Luc Jacquet, the director of March of the Penguins, reveals some of his favorite places and animals through four short films. Each film finds interesting stories that occur in each animal's natural surroundings.

Pearl Squirrel had built a lovely new home in a tree and invited her forest friends over for a housewarming party. Some of her friends like Mrs. Deerheart, Mrs. Rabbit, and Maurice Skunk were unable to get up the tree to Pearl's home, and all of her friends found Pearl's home inadequate for their needs in one way or another. This upset Pearl, so she sought advice from wise Solomon Raven, who helped her understand how different types of homes are right...

"Every year, thousands of Antarctica's emperor penguins make an astonishing journey to breed their young. They walk - marching day and night in single file 70 miles into the darkest, driest and coldest continent on Earth... Breathtaking photography captures the transcendent beauty and staggering drama of devoted parent penguins who, in the fierce polar winter, take turns guarding their egg and trekking to the ocean in search of food. Predators hunt...

"Allí abajo, donde las pantas hunden sus raíces y los gusanos excavan sus galerías, hay un mundo oculto que aguarda a ser descubierto... Lleno de vida y rebosante de pequeños animales, el suelo que pisamos esconde un sinfín de historias fascinantes: cómo sobreviven las plantas en la aridez del desierto, cómo crecen los hongos, cómo puede ayundar el suelo a frenar el cambio climático." --

Increíbles fotografías e ilustraciones que capturan la sorprendente variedad de guaridas de animales.

Discusses the importance of natural habitats to animals and explains how human actions both positively and negatively impact animal habitats. Habla de la importancia de los hábitats a los animales y explica como las acciones de los seres humanos tienen un impacto tanto positivo como negativo en los hábitats de los animales.