The Dark: Nature's Nighttime World (2012)

Episode Overview

This natural history series offers a fresh take on nighttime wildlife. The journey leads south to a submerged forest in the Amazon basin. Large mammal expert Bryson Voirin encounters a curious sloth, while camerawoman Sophie Darlington bravely navigates stormy nights high in the jungle canopy, striving to capture footage of the world’s only nocturnal monkey. Meanwhile, Gordon Buchanan explores the planet's largest wetland in search of giant anteaters and stumbles upon an eerie, abandoned house inhabited by vampire bats. Dr. George McGavin descends into a vast cave system, shrouded in darkness for millions of years, where he and his team uncover new species.