Cinco documentales de naturaleza para ver en Kanopy

Coming in at #1 is Toucans in the Wild. This 15 minute documentary shows different types of toucans—because they don’t all look like Toucan Sam—doing their day-to-day activities.

Appeal Factor: Short and sweet, There’s no narrator so you can make up your own narrative, and it has a lovely soundtrack so it’s almost like listening to lo-fi beats as you watch beautiful animals; what a win.

Fox Tales chronicles the secret lives of red foxes. Watch as a pair of foxes raise their pups, weather literal storms, and thrive alongside humans.

Appeal Factor: Visually beautiful,captures the dramatic lives that foxes live, and offers perspectives from several experts from around the world

Sex, Lies, and Butterflies is just as dramatic as it sounds. This documentary gives you the scoop on everything you didn’t know you wanted to know about butterflies. From caterpillar to full grown butterfly to migrating 9,000 miles;all is explained.

Appeal factor: Very detailed explanations of butterfly anatomy, symbiotic relationships with ants, and migration patterns. What else could we want?

Nature’s Miniature Miracles shows us that there’s more to nature than lions, tigers,and bears. From a gecko that has skin so water repellent that it can walk on water to the hermit crab real estate market, nature’s miniature wonders are definitely worth learning about.

Appeal factor: More interested in a documentary that covers a range of animals? This is the one for you.

Learning to See takes us into the world of macro insect photography through the lens of Robert Oelman. This documentary follows Oelman into the South American rain forests to explore some of the world’s most exotic insects.

Appeal factor: Ever wondered how photographers are able to photograph such interesting creatures? Oelman breaks down the arduous process in this documentary.