Mexico: Earth's Festival of Life

S01E02: Forests of the Maya

The ancient temples of the Maya still tower over the jungles of the Yucatan, where jaguars, monkeys and tropical birds make their home. Beneath the forests a vast, watery underground world is still being explored.

Overview

The diverse peoples, wildlife, landscape and culture of Mexico are explored by focusing on three distinct worlds, great mountain ranges, tropical forests and scorching deserts.

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Episodes

Mountain Worlds

S01E01 Mountain Worlds

May 7, 2017 60 min
Mexico is a vast country, over 2,000 miles long, dominated by the Sierra Madre mountain chain. As we journey down this mountain spine we discover an amazing diversity of life.
Forests of the Maya

S01E02 Forests of the Maya

May 14, 2017 60 min
The ancient temples of the Maya still tower over the jungles of the Yucatan, where jaguars, monkeys and tropical birds make their home. Beneath the forests a vast, watery underground world is still being explored.
Burning North

S01E03 Burning North

May 21, 2017 60 min
Northern Mexico is dominated by two great deserts, the Sonoran and the Chihuahuan. This edition unravels the forces that have created this arid world and how the wildlife has adapted to living here

Cast

Eliud Gabriel Porras
Narrator

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