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What Photosynthesis Looks Like Underwater

What Photosynthesis Looks Like Underwater

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How Venus Flytraps Count

How Venus Flytraps Count

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How the Giant Water Lily Dominates

How the Giant Water Lily Dominates

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The Orchid that Pretends It's A Wasp

The Orchid that Pretends It's A Wasp

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The Fungi that Help Trees Talk

The Fungi that Help Trees Talk

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Why Elephants Eat the Baobab Tree

Why Elephants Eat the Baobab Tree

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The Plant that Makes Its Home on a Cactus

The Plant that Makes Its Home on a Cactus

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How Saguaro Cacti Store 1000 Gallons of Water

How Saguaro Cacti Store 1000 Gallons of Water

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One Sharpshooter Way to Stop an Invasive Plant

One Sharpshooter Way to Stop an Invasive Plant

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How Do You Pollinate 40 Million Almond Trees?

How Do You Pollinate 40 Million Almond Trees?

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Seeds that Literally Run Away

Seeds that Literally Run Away

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Tropical Worlds

Tropical Worlds

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The Green Planet

The War Between Fungi and Trees

Watch vines and the world's fastest growing tree, the balsa, in a battle to reach the sun with beautiful time-lapse photography.
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Season 1 Episode 5
Human Worlds
Sir David Attenborough reveals how humans help plants, many of which face extinction.
Desert Worlds
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Season 1 Episode 4
Desert Worlds
Sir David Attenborough explores desert plants with survival tactics.
Seasonal Worlds
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Season 1 Episode 3
Seasonal Worlds
Sir David Attenborough reveals the surprising effects of the seasons on plant life.
Water Worlds
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Season 1 Episode 2
Water Worlds
Sir David Attenborough discovers amazing water plants, some of which can count and hunt.
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Tropical Worlds
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Season 1 Episode 1
Tropical Worlds
Sir David Attenborough takes a plants-eye view of life in a rainforest.
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