The BBC Atlas of the Natural World is the title of two compilations ( boxed sets) of DVDs consisting of eight separate nature documentary series produced by the BBC Natural History Unit between 1987 and 2005. The boxed sets, each consisting of 4 series and 6 DVDs, are subtitled "Western Hemisphere and Antarctica" and "Africa and Europe". They were released on 31 October 2006 and 2 October 2007, respectively, for DVD Region 1 (i.e., Canada, United States, U.S. territories, and Bermuda). They were later released in DVD Region 4, although still with NTSC video.

The two compilations consist of the following series and episodes:

BBC Atlas of the Natural World: Western Hemisphere and Antarctica

(4 series; 6 discs; 1055 minutes)

• Disc 1 & 2: Land of the Eagle (1991; 394 minutes)
  • Disc 1:
    • Episode 1. "The Great Encounter"
    • Episode 2. "Confronting the Wilderness"
    • Episode 3. "Conquering Swamps"
    • Episode 4. "Across the Seas of Grass"
  • Disc 2:
    • Episode 5. "Into the Shining Mountains"
    • Episode 6. "Living on the Edge"
    • Episode 7. "The First and Last Frontier"
    • Episode 8. "Searching for Paradise"
• Disc 3: Spirits of the Jaguar (1996; 196 minutes)
  • • Episode 1. "The Forging of a New World"
    • Episode 2. "Forests of the Maya"
    • Episode 3. "Hunters of the Caribbean Sea"
    • Episode 4. "The Fifth World of the Aztecs"
• Disc 4: Land of the Tiger (1997)
  • • Episode 1. "The Tiger's Domain"
    • Episode 2. "Sacred Waters"
    • Episode 3. "Unknown Seas"
    • Episode 4. "Desert Kingdom"
    • Episode 5. "Mountains of the Gods"
    • Episode 6. "Monsoon Forest"
• Disc 5: Wild South America; Original title: Andes to Amazon (2000; 294 minutes)
  • • Episode 1. "Lost Worlds"
    • Episode 2. "Mighty Amazon"
    • Episode 3. "The Great Plains"
    • Episode 4. "The Andes"
    • Episode 5. "Amazon Jungle"
    • Episode 6. "Penguin Shores."
• Disc 6: Life in the Freezer (1993)
  • • Episode 1. "The Bountiful Sea"
    • Episode 2. "The Ice Retreats"
    • Episode 3. "The Race to Breed"
    • Episode 4. "The Door Closes"
    • Episode 5. "The Big Freeze"
    • Episode 6. "Footsteps in the Snow

BBC Atlas of the Natural World: Africa and Europe

(4 Series; 6 discs; 1055 minutes)

• Disc 1 & 2: Wild Africa (2001; 294 minutes)
  • Disc 1:
    • Episode 1. "Mountains"
    • Episode 2. "Savannah"
    • Episode 3. "Deserts"
    • Episode 4. "Coasts"
  • Disc 2:
    • Episode 5. " Jungles"
    • Episode 6. " Lakes and Rivers
  • Bonus: Nile (2004)
    • Episode 1. "Crocodiles and Kings"
    • Episode 2. "The Great Flood"

(The final episode "The Search for the Source" is not included.)

• Disc 3: Congo (2001; 146 minutes)
  • • Episode 1. "The River That Swallows All Rivers"
    • Episode 2. "Spirits of the Forest"
    • Episode 3. "Footprints in the Forest"

NB: Disc 3 also includes the 48-minute episode "Spirits of the Forest" (about Madagascar) from the BBC television series The Natural World.

• Disc 4: The First Eden: The Mediterranean World and Man (1987; 220 minutes)
  • • Episode 1. "The Making of the Garden"
    • Episode 2. "The Gods Enslaved"
    • Episode 3. "The Wastes of War"

(The final episode "Strangers in the Garden" is not included.)

• Disc 5: Europe: A Natural History (2005; 200 minutes)
  • • Episode 1. "Genesis"
    • Episode 2. "Ice Ages"
    • Episode 3. "Taming the Wild"
    • Episode 4. "A New Millennium"
• Disc 6: Bonus Features
  • • Iceland
    • Scandinavia (2-part series)