Discovery Channel premieres The Future is Wild

Circa 200 million years from today. Australia, Asia and North America have fused into one huge land mass, throwing up a new mountain 1,000 meters higher than Mt Everest. All animals have been transformed into new species - Babookari, a bizarre, monkey-like creature that lives in the grasslands, Carakiller, eight-foot-tall birds, the Falconfly, a vicious giant insect evolved from a wasp.

Using futuristic computer animation, the series The Future is Wild, which premieres on Discovery Channel on June 6 (with repeats on June 8 from 3.00 to 5.00 pm and June 13 from 10.00 am to 12 noon), is about life on earth 200 million years ahead. It allows viewers to picture planet earth millions of years in the future - devoid of humans who have left to populate the solar system. From eight-ton land squids to mammal-devouring spiders, the series offers a wild vision of life. Based on current methodological thinking from leading scientists from around the world, this well-founded prediction explores the environmental and genetic factors that affect evolutionary development.