Alca, the workaholic penguin zookeeper, is finally learning how to relax from his friend the sloth when his employees inform him that the zoo is in total disarray. So much for well-earned downtime!

Could you imagine being told that you're adopted and then being kidnapped immediately after? That's what happens to the little critter in the first part of this "Zooriginaux" episode. It definitely sounds like the grounds for an identity crisis!

There's a newcomer at the zoo, and all the other animals are abuzz with speculation about its identity. Could it be... a human?

A new arrival at the zoo is causing a stir. Is it a human? Is it a duck, a beaver or a cross between the two? Our new friend is having an identity crisis...

Our friendly platypus's case of mistaken identity has been addressed. He is finally able to discover his species just in time before hungry Leon makes a meal out of him!

Afraid of going to the vet for a toothache, Croqueur the crocodile has disappeared! Will the other zoo animals be able to find him?

Croqueur is waiting to be rescued by his animal friends, who only have one night to perform this miracle. Will the rescue operation be a success?

Croqueur the crocodile is undergoing psychoanalysis to help him find his true predatory nature. The fact that he was raised by a sweet ostrich doesn't help...

Croqueur has a tough decision to make. He can choose to escape the zoo and face the unknown or stay and learn to do his job scaring little children to avoid turning into a fashion accessory. Will he pluck up the courage to decide?

There's panic at the zoo, as a baby has gone missing. But the lion doesn't seem too upset about it...

Loupia is taking care of the starving baby human, and she needs to find some milk for him. Who will help her?

The whole zoo is on high alert as the humans look for their missing baby. But Loupia doesn't want to give him up.

When the animals realize that Leo has the little man, they decide to do everything they can to save him before it's too late.

Santa is overwhelmed and needs a hand! He can't keep up with the task of making a special toy for every child on the planet, so he puts an ad in the local papers.

Enjoy the classic tale Le Petit Chaperon rouge (Little Red Riding Hood), as told by Patricia.

The original version of Le Petit Chaperon rouge, written by Charles Perrault, has a more gruesome ending than the one you might be familiar with. Patricia concludes the tale in this video.

Patricia introduces the famous French animated series Il était une fois (Once Upon a Time), which follows a time-traveling family through the high points of human civilization and into the future. We have several episodes available on Yabla, which you can find here, and more coming soon!

In the first episode of this new cartoon series, Once Upon a Time... Planet Earth, deforestation issues are addressed from outer space... Just grow a few trees in a spaceship and plant them on land later!

The Maestro tells his students about the famous "Biosphere" project in Arizona, the largest enclosed ecological system in the world.

These young people want to do their part for the planet. Under the Maestro's supervision, they prepare a butterfly garden after learning that butterflies are an endangered species.

The Maestro surpervises the building of a pond for the butterfly garden. Everything goes according to plan, despite the work of a few practical jokesters.

In the next segment of this Il était une fois... episode on ecosystems, the Maestro teaches us how to build a butterfly garden. You can build one anywhere—even on your apartment balcony!

In this episode on the ecosystems, guide Nam explains the importance of mangroves in the food chain. You'll also see the rafflesia, the largest flower in the world.

In part seven of this episode on the ecosystems, the young students are on a field trip (a marsh trip to be exact), where they witness firsthand the destruction of this precious ecosystem. But this is not a new phenomenon: once upon a time in Polynesia...