Our favourite naturalist and documentary maker Sir David Attenborough has a habit of traveling the world and capturing the beauty of nature in his documentaries. His latest releases are his three-part DVD ‘Kingdom of Plants’ and three-part DVD on the Galapagos Islands. ‘Kingdom of Plants’ explores the world of plants and was filmed over the course of a year at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Kew. Each of the three episodes explores a different aspect of plant life. The first episode ‘Life in the Wet Zone’ explains how plants first colonised wet and humid environments, while the second episode ‘Solving the Secrets’ explores plant reproductive techniques. The final episode ‘Survival’ shows how plants continually adapt to their environments. Watch the trailer below to catch a glimpse of the revolutionary film techniques used to capture the wonders of nature.

In ‘Galapagos’ on the other hand Attenborough returns to the Galápagos Islands for the fourth time in his career and travels throughout the archipelago to explain their origins and their unique fauna in evolutionary terms. The series is notable for its pioneering use of 3D cameras for underwater filming. It also features the first known footage of the Galápagos pink land iguana, a new species of lizard identified in 2009, and Attenborough’s encounter with Lonesome George, the last Pinta Island tortoise, filmed a fortnight before the animal’s death.