Here are parrots that totally break the stereotypes!  The keas in New Zealand just love the snow and the cold, harsh mountain climate. To survive here, these mountain parrots have developed exceptional intelligence and resourcefulness.  Watch these incredibly unique birds in action!

Keas - New Zealand's Witty Daredevils

Based on explosive investigations, the thriller "Meister des Todes" ("Master of Death") tells of a German arms manufacturer and their questionable weapon exports to Mexiko.

Meister des Todes

Monsters have always been part of our nightmares and fairy tales. But where do they actually come from? How much of it is truth, how much is myth? Going to great lengths in this documentary, the filmmakers join scientists to explore a number of the best-known sagas and legends in the world.  The search for the origins of what is likely to be the oldest legendary creature, the dragon, leads to snake pits, archaeological dig sites, gold mines and the inside of an Icelandic volcano. They also travel to Texas, hunting for traces of the “chupacabra,” literally the “goat-sucker,” a modern mythical creature with vampire-like teeth that was first spotted in Central America, and accompany palaeontologists to Kazakhstan in search of the remains of what might be the origin of the alluring unicorn, whose horn the Vikings used for trading.

Monsters and Myths

In southern Germany, winter can still be admired in all its glory every year. With its white coat of snow and icicles and myriads of small crystals that look like geometric works of art. In the valleys and on the slopes the snow is still so thick every year that the alpine huts are snowed in up to the windows. Cows and dairymen are safe in their farms at lower altitudes. But not the wild creatures of the mountains! They need strategies to survive the cold season and to defy snow masses, cold and ice. And some seem to do it so easily that they even raise their young in the middle of winter. But how do animals, plants and fungi cope with the annually recurring ice age, which from our perspective is a time of need? The many adaptations in nature prove that winter is  an integral part of the natural cycle of the year and the living environment of species. They are adapted to cold and frost. That is why the animals and plants at the edge of the Alps suffer particularly from climate change!

White Winter

From space, Germany appears as a work of art made up of colours, shapes and patterns: from the emerald-green bloom of algae to the expanse of golden blooming rapeseed fields to the abstract forms of the highest wine-growing regions in Europe. They are images of bizarre habitats and seemingly magical worlds. The mighty Alps in the south, rugged coasts in the north, unique natural spaces, divided and reunited: Germany, located in the heart of Europe, has been shaped by countless social, economic and ecological upheaval processes. A country in constant change. Satellites open up completely new perspectives. The view from several hundred kilometers high reveals unknown dimensions, surprising insights and connections, captured in spectacular images.