Life on Our Planet
2023 · 1 season · 8 episodes · Ended · Netflix
Documentary
TMDB 8.0 · 212 votes
The battle for survival.
Life's extraordinary journey to conquer, adapt and survive on Earth across billions of years comes alive in this groundbreaking nature docuseries.
Episodes
- S01E01Chapter 1: The Rules of Life2023-10-2543m
Evolution. Competition. Mass extinction. Three fundamental rules have driven the rise and fall of life on Earth for over four billion years.
- S01E02Chapter 2: The First Frontier2023-10-2554m
For billions of years, land on Earth was uninhabitable. But in the seas, predation allowed species to thrive before — and after — two mass extinctions.
- S01E03Chapter 3: Invaders of the Land2023-10-2557m
Sprawling moss, towering trees, flying insects, limbed amphibians: Early species vied for domination as the land went from hostile to hospitable.
- S01E04Chapter 4: In Cold Blood2023-10-2555m
After Earth's third mass extinction, mammals' surviving ancestors ruled the supercontinent Pangea. But lizards soon ushered in the age of reptiles.
- S01E05Chapter 5: In the Shadow of Giants2023-10-2551m
The formation of continents with varied environments allowed for an explosion of biodiversity — and turbo-charged the evolution of mighty dinosaurs.
- S01E06Chapter 6: Out of the Ashes2023-10-2553m
The dinosaurs met their end with a cataclysmic asteroid impact. Rising from the ashes, birds reinvented themselves into a dynasty 10,000 species strong.
- S01E07Chapter 7: Inheriting the Earth2023-10-2552m
Emerging from the dinosaurs' shadows, mammals went from underdogs to global power, with game-changing adaptations that would conquer land, air and sea.
- S01E08Chapter 8: Age of Ice and Fire2023-10-2550m
As the Ice Age thawed, humans rose above the rest. But the possibility of a sixth mass extinction now looms: Has our ingenuity caused our downfall?
