Night on Earth · S1 · E5
Sleepless Cities
After dark, the natural world appears in unnatural places: Migrating elephants stroll through town, and urbanized otters romp in the city.
About this episode
After dark, the natural world appears in unnatural places: Migrating elephants stroll through town, and urbanized otters romp in the city.
Season 1
1Moonlit Plains
53 minJan 29, 2020★ 8.1
From the African savanna to the Peruvian desert, lives of predators and prey are closely linked to the moon’s cycles and the opportunities they bring.
2Frozen Nights
45 minJan 29, 2020
Mothers with cubs fight to survive, and a lonely monkey finds safety in numbers as animals navigate cold landscapes during the planet’s longest nights.
3Jungle Nights
53 minJan 29, 2020
Beneath the jungle’s canopy, the night is alive with fantastic beasts, large and small, who use the darkness to socialize, hunt, climb and crawl.
4Dark Seas
48 minJan 29, 2020
The oceans’ tides ebb and flow in concert with the moon, and so do the lives of the creatures below, from the largest whale shark to the smallest prawn.
5Sleepless Cities
41 minJan 29, 2020Now viewing
After dark, the natural world appears in unnatural places: Migrating elephants stroll through town, and urbanized otters romp in the city.
6Dusk Till Dawn
51 minJan 29, 2020
The night unfolds to reveal magic in the air, drama in the deep, and danger on the ground as animals across the planet rise with the sunset.