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
Bull Shark Showdown
00:00 - 01:00
Bull Shark Showdown
Special, Documentary, Nature
American bull sharks throw down with Ozzie bulls in a wild competition to determine which one is superior; Paul De Gelder provokes his Australia bulls to perform against Craig O'Connell and Florida's fiercest bull sharks.
Air Jaws: The Hunt for Colossus
01:00 - 02:00
Air Jaws: The Hunt for Colossus
Special, Documentary, Nature
A 20-foot great white breaches in New Zealand, sparking a hunt for Colossus, the flying shark who went missing 10 years ago from South Africa's waters; could he still be alive and lead researchers to a secret colony of lost great whites?
Air Jaws: Red, White and Breach
02:00 - 03:00
Air Jaws: Red, White and Breach
Special, Documentary
Reports and video evidence of flying great whites off the California coast sparks a mission to capture the new phenomena on film and determine if Air Jaws has taken flight in America.
Bull Shark Dinner Bell
03:00 - 04:00
Bull Shark Dinner Bell
Special, Documentary
Shark attack survivor Paul de Gelder and predator specialist Rosie Moore head to Jupiter, Florida to uncover what's fueling a surge in bull shark aggression. Testing weather, prey and human behavior, they build toward one explosive final demonstration.
Jurassic Sharks
04:00 - 05:00
Jurassic Sharks
Special, Documentary, Science, Nature
Prehistoric sharks rise from the dead as biologists investigate early predators that ruled the seas; global expeditions yield new evidence of sharks that once roamed the ocean, and CGI technology brings them back to life.
Surviving Jaws
05:00 - 06:00
Surviving Jaws
Special, Documentary, Nature
Fifty years after "Jaws" terrified beachgoers, marine biologist Tom "Blowfish" Hurd and ecologist Michelle Jewell dive with great whites to separate fact from fiction, like whether skinny-dipping is risky or if a shark could chew through a boat.
Air Jaws: Red, White and Breach
06:00 - 07:00
Air Jaws: Red, White and Breach
Special, Documentary
Reports and video evidence of flying great whites off the California coast sparks a mission to capture the new phenomena on film and determine if Air Jaws has taken flight in America.