Air date: 1987-09-20

Runtime: 53 min

Wildlife flourishes in Nevada's desert landscape because of one narrow river covering less than 1% of the land.

Air date: 1987-09-27

Runtime: 53 min

Attempts to protect the unique animals and plants of Brazil threatened by development of the Amazon jungle.

Air date: 1987-10-04

Runtime: 53 min

The lemur, an agile nocturnal primate of Madagascar, so-named because of its secretive habits and haunting cries.

Air date: 1987-10-18

Runtime: 53 min

The process of wildlife filmmaking as chronicled by a crew during their three-year study of the Galapagos Islands.

Air date: 1987-11-15

Runtime: 53 min

The tremendous difference in animal lifestyle and in landscape during East Africa's dry season and its wet season.

Air date: 1987-11-22

Runtime: 53 min

The hammerhead stork, believed by East African tribesmen to have the power to call lightning from the sky.

Air date: 1987-11-29

Runtime: 53 min

Scientists Katia and Maurice Krafft seek to uncover the mystery of volcanoes by studying them on location as they erupt.

Air date: 1987-12-06

Runtime: 53 min

International endeavors to protect the endangered Indian tiger are highlighted by scenes of a mother raising her cubs in the wild.

Air date: 1988-01-03

Runtime: 53 min

Unusual wildlife inhabitants, beautiful terrain and natural wonders grace the Pacific islands comprising New Zealand.

Air date: 1988-01-10

Runtime: 53 min

U.S. scientist Dan Janzen uses innovative conservation plans to create a national park amid a tropical forest.

Air date: 1988-01-24

Runtime: 53 min

Close-up film captures birds in-flight; tiny hummingbirds draw nectar while hovering above flowers.

Air date: 1988-02-14

Runtime: 53 min

A Hawaiian island evolves from underwater volcano to snow-capped mountain and finally to coral atoll.

Air date: 1988-02-21

Runtime: 53 min

The first of a three-part survey of "Okavango: Jewel of the Kalahari" describes how earthquakes diverted the Okavango River into Botswana's Kalahari Desert. Observed: elephants, zebras, buffaloes, vultures, ostriches, bush babies and bat-eared foxes.

Air date: 1988-02-28

Runtime: 53 min

Creatures of the air, trees and water brave the five-month floods through the Okavango delta. Part 2 of "Okavango: Jewel of the Kalahari," observes African skimmers, lily trotters, baboons, dwarf mouth-breeders, tiger fish and catfishlike squeakers.

Air date: 1988-03-06

Runtime: 53 min

People of Botswana must balance wildlife protection with preservation of their precious water source.

Air date: 1988-03-20

Runtime: 53 min

The Asian elephant is shown to be a creature of both great strength and intelligence.

Air date: 1988-03-27

Runtime: 53 min

After two years in the Pacific, the sockeye salmon battles rapids returning to its birthplace to spawn.

Air date: 1988-04-24

Runtime: 53 min

Ranchers and scientists practice conservationism in Venezuelan and Colombian grasslands to protect native animals.

Air date: 1988-05-01

Runtime: 53 min

Naturalist Tom Williams studies England's Avon River and the fish and fowl it supports.

Air date: 1988-05-08

Runtime: 53 min

A growing African population threatens elephant survival by farming its foraging land and hunting the beast for ivory.

Air date: 1988-06-12

Runtime: 53 min

An exploration of the coral reefs of the Malay Triangle made up of the Philippines, Malaysia and New Guinea.