Follows members of a team of paleontologists as they search for dinosaur remains in the Hell Creek badlands of Montana and discover the largest fossil skull ever found.
Discusses the fire that ravaged nearly one million acres of Yellowstone National Park during several months in 1988, and explains the two sides to the controversy over letting nature take its course.
Describes how the concerted efforts of an international team of concerned people eased the suffering of three gray whales trapped by ice off the coast of Alaska and eventually helped two of them back to the open sea.
