Jungles cover roughly three per cent of our planet yet contain 50 per cent of the world's species. High-definition cameras enable unprecedented views of animals living on the dark jungle floor.
In the Ngogo forest the largest chimpanzee group in the world defends its territory from neighbouring groups. Other jungle specialists include parasitic fungi which infiltrate an insect host, feed on it, and then burst out of its body.

Planet Earth Season 1 Episodes...

• s01e01 - From Pole to Pole
• s01e02 - Mountains
• s01e03 - Fresh Water
• s01e04 - Caves
• s01e05 - Deserts
• s01e06 - Ice Worlds
• s01e07 - Great Plains
• s01e08 - Jungles
• s01e09 - Shallow Seas
• s01e10 - Seasonal Forests
• s01e11 - Ocean Deep

Planet Earth Show Summary

Planet Earth is a 2006 television series produced by the BBC Natural History Unit. Five years in the making, it was the most expensive nature documentary series ever commissioned by the BBC and was described by its makers as 'the definitive look at the diversity of our planet'.

Each 50 minute episode features a global overview of a different biome or habitat on Earth, followed by a ten-minute featurette which takes a behind-the-scenes look.