The Dark: Nature's Nighttime World

A new perspective on wildlife at night. A team of biologists and specialist camera crew explore the length of South and Central America to find out how animals have adapted to life in the dark.

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Status	Ended
Original Name	The Dark: Nature's Nighttime World
First Air Date	July 29, 2012
Last Air Date	August 12, 2012
Seasons	1
Episodes	3
Episode Runtime	1h 0min
Language	English
Original Language	English
Production Countries	United Kingdom
Production Companies	BBC Studios Natural History Unit Discovery UK Terra Mater Factual Studios
Networks	BBC Two

S01E03

Patagonian Mountains

Natural history series about wildlife at night culminates at the wild and windswept tip of South America. Coming face to face with the widest-ranging cat in the Americas - the puma - camerawoman Justine Evans attempts to film their nocturnal hunting behaviour for the first time. Even further south, Gordon Buchanan dives into the icy waters of the Strait of Magellan to solve a mystery - scientists have heard humpback whales moving close to the shore at night, but have no idea what they could be doing. And Dr. George McGavin attaches a miniature tracking device to a vampire bat's back to discover whose blood it is feeding on.

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