Animal Planet HD

United States United States

Animal Planet HD airs documentaries and factual series centered on wildlife, animal behavior, and the natural world. Programming often follows veterinarians, conservationists, and researchers in the field, with a focus on domestic pets, exotic species, and wild habitats. The channel’s content includes long-form nature documentaries and shorter episodic series that examine animal rescue, rehabilitation, and the human-animal bond. In the United States, the high-definition feed provides clearer visuals for outdoor footage and underwater cinematography, which is common in many of its programs. Educational segments occasionally cover animal biology, ecology, and environmental issues, though the tone remains observational rather than instructional.

Viewers can access the channel through standard cable and satellite television packages across the country. Some streaming services that carry live TV include Animal Planet HD in their lineups, often with on-demand access to recent episodes. TV guide listings for the channel typically group programs by theme, such as pet care or wildlife encounters, but the schedule varies by provider and region. The channel does not broadcast news, sports, or religious content, and its programming is primarily non-fiction.

Schedule
Black Mako of the Abyss
00:00 - 01:00
Black Mako of the Abyss
Special, Documentary, Nature, Animals
A mysterious and aggressive shark emerges from the deep off California's coast, sparking a race to catch it and reveal whether it's an enormous mako, a mutant or a great white-mako hybrid.
Jaws vs. Mega Croc
01:00 - 02:00
Jaws vs. Mega Croc
Special, Documentary, Nature
Using data gathered in new experiments, Tristan Guttridge, Rosie Moore and Dr. Sora Kim construct a CGI fight to the death between two of the apex predators in the water, the great white shark and Nile crocodile.
Jaws vs. Orca
02:00 - 03:00
Jaws vs. Orca
Special, Documentary, Science, Nature
Great white sharks are under siege by orcas; experts push into dangerous waters off the coast of Spain, provoking attacks on their boats to reveal how killer whales dominate their rival.
Thresher Shark: Stun to Kill
03:00 - 04:00
Thresher Shark: Stun to Kill
Special, Documentary, Science, Nature
Dr. Craig O'Connell and Aliah Banchik deploy state-of-the-art tech as they try to capture the thresher's tail whip on film in the Philippines.
My Strange Shark Addiction
04:00 - 05:00
My Strange Shark Addiction
Special, Documentary
Four shark obsessives share their jaw-dropping stories; Ashley's husband meets her shark boyfriend for the first time, Casey tries to overcome his sharkphobia, Mike adds to his growing collection, and Emily attempts the world record for shark tattoos.
Battle for Shark Mountain
05:00 - 06:00
Battle for Shark Mountain
Special, Documentary, Nature
Off Mozambique's coast, sharks swarm a hidden peak, hunting giant trevally in a feeding frenzy; when 5,000 trevally fight back, the hunters become the hunted.
Jaws vs. Orca
06:00 - 07:00
Jaws vs. Orca
Special, Documentary, Science, Nature
Great white sharks are under siege by orcas; experts push into dangerous waters off the coast of Spain, provoking attacks on their boats to reveal how killer whales dominate their rival.