Name: Force of Nature
Genre: Documentary, Family
Released: 2026-07-26
Rating: 5.0

Overview

Three years in the making, the series reveals how wildlife is adapting as climate change intensifies and extreme weather reshapes the planet. From hurricanes, floods, droughts and wildfires to melting Arctic ice, animals across the globe face an unprecedented fight for survival. Through dramatic, character-led storytelling, the series follows remarkable species including polar bears, chimpanzees, Californian sea otters and Caribbean flamingos, showcasing both the ferocity of Earth's forces and the extraordinary resilience and ingenuity of the natural world.

Seasons

Miniseries

6 Episodes

2026

E01

Extreme Earth

7/26/2026·47m

Extreme weather is reshaping the lives of wildlife around the world. An owl on the American prairies uses its extraordinary hearing and underground burrows to save its chicks, two cheetahs in Kenya battle record-breaking floods, a polar bear loses the summer sea ice it relies on, and chimpanzees adapt as storms, floods, fire and drought grow more intense.

E02

Rising Waters

8/2/2026·47m

As shifting rain patterns transform ecosystems across the planet, survival is no longer about strength alone. Three mothers face nature at its most unpredictable: pygmy elephants battle monsoon floods in Borneo, a female platypus escapes the flash flood that destroys her home river in Australia, and a lone lioness in Africa uses floodwaters to her advantage to catch prey.

E03

Savage Seas

8/9/2026·47m

As warming seas play havoc with our coastal environments, flamingos, sea otters, clownfish and little anole lizards must face up to the elements.

E04

Melting Words

8/16/2026·47m

Cold-adapted animals are struggling more than most in a warming world - as a result, they must change long-established behaviours to survive.

E05

Boiling Point

8/23/2026·47m

New extremes of heat and drought are pushing the extraordinary behavioural and physical adaptations of wombats, leopards and kangaroo rats to their very limits.

E06

Into the Extreme

8/30/2026·47m

In this episode, we turn the camera on the extraordinary people who are dedicating their lives to helping the animals cope with today's extreme weather.