Mexico

A look at Mexico, a land where the unexpected unfolds.

In the Sonoran Desert, a mother pygmy owl guides her chicks from their nest during daylight hours. In the Sea of Cortez, orcas use complex team strategies to hunt dolphins – a rare cooperative behaviour among these apex predators. On San Pedro Martir Island, blue-footed boobies engage in an intimate drama as a male fights to keep the attention of his wandering mate.

Orchid bees are shown in extraordinary detail as they gather up to 40 different scents. In the Yucatan, explorers find new life forms, including cave brittle stars, deep within flooded caves called cenotes that remain less explored than the moon.

Finally, millions of monarch butterflies begin their epic journey across the continent, creating a spectacle of colour and movement on a massive scale.