Universe

Scorching sun for one half of the year. For the other, biting frost. Mongolia is a land of extremes. With such a hostile climate, its wealth of wildlife comes as a surprise. Over time, humans and animals have learned to cope with harsh conditions. This is a land where life and death are close together. Both hunters and their prey have found astonishing survival strategies. Fascinating wildlife inhabiting a hostile environment and breath-taking sceneries - this is Wild Mongolia.

Venice is a myth, the most magnificent backdrop in the world. But the city leads a double life - on the one hand, the bustling lagoon city, on the other, the fascinating world of its many, partly uninhabited, islands.

This documentary follows the widest variety of creatures in the Mediterranean climate of the Danube - like the western green lizard and the Aesculapian snake - the largest lizard and snake in central Europe. The audience is invited to experience the family life of ground squirrels, visit the islands that have their own local species of scorpion, and encounter the praying mantis, etc.