From the frozen Arctic to the southern swamplands, kids will meet the amazing animals that make North America a continent full of surprises.
River otters seem designed for fun.
But the recent decline in Missouri's otter population is anything but fun. Missouri biologist Glenn Chambers had had a boyhood dream of raising otters. Little did he know he would become one of the heroes in their conservation when he agreed to raise a baby otter named Paddlefoot as part of an aggressive restoration and public education program. While Glenn was doing his part at home, more than 800 wild river otters were released in Missouri, where the animals now thrive in a protected and cleaned-up ecosystem. Danger on the Snake Island shoot Tragedy on the Tsangpo A team of world-class kayakers undertakes the first descent of the dangerous Tsangpo River, and tragedy strikes.