Hit the beach with the blue bloods of the sea - horseshoe crabs. Then duck into the danger zone with some lethal birds in Tucson and soar with Monarch butterflies on the California coast. Finally, jump aboard a swamp buggy in the Everglades in search of a ghost cat…the Florida panther.

Visit the largest colony of bats on the planet in Texas, discover the surprising habits of South Florida's sharks and see Arizona's scorpions do fascinating things with ultraviolet light.

Bison thunder across America's plains during the world's largest bison round-up in South Dakota, while bald eagles fly high at a Maryland dam during a feeding frenzy. Meanwhile, step back in time to America's last fully operational mule train, and then head to a quirky town in Alaska to meet the quirky mayor – a cat named Stubbs.