SuperNature - Wild Flyers

Series / 1 Season

The sky is one of the world's most challenging places to live, but across the planet, an extraordinary range of animals do something we can only dream of take to the air. Some spend their whole lives airborne, while others only visit. But, they all have one thing in common: they survive by taking to the skies.

Get KCTS 9 Passport to watch

Donate to watch

Crowded Skies

S1 E3 / 53m 11s / TV-PG

The sky is a crowded world where mammals, birds and insects hunt, escape, mate, defend territory, sleep, and even die on the wing. Survival up here depends not just on beating gravity or mastering flight, but also out-flying the competition.

Donate to watch

Masters of the Sky

S1 E2 / 51m 40s / TV-PG

Many animals take to the skies for a split second, but to stay there the planet’s strongest flyers have to push the laws of physics right to the edge. Explore the extremes of true flight: Power, acceleration, top speed, maneuverability and endurance.

Donate to watch

Defying Gravity

S1 E1 / 51m 40s / TV-PG

How do animals take to the air in the first place? Each of the incredible creatures we’ll meet has its own special techniques. But they must all overcome one of the planet’s most powerful and universal forces – gravity.

Supported by