Season 3, Episode 301
Jonathan travels to the Bahamas to explore a deep blue hole, then visits the Georgia Aquarium to see how they keep Whale sharks in a giant tank.
Blue World - Season 3, Episode 302
Jonathan investigates a huge grouper making a comeback in Florida, the Great Barrier Reef, and camouflage in sea creatures.
Blue World - Season 3, Episode 303
Jonathan follows the rescue of a stranded pilot whale and investigates cleaning stations on the reef where fish get cleaned by other fish.
Blue World - Season 3, Episode 304
Jonathan visits the Galapagos to play with friendly sea lions, and then travels to the Caribbean to film Humpback whales.
Blue World - Season 3, Episode 305
Jonathan takes a fan scuba diving and then visits an island in the Caribbean to meet a dolphin named Annie.
Blue World - Season 3, Episode 306
Jonathan travels to Australia to learn about highly venomous sea snakes, investigates symbiosis in the sea, and learns how coral reefs spawn.
Blue World - Season 3, Episode 307
Jonathan explores a spooky sinkhole in Mexico, investigates the world of shark biology and illustrates the way animals defend themselves in the ocean.
Blue World - Season 3, Episode 308
Jonathan searches for an elusive blind cavefish in Mexico, investigates the biology of coral reefs, and explores the world of bottom-dwelling sharks.
Blue World - Season 3, Episode 309
Jonathan films one of the world’s fastest fish, visits Australia to investigate a huge fish on the Great Barrier Reef and travels to Maine to meet Diver Ed, an underwater wildlife expert.
Blue World - Season 4, Episode 401
Jonathan travels to the Maldives to witness a huge manta ray feeding frenzy and to Indonesia to explore an island surrounded by venomous sea snakes!
Blue World - Season 4, Episode 402
Jonathan travels to Mexico for an up-close encounter with Bull sharks and then to NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Lab in Houston where astronauts train underwater for space walking.
Blue World - Season 4, Episode 403
On a trip to Hawaii, Jonathan meets the critically endangered Hawaiian Monk Seal, then he travels to Bonaire to dive with a group of wounded veterans learning to dive. Finally, he participates in a fish census in Massachusetts.
Blue World - Season 4, Episode 404
Jonathan visits shipwrecks in Florida to see how they turn into artificial reefs. Then he learns to freedive with world-record freediver Karol Meyer.
Blue World - Season 4, Episode 405
Jonathan travels to upstate New York to learn how biologists are working to save the sturgeon in the St. Lawrence river. Then he visits an underwater farm in Key Largo where they grow coral!
Blue World - Season 4, Episode 406
Jonathan learns how they train Beluga whales at the Mystic Aquarium, explores a deep blue hole in the Bahamas, and swims with wild Spinner dolphins in Hawaii.
Blue World - Season 4, Episode 407
Jonathan visits Aquarius Reef Base—the world’s only undersea lab where scientists live in saturation for days or weeks at a time, then explores the fascinating world of skates and rays.
Blue World - Season 4, Episode 408
Jonathan joins a veteran cave explorer to plumb the crystal clear water in the depths of Stargate Blue Hole in the Bahamas. Then he explores the biology of sponges.
Blue World - Season 4, Episode 409
300 miles off the coast of Costa Rica, Jonathan witnesses a shark hunting ritual. The he explores kelp forests in California. Finally, Jonathan explores shipwrecks in the St. Lawrence river.
Blue World - Season 4, Episode 410
Jonathan joins a team of underwater archaeologists on a project to excavate the remains of Blackbeard the Pirate's ship. Then he travels to Hawaii to meet Manta rays that feed in divers’ lights at night.
Blue World - Season 4, Episode 411
Jonathan travels from the St. Lawrence river to the Caribbean, looking at invasive species and their effect on the environment. Then he explores 1000 feet down in a special submarine and meets an astonishing variety of deep sea animals.
Blue World - Season 5 Episode 01 - Tiger Sharks in the Bahamas + Crystal Cave of Abaco, Bahamas
In the series pilot, host Jonathan Bird travels to the Bahamas, where, in the past few years, diver interactions with Tiger sharks have become up close and personal. These large and dangerous animals are not only being hand-fed, but actually handled by divers. Jonathan learns how to flip a Tiger shark from experienced shark handlers. Next, Jonathan joins world-renown cave explorer Brian Kakuk to investigate the Crystal Cave of Abaco, Bahamas…
Blue World - Season 5 Episode 02 - Muck Diving in Florida + Iceland…The World’s Clearest Water
Jonathan travels to Iceland to investigate a giant crack in the ground filled with frigid runoff from melting glaciers. It’s rumored to be the clearest water in the world. But to find out, Jonathan has to brave some very cold water. Next, he heads down to sunny Florida, not to dive a coral reef or a spectacular shipwreck, but to dive in shallow, murky water under a busy bridge. This secret spot is home to some of the ocean’s most remarkable, and weird, animals.
Blue World - Season 5 Episode 03 - Tiger Shark as a Camera Operator + Florida Cave Diving
Jonathan joins an expedition to recruit a new Blue World camera operator in the form of a 1,000 pound Tiger shark! Working with experienced shark handlers, he puts a camera on the dorsal fin of the shark to see what it can film all by itself. But will Jonathan get his camera back? Next, he joins an experienced cave diver to explore a famous underwater cave in Northern Florida (USA).
Blue World - Season 5 Episode 04 - Cave Training in the Bahamas
Cave diving is the most difficult and dangerous type of diving, so the training to become a certified cave diver is arduous. This episode documents Jonathan’s actual cave training in the Bahamas and follows him as he learns how to dive safely in the overhead environment of a cave in an attempt to earn his full cave diver certification.
The Blue Realm - Deep White
Believe it or not, many scuba divers want to see great whites up close, and photographers want dramatic shots. But how do you get the sharks to where you want them? For decades, it's been done by baiting, or “chumming” – attracting sharks with food. This practice is being questioned and banned in many countries because of a dramatic increase in shark attacks.
The Blue Realm - Giants of San Benedicto
Giants of San Benedicto features Dr. Robert Rubin and his ground-breaking research of giant Mantas. You'll travel to the remote Socorro Islands off Mexico's Pacific coast and see breath-taking encounters with enormous manta rays. You're sure to love these majestic giants as you see how they invite human contact, and encourage certain divers to ride them. The film crew also travels to the Bahamas to visit 'Bubbles', a fifteen foot Manta in the worlds largest aquarium.
The Blue Realm - Humpbacks: From Tonga to Antarctica
Singing louder than any animal on earth, humpback whales are famous for their haunting songs and jaw-dropping acrobatics. They were hunted to the brink of extinction until a moratorium on killing them was implemented in the 1960s. But after finally rebounding in numbers, whaling nations are exploring ways to re-open the hunt. In Antarctica, Japan is targeting minke, fin, and now... humpbacks. The tiny island nation of Tonga in the remote South Pacific is a haven for the magnificent mammals.
The Blue Realm - Lions of the Deep
Since the 1970's, sea lion populations have declined more than 80% along the North Pacific coast. Scientists at the University of British Columbia and the Vancouver Aquarium are working together to help save Canada’s iconic and largest pinniped – the stellar sea lion. To help understand why their numbers are dropping, researchers work with the highly intelligent mammals at a unique floating laboratory.
The Blue Realm - Manatees and Dugongs
Each year, hundreds of critically endangered manatees are killed in U.S. waters by boats, disease and cold weather. 2006 was the worst year on record for manatee deaths – 416 animals perished. With only a few thousand remaining in the wild, mostly in heavily developed Florida wetlands, the clock is ticking in efforts to save this amazing mammal from extinction.
The Blue Realm - Miracle Venom
Miracle Venom explores the strange, and often bizarre world of the oceans most venomous animals. Follow Dr. Glen Burns as he handles deadly Sea Snakes with only his bare hands. You'll be amazed at how a small Cone Snail hunts, paralyses and then eats it's prey alive. The waters of Papua New Guinea and Australia's Great Barrier Reef harbour an exceptional variety of venomous fish and invertebrates.The poisons of these animals are some of the most lethal known to man.
The Blue Realm - Reefs of Steel
Around the globe, thousands of decommissioned naval vessels rot in dockyards. What can you do with these toxic time bombs? One solution is to clean them well, blow them up and sink them! Providing shelter and breeding grounds, countless fish and invertebrates colonize steel hulls.
The Blue Realm - Shark Business
Shark Business unravels some of the mysteries surrounding sharks with controversial behaviorist Dr. Erich Ritter. You'll witness divers testing the limits of shark-human interaction outside of cages with dangerous sharks such as lemon, bull and even great white sharks!
The Blue Realm - Shark Divers
Sharks are BIG business in adrenaline eco-tourism. And some thrill seekers deliberately pursue close encounters with deadly sharks – without the protection of a cage. The bigger and more dangerous the shark, the better.
The Blue Realm - Shark Nation
There's no doubt sharks have an image problem. And they're certainly in trouble globally. The population of some species has declined by more than 90% due to over fishing. But there's still one place in the world where sharks thrive – the Bahamas. Sharks not only prosper there, they are highly protected. It’s illegal to kill them.
The Blue Realm - Tentacles
Tentacles follows Dr. Jennifer Mather as she leads a team of renowned scientists to the beautiful Caribbean island of Bonaire. Their mission is to prove a controversial theory: reef squid speak to each other with a complex language they paint on their skin. The episode features the bizarre courtship and never-before-filmed egg-laying rituals of reef squid. Travel to the Pacific Northwest for an encounter with the world's largest Octopus.
The Blue Realm - Whale Sharks: Gentle Giants
They’re not whales at all, but by far the largest fish in the sea. Yet at nearly 50 feet in length and weighing 20 tons or more, they eat only the smallest marine animals. They are not a threat to humans, but their numbers are dramatically shrinking. Like elephants slaughtered for their ivory tusks, whale sharks are relentlessly pursued by poachers. From Africa to Asia, they are targeted for their meat and immense fins.
The Deepest man on Earth
The Austrian freediver, Herbert Nitsch, defies the depths of the ocean and goes from one amazing feat to another. He has held the world record for freediving since 2007: - 214 meters! Alexander Abela, who is also a freediver, shadowed him for many months while he trained, and also during international competitions in Greece and the Bahamas. In order to reach these extreme depths, Herbert draws on the breathing techniques of marine mammals and forces himself to do hours of training every day.
Adopted by Dolphins - Flipper's Family Secrets
Adopted by Dolphins' follows a group of researchers who are accepted as companions by bottlenose dolphins in the Red Sea. A group of divers and marine biologists accompany up to 100 wild dolphins for days and for the very first time watch their behaviour from a dolphin’s perspective. Willingly, the animals expose their social behaviour and games, their exciting love life and even the use of medical substances provided by corals. This is a capturing story of love, war and drama.
Antarctica - Tales from the End of the World
The Antarctic region is undoubtedly one of the most remote and inhospitable, yet one of the most beautiful landscapes of the world. This documentary takes us on a journey to the stormy isolated islands of the Southern Ocean. Seals, penguins, seabirds and other animals live and breed in this hostile environment and harsh climate. Only by an icebreaker can we reach the remote coasts of the Antarctic continent where Emperor Penguins defy the life-threatening environment at the end of the world.
Lionfish - New Pirates of the Caribbean
The Red Lionfish is by far the coolest fish on the block: armed with eighteen venomous spines, he hunts, invisible to its prey, in packs. He has grand ambitions, too, spreading to new and unprepared waters: the Atlantic Ocean. The film sheds light on stunning abilities that let the lionfish conquer foreign waters, and by doing so threaten entire ecosystems. With stunning visual, high-speed footage, the film tells a suspenseful story, spanning over three continents and two oceans.
