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All Episodes of Earthsounds

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Immersive audio reveals the unexpected, unfamiliar, and untold ways in which animals communicate around the world.

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Season 1

9.4/1029 votes
Winter Woodlands
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 2/23/2024
In North America's forests, a snowy game of hide-and-seek unfolds between foxes and voles. When seasons change, elk strike up a sonic rivalry.
Director: Dan Perowne
Writer: Unknown
9.1/1035 votes
Polar Worlds
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/23/2024
In subzero conditions, emperor penguins use custom calls to find their families. After dark, the northern lights make mesmerizing music.
Director: Tom Richards
Writer: Unknown
9.1/1030 votes
African Deserts
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/23/2024
Silence may seem golden in the desert, but secret sounds connect curious meerkats—and tip off eavesdropping predators like cobras and eagles.
Director: Dan Perowne
Writer: Unknown
9.0/1037 votes
African Plains
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/23/2024
Predators listen for frantic footsteps, cocktail ants craft a battle cry, and lions embrace the transformative power of rolling rain and thunder.
Director: Tom Payne
Writer: Unknown
8.8/1039 votes
The Rainforests
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/23/2024
In one of the richest soundscapes, howler monkeys attempt to out-voice each other and sloths break their silence to search for mates.
Director: Justin Anderson
Writer: Unknown
8.8/1036 votes
The Pacific
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/23/2024
Whale songs and dolphin clicks hold hidden meaning in an underwater world full of clever acoustic tricks.
Director: Joe Stevens
Writer: Unknown
8.8/1025 votes
Atlantic Coasts
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/23/2024
Where land meets sea, rockhopper penguins, orca whales, and elephant seals find incredible ways to cut through the chaos.
Director: Carina Thomas
Writer: Unknown
8.7/1021 votes
African Water Worlds
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 2/23/2024
The Okavango Delta is awash with sound. And locals—from pied kingfishers to hippos—tune in to life above and below the water to survive.
Director: Justin Anderson
Writer: Unknown
8.7/1020 votes
Shallow Seas
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 2/23/2024
New technology reveals a raucous symphony of pops and squeaks in an underwater amphitheater full of flirtatious fish and graceful manatees.
Director: Natasha Fellows
Writer: Unknown
8.7/1022 votes
Listening to Our Planet
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 2/23/2024
Meet the scientists studying sound around the globe to help stop the rapid progression of climate change and wildlife endangerment.
Director: Joe Stevens, Helen Sampson
Writer: Unknown
8.6/1056 votes
Australian Forests
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/23/2024
In ancient woodlands, a crocodile relies on sound to protect her babies, koalas release powerful roars, and an enchanting frog choir communes.
Director: Tom Payne, Steph Holt
Writer: Unknown
8.5/1043 votes
The Himalayas
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/23/2024
Mountains act as a huge echo chamber for elusive creatures—like snow leopards—who use the landscape to amplify their rarely heard love songs.
Director: Justin Anderson
Writer: Unknown