A Verreaux's sifaka lemur with an infant on a tree. (National Geographic/Kalyani Lodhia)Episode: #103 "Islands"Air Date 10/02/2026103_Islands_AfricaEarthsWildHome_018.jpg
A grey heron preys on a green turtle hatchling. (National Geographic)Episode: #103 "Islands"Air Date 10/02/2026103_Islands_AfricaEarthsWildHome_UHD_136.jpg
A gray mouse lemur stalks a hawkmoth as it feeds on the nectar of a baobab flower. (National Geographic)Episode: #103 "Islands"Air Date 10/02/2026103_Islands_AfricaEarthsWildHome_UHD_122.jpg
A Verreaux's sifaka lemur hugs the trunk of a tree to cool down in the hot conditions of Madagascar's dry forests. (National Geographic)Episode: #103 "Islands"Air Date 10/02/2026103_Islands_AfricaEarthsWildHome_UHD_109.jpg
Two Verreaux's sifaka lemurs hugging the base of a tree to cool down. (National Geographic/Stuart Dunn)Episode: #103 "Islands"Air Date 10/02/2026103_Islands_AfricaEarthsWildHome_026.jpg
Aldabra Atoll, the world's second largest coral atoll. (BBC Studios Distribution Ltd)Episode: #103 "Islands"Air Date 10/02/2026103_Islands_AfricaEarthsWildHome_UHD_131.jpg
A fossa, Madagascar's apex predator, in its forest habitat in Madagascar. (National Geographic/Alice Marlow)Episode: #103 "Islands"Air Date 10/02/2026103_Islands_AfricaEarthsWildHome_091.jpg
Aldabra giant tortoises cooling off in a small puddle. (National Geographic/Berenice Mathieu)Episode: #103 "Islands"Air Date 10/02/2026103_Islands_AfricaEarthsWildHome_078.jpg
A Darwin's bark spider on tree bark in Madagascar's rainforest. (National Geographic/Simon Lewis)Episode: #103 "Islands"Air Date 10/02/2026103_Islands_AfricaEarthsWildHome_044.jpg
A fossa marking territory on a mating tree. (National Geographic/Alice Marlow)Episode: #103 "Islands"Air Date 10/02/2026103_Islands_AfricaEarthsWildHome_087.jpg
National Geographic Explorer Ingi Agnarsson walks through a river searching for Darwin's bark spiders. (Credit: Joshua Brown)Episode: #103 "Islands"Air Date 10/02/2026103_Islands_AfricaEarthsWildHome_UHD_143.jpg
A Darwin's bark spider on tree bark in Madagascar's rainforest. (National Geographic/Simon Lewis)Episode: #103 "Islands"Air Date 10/02/2026103_Islands_AfricaEarthsWildHome_045.jpg
A Darwin's bark spider spinning a web over a lake in Madagascar's rainforest to hunt dragonflies. These spiders build the largest orb-webs in the world. (National Geographic/Simon Lewis)Episode: #103 "Islands"Air Date 10/02/2026103_Islands_AfricaEarthsWildHome_051.jpg
Green turtle hatchlings walking towards the sea. (National Geographic/Lydia Baines)Episode: #103 "Islands"Air Date 10/02/2026103_Islands_AfricaEarthsWildHome_055.jpg
A robber crab, the largest land crab in the world. (National Geographic/Sam Lewis)Episode: #103 "Islands"Air Date 10/02/2026103_Islands_AfricaEarthsWildHome_069.jpg
Fossas mating on a tree branch in Madagascar. (National Geographic/Alice Marlow)Episode: #103 "Islands"Air Date 10/02/2026103_Islands_AfricaEarthsWildHome_083.jpg
A flower of a baobab tree at night. (National Geographic/Alice Marlow)Episode: #103 "Islands"Air Date 10/02/2026103_Islands_AfricaEarthsWildHome_040.jpg
A Grey mouse lemur on a tree branch at night. (National Geographic/Alice Marlow)Episode: #103 "Islands"Air Date 10/02/2026103_Islands_AfricaEarthsWildHome_042.jpg
National Geographic Explorer Ingi Agnarsson researching Darwin's bark spiders in Madagascar. (Credit: Joshua Brown)Episode: #103 "Islands"Air Date 10/02/2026103_Islands_AfricaEarthsWildHome_UHD_144.jpg
A green turtle hatchling leaving its nest on a beach. (National Geographic/Lydia Baines)Episode: #103 "Islands"Air Date 10/02/2026103_Islands_AfricaEarthsWildHome_057.jpg
A grey heron flying on the shore of Aldabra, Seychelles. (National Geographic/Sam Lewis)Episode: #103 "Islands"Air Date 10/02/2026103_Islands_AfricaEarthsWildHome_067.jpg
Red-footed boobies on mangrove trees in Aldabra, Seychelles. (National Geographic/Sam Lewis)Episode: #103 "Islands"Air Date 10/02/2026103_Islands_AfricaEarthsWildHome_065.jpg
A robber crab, the largest land crab in the world, on a beach on Aldabra atoll. (National Geographic/Sam Lewis)Episode: #103 "Islands"Air Date 10/02/2026103_Islands_AfricaEarthsWildHome_070.jpg
A green turtle hatchling and an unhatched egg in a nest on a beach. (National Geographic/Lydia Baines)Episode: #103 "Islands"Air Date 10/02/2026103_Islands_AfricaEarthsWildHome_060.jpg
A Darwin's bark spider hanging from a branch in Madagascar's rainforest. (National Geographic/Simon Lewis)Episode: #103 "Islands"Air Date 10/02/2026103_Islands_AfricaEarthsWildHome_048.jpg
A lesser noddy tern in a nest on Fregate Island, Seychelles. (National Geographic/Berenice Mathieu)Episode: #103 "Islands"Air Date 10/02/2026103_Islands_AfricaEarthsWildHome_075.jpg
Frigatebirds with a chick at their nest in the mangroves. (National Geographic/Lydia Baines)Episode: #103 "Islands"Air Date 10/02/2026103_Islands_AfricaEarthsWildHome_062.jpg
Johnny Razafinarivo setting up a camera trap on a tree in Madagascar. (National Geographic/Alice Marlow)Episode: #103 "Islands"Air Date 10/02/2026103_Islands_AfricaEarthsWildHome_039.jpg
A gray mouse lemur climbing the branches of a tree at night. (National Geographic)Episode: #103 "Islands"Air Date 10/02/2026103_Islands_AfricaEarthsWildHome_UHD_117.jpg
An aerial view of Fregate Island in Seychelles. (National Geographic)Episode: #103 "Islands"Air Date 10/02/2026103_Islands_AfricaEarthsWildHome_UHD_103.jpg
Two lesser noddy tern chicks on the forest floor. (National Geographic/Clement Kiragu)Episode: #103 "Islands"Air Date 10/02/2026103_Islands_AfricaEarthsWildHome_010.jpg
A baobab tree from below in Kirindy Forest, Madagascar. (National Geographic/Alice Marlow)Episode: #103 "Islands"Air Date 10/02/2026103_Islands_AfricaEarthsWildHome_004.jpg
A female fossa on top of her chosen mating tree. (National Geographic)Episode: #103 "Islands"Air Date 10/02/2026103_Islands_AfricaEarthsWildHome_UHD_128.jpg