Animal Planet's series Mutant Planet to explores the mystery of evolution

Why is our planet filled with such a bewildering diversity of mammals, reptiles, fish, birds, insects and plants? Animal Planet's new series MUTANT PLANET reveals how nature has shaped the eccentric animals together with the forces of nature and the magic of evolution. MUTANT PLANET reveals why nature allows existence of strange and bizarre animals and their patterns of behaviour to flourish through the miracle of natural selection. The series is the celebration of the power of evolution, an exploration of the forces that shape life in all in its unexpected glory.

The 6-part series will premiere on Animal Planet from 12th to 17th September, every night at 8 pm.

Animal Planet, through this breath-taking series combines traditional natural history filming with cutting edge science programming. Viewers are transported to six strange worlds, where it seems as if nature has thrown the rule book out the window. Each episode focuses on key animals in six very special regions of our planet and takes audiences on a journey of detection and discovery to understand the powerful forces that create the mysteries of evolution. Follow the series as it discovers creatures such as the giant anteater from Brazil's Cerrado and the Lemurs from Madagascar, and see how the bizarre relationships within each habitat suddenly make obscure sense when they insure their continued survival within these extreme habitats.

MUTANT PLANET takes animal lovers through the fairytale archipelago with a turbulent geological past of New Zealand to the floating laboratory of Australia where the changing climate has triggered mutations in the animals. It explores Brazil's ancient Cerrado grassland, Africa's freshwater Great lakes, Madagascar - the land of lemurs and the bizarre Islands of Japan. Take a closer look to see how these animals overcome the extremes of an ice age, earthquake, volcanism, rain and starvation.

This interesting series experiences and encodes the behaviour and genetic evolution of different creatures and tries to solve the jigsaw puzzle highlighting the power of evolution driving the exceptional adaptations. These animals keep the entire ecosystem in balance. The cast of characters is diverse and none behave as expected. It is interesting to see how animals find innovative ways to overcome periods of starvation.