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Shining Nature

  • 2025
  • Ended
  • Documentary
  • ~1h 44m / ep
  • 1 season
  • 9.0/10

From the jungles of Singapore to the coral reefs of Indonesia, from the ornaments of Australian budgies to the deceptive traps of carnivorous plants, this film explores a world where light becomes language. Seduction, camouflage, overexploitation, reproduction: fluorescence directs behavior, often without us noticing. A light phenomenon that science is just beginning to decipher.

Latest: Season 1 · 2025

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  1. E1. Shine to unite

    Aug 2, 2025 · 44m

    On land, underwater or in the skies, many animals and plants have developed shimmering colors, invisible to the human eye: fluorescence. But what is this particularity for them? This documentary with its beautiful images explores a fascinating field of study, still little explored by science.

  2. E2. Shine to survive

    Aug 2, 2025 · 44m

    Many animal and plant species have developed shimmering colors, invisible to the human eye: fluorescence. How were they able to exploit this faculty in the service of predation or camouflage - in a word, survival?