Latvian Television’s ‘Latvian Code’ (Latvijas kods) documentary strand offers a kaleidoscopic picture of life in modern Latvia, and comes complete with English-language subtitles.

In ‘Frog Safari’ (Varžu safari) three young scientists find frogs of unusual colours in the wild in Latvia over the course of a year.

A green frog with an unusual, orange and black coloration – this has been observed for the first time, as well as a strange red frog. Scientists are trying to find out the cause – whether these are “natural errors” within the scope of a few specimens or whether the entire frog population is affected, with environmental pollution being cited as one of the potential reasons.

In parallel with the observations of the unusual frogs, a group of scientists is conducting a study on the restored population of wood shrike, observing the results of a project implemented in the nineties – once successfully managed to restore the extinct wood shrike species, and it is again found on the Kurzeme coast.

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