These new nature documentaries first reached audiences in 2026. Start with Africa Earth’s Wild Home for a continent-wide series, Tiger Island to follow a team trying to film wild tigers in Nepal, or HumanLike for a…
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1 Africa Earth's Wild Home (2026) ★ 8.0 IMDb First aired Oct 2, 2026 This National Geographic series connects animal behavior with the landscapes that make it possible. Its crews move between many parts of Africa, so choose it for a wide first look. Digital reconstructions show geological history, while the footage of living animals gives the locations their… 0 2 Tiger Island (2026) ★ 7.9 IMDb First aired Jun 7, 2026 A team of film crews and big cat specialists sets out to find wild tigers in Nepal. Their search makes the camera work visible: the teams have to decide where to look and work with the limited time a tiger stays in view. Choose it when you want the expedition to be part of the story. 0 3 Humanlike - The Chimps of Fongoli Anthropologist Jill Pruetz and local guide Dondo Kanté are part of a long study of Senegal’s Fongoli chimpanzees. The film stays with one community long enough to connect particular behaviors with the landscape. It is a closer, more place-specific watch than a survey of primates around the world. 0 4 Blue Planet III (2026) First aired Nov 1, 2026 The installment first aired in the United Kingdom in 2026. Underwater camera work shows wildlife at scales and depths that make the filming part of the pleasure. Start here if you want a marine series and keep the U.K. release separate from the later U.S. launch. 0 5 Secret Garden (2026) ★ 8.4 IMDb First aired Apr 5, 2026 David Attenborough follows the animals living in British gardens. Choose it for the big change in scale from sweeping geography: hedges, lawns, and the edges of a house can become habitats worth watching as closely as a much larger landscape. 0 6 Lion (2026) ★ 8.1 IMDb First aired Aug 19, 2026 A crew follows a lion cub named Kio through the life of his pride. The continuing story makes the same animals’ choices and changing relationships easier to follow than in a roundup of unrelated cat behaviors. 0 7 Guardians of Yellowstone: The Yellowstone Cougar Project (2026) Released Feb 21, 2026 Trail cameras and long-running research bring Yellowstone’s cougars into view in this documentary. It moves between phases of a project that took much longer than the finished program. Choose it for the practical question of how biologists learn from a species that spends most of its time out of… 0 8 Becoming Elephant: The Orphans Of Reteti (2026) First aired Jan 11, 2026 Follow the team raising orphaned elephants at Kenya’s Reteti sanctuary as the animals get old enough to leave. This is a conservation series with a practical endpoint. It lets you see the caretakers change their work as calves become more independent. 0 9 Force of Nature (2026) ★ 7.8 IMDb First aired Jul 26, 2026 This wildlife series follows animals adapting to a changing climate across different habitats. Pick it for direct comparisons between animals facing different changes to the spaces where they find food, shelter, or water. 0 10 Our New World (2026) First aired Apr 1, 2026 A changing climate creates different living conditions from place to place. This series looks at how nature is adapting and where people can support that process. It makes a good choice when you want habitat change and the actions people can take to sit next to the wildlife footage. 0 
Africa Earth's Wild Home (2026)First aired Oct 2, 2026This National Geographic series connects animal behavior with the landscapes that make it possible. Its crews move between many parts of Africa, so choose it for a wide first look. Digital reconstructions show geological history, while the footage of living animals gives the locations their…0
Tiger Island (2026)First aired Jun 7, 2026A team of film crews and big cat specialists sets out to find wild tigers in Nepal. Their search makes the camera work visible: the teams have to decide where to look and work with the limited time a tiger stays in view. Choose it when you want the expedition to be part of the story.0
Humanlike - The Chimps of FongoliAnthropologist Jill Pruetz and local guide Dondo Kanté are part of a long study of Senegal’s Fongoli chimpanzees. The film stays with one community long enough to connect particular behaviors with the landscape. It is a closer, more place-specific watch than a survey of primates around the world.0
Blue Planet III (2026)First aired Nov 1, 2026The installment first aired in the United Kingdom in 2026. Underwater camera work shows wildlife at scales and depths that make the filming part of the pleasure. Start here if you want a marine series and keep the U.K. release separate from the later U.S. launch.0
Secret Garden (2026)First aired Apr 5, 2026David Attenborough follows the animals living in British gardens. Choose it for the big change in scale from sweeping geography: hedges, lawns, and the edges of a house can become habitats worth watching as closely as a much larger landscape.0
Lion (2026)First aired Aug 19, 2026A crew follows a lion cub named Kio through the life of his pride. The continuing story makes the same animals’ choices and changing relationships easier to follow than in a roundup of unrelated cat behaviors.0
Guardians of Yellowstone: The Yellowstone Cougar Project (2026)Released Feb 21, 2026Trail cameras and long-running research bring Yellowstone’s cougars into view in this documentary. It moves between phases of a project that took much longer than the finished program. Choose it for the practical question of how biologists learn from a species that spends most of its time out of…0
Becoming Elephant: The Orphans Of Reteti (2026)First aired Jan 11, 2026Follow the team raising orphaned elephants at Kenya’s Reteti sanctuary as the animals get old enough to leave. This is a conservation series with a practical endpoint. It lets you see the caretakers change their work as calves become more independent.0
Force of Nature (2026)First aired Jul 26, 2026This wildlife series follows animals adapting to a changing climate across different habitats. Pick it for direct comparisons between animals facing different changes to the spaces where they find food, shelter, or water.0
Our New World (2026)First aired Apr 1, 2026A changing climate creates different living conditions from place to place. This series looks at how nature is adapting and where people can support that process. It makes a good choice when you want habitat change and the actions people can take to sit next to the wildlife footage.0