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Naturalist, author, educator and Emmy-winning host Dr. Patrick McMillan embarks on fascinating adventures throughout North and South America in Expeditions with Patrick McMillan. This series overflows with compelling wildlife and wilderness footage captured in the United States and beyond. McMillan's passion and contagious enthusiasm for the natural world is evident as he journeys across America.

Join Patrick as he explores the secret lives of butterflies.
Join Patrick as he explores how your landscape can be transformed into a crucible of life
Join Patrick as he explores the deserts of California.
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Join Patrick as he explores how your landscape can be transformed into a crucible of life
Jocassee is a place that is both well-known and still somewhat unexplored.
Can you imagine an early morning walk without the sounds of nature?
Can you imagine an early morning walk without the sounds of nature?
Join Patrick as he explores our mountain bogs.
Join Patrick as he explores the unique life that has developed in this ancient valley.
Join Patrick as he explores the secret lives of butterflies.
Join Patrick as he explores the deserts of California.
Imagine a Carolina where Bison, Elk and Wolves roam vast grassland.
Imagine a Carolina where Bison, Elk and Wolves roam vast grasslands.
Join Patrick as he continues to explore the Longleaf Empire.
Join Patrick as he explores the Clemson Forest.
Join Patrick as he explores the Apalachicola National Forest.
The Clemson Experimental Forest in the Piedmont of South Carolina.
Join Patrick as he continues to explore this land where man and island coexist.
Catalina Island, A Natural History Fairy tale.
Join Patrick as he continues to explore the Mexican border region of the Trans Pecos.
Join Patrick as he explores the strange and exotic life of the Chihuahuan Desert.
Join Patrick as he explores the challenges that are happening in the Colorado Rockies.
Join Patrick as he explores a land of Green Jays and Plain Chachalacas in South Texas.
Join Patrick as he explores just how life thrives in the Colorado Rockies.
Join Patrick uncover the seldom seen frogs in the Southeast.
Join Patrick as he explores the volatile border region of South Texas.
The ACE Basin offers one of the largest pieces of protected land on the Atlantic coast.
Join Patrick as he takes a unique look at a very familiar place, Grandfather Mountain.
Table Rock is one of the most recognizable landmarks in the southern Blue Ridge
Join Patrick as he explores whether a collaboration of science and will can save the scrub
Join Patrick in western Kansas where a landowner is fighting to keep his prairie dogs.
The web of life revolves around the biology of Bison.
The ACE Basin offers one of the largest pieces of protected land on the Atlantic coast.
Few creatures capture our attention and admiration more than hummingbirds
Join Patrick as he explores the Florida Scrub.
Join Patrick in a quest to find evidence of the “Lord God Bird."
This is a very special bit of land; it is a destination for millions of visiting animals.
Join Patrick as he explores the Mayan Forest.
Belize is the smallest country in Central America both in size and population.
Eexplore some of the most compelling stories of survival on the California coast.
An ancient land bridge reveals the Asian roots of American moose, grizzly bears and bison.
Examine the coasts, shrublands, deserts and mountains of San Diego county.
Patrick explores amazing and often bizarre rituals that animals take part in every spring.
Extras
Patrick McMillan explains how the winter snowpack provides insulation for wildflowers.
Patrick discovers a milkweed species growing in the hot, dry Arizona grasslands.
Naturalist Patrick McMillan happens upon a territorial snow bunting.
Patrick explains the mechanics of a plant that feeds on insects.
Patrick discovers a Vulture's nest in an abandoned slave cabin.
Naturalist Patrick McMillan discusses the study of the Montezuma quail.
The coloring of the Oak Toad provides perfect concealment in its natural habitat.
Naturalist Patrick McMillan handles a Northern Pine Snake.
Patrick McMillan discusses receding glaciers in Alaska's Kenai Peninsula.
A unique grassland habitat exists in midst of forests and woodlands.