Nature (1982)
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David Heeley — Executive Producer
Episodes 187
Why Bees Are Important
Scientists and bee experts discuss the crucial role that honeybees, a "keystone species," play in our economy and ecosystems, as well as bees' fascinating social organization and what we can do to reverse the decline of nature's pollinators.
Read MoreThe Flight of the Condor: Ice, Wind, and Fire
Following the path of the condor, whose ten-foot wingspan enables it to soar effortlessly over the peaks of the Andes mountains, this film starts at the storm beaten rocks of Cape Horn at the southern tip of South America and journeys north to the highest peak in the Americas - Aconcagua. Along the way, we see exotic animals and birds such as the penguin, hummingbird, sea otter, guanaco, ostrich-like rhea, and puma.
Read MoreThe Flight of the Condor: Ocean, Desert, and Thin Air
While the cold waters of the Pacific Coast of South America are among the richest in the world, the shore is the driest desert in the world. Yet it is not at all devoid of life. Lizards snatch morsels from the waves, and seagulls fly 40 miles into the desert to nest. The condor searches for carrion and vampire bats feed on the blood of sleeping sea lions. This is a beautiful portrait of a giant land.
Read MoreThe Flight of the Condor: Down the Amazon
The third part of the series is a spectacular visual trip down the fabled river. From the snow-clad summit of the volcano Cotopaxi and others comes the greatest river in the world as melting ice creates a torrent that drops three miles in its first short distance. The river is fed by magnificent waterfalls and is channeled through gorges out into the tropical rain forest where there are more species of birds than anywhere.
Read MoreAmate: The Great Fig Tree
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Kopje: A Rock for All Seasons
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On the Edge of Paradise
Examines the fragile ecology of the Caribbean area in a unique and vivid look at the forces affecting this area's ecological balance, such as hurricanes, volcanoes, the continuing evolution of different wildlife and man's influence. International agreements and commissions created to protect the Caribbean area are also covered.
Read MoreForest in the Clouds
Surveying Costa Rica's Monte Verde preserve, which contains some 200 varieties of trees, including 300-ft. oaks. Animal life includes deadly scorpions; army ants; and plumed quetzals, sacred bird of the Maya civilization.
Read MoreThe Discovery of Animal Behavior: Natural Mysteries
The first of the series takes us back to the 13th Century to explore medieval superstitions of ancient "naturalists." Frederick II of Hohenstaufen had a passion for falconry that resulted in his immense illustrated book De Arte Venandi Cum Artibus (On the Art of Hunting With Birds.) Series host is Dr. Donald Johanson, noted paleoanthropologist and director of the Institute of Human Origins in Berkeley, California.
Read MoreThe Discovery of Animal Behavior: In Praise of God
Theologians and clerics in the 17th and 18th centuries were among the first to study animal behavior. John Ray began in the 1600's to catalog "the work of the Creation," starting with plants and later including birds. Sir Francis Willoughby continued this work. Rev. Gilbert White studied bird songs, Charlie LeRoy experimented with wolves and deer, and Charles Waterton wrote about jungle animals.
Read MoreThe Discovery of Animal Behavior: Search for the Mind
In 1848, Charles Darwin began the quest to understand the mysteries of the animal mind. Following Darwin's achievement - suggesting a plausible process for evolution: natural selection - Lewis Henry Morgan discovered evidence of cogitation in beavers. George Romanes experimented with fish, cats, and dogs, Douglas Spalding with newborn chicks, all finding apparent mental activity. Meanwhile Jacques Loeb attempted to prove animals "mindless."
Read MoreThe Discovery of Animal Behavior: A Question of Learning
First there is a re-creation of Ivan Pavlov's experiments which led to the discovery of the "conditioned reflex." Then we see the investigation by Otto Pfungst of "Kluge Hans" (Clever Hans) a horse whose apparent knowledge of arithmetic was actually response to subtle signals from his trainer. We also see dramatizations of Thomdike's experiments with chicks, Watson's with terns, and B. F. Skinner's famed work at Harvard in the thirties.
Read MoreThe Discovery of Animal Behavior: Signs and Signals
Continuing with the exploration of animal communication we see recreations of Karl von Frisch unraveling the language of honey bees. Julian Huxley, who discovered a possible language in the ritual movements of great-crested grebes, Konrad Lorenz who recorded the visual language of geese, and Niko Tinbergen, who studied the habits of hunting wasps and together with Esther Cullen recorded the relationship of temperament in birds to their habitat.
Read MoreThe Discovery of Animal Behavior: Living Together
Scientists have long attempted to discover why animals rarely live alone. Animal society seems to be based on despotic rule by the strongest, tempered by the powerful attractive forces of sex. Portrayals of Thorlief Schjelderup-Ebbe, Solly Zuckerman, Clarence Ray Carpenter, Frank Fraser Darling, William Hamilton, and Amotz Zahavi, show the contributions of each of these men towards understanding the puzzle.
Read MoreForest in the Sea
The vast areas of kelp growing on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean provide a vital food source for countless creatures.
Read MoreFungi: The Rotten World About Us
As an agent of decay, fungi performs a function essential to life on earth.
Read MoreAcacia: Tree of Thorns
A great variety of wildlife species live in and around the thorny acacia trees on the African plains.
Read MoreOn the Tracks of the Wild Otter
Wildlife photographer Hugh Miles finds an opportunity to film a female otter on one of the remote Shetland islands.
Read MoreSecret Weapons
Insects such as the beetle, firefly and moth make use of their natural chemicals as weapons against their enemies.
Read MoreVoices in the Forest
The time-honored and ritualistic relationship of the highland peoples of Papua, New Guinea, to the birds of paradise is examined.
Read MoreBig Business in Bees
Examined is the giant industry of bee cultivation in the U.S. and its relation to the billions of dollars annually at stake in the alfalfa crop.
Read MoreJet Set Wildlife
An examination of the effects of alien plants and animals on Florida’s resident wildlife, agriculture, commerce and health.
Read MoreThe Masterbuilders
An examination of the nest-building habits of birds in various parts of the world.
Read MorePlight of the Bumblebee
The life cycle of the bumblebee is compared to that of humans in order to explain the “energy crisis” confronting the insects.
Read MoreThe Missing Monsoon
The will of wildlife to survive is documented by photographers Stanley Breedon and Belinda Wright at the Keola Deo National Park in India during one of the droughts that occurs every 20 to 30 years when the monsoons do not come.
Read MoreResurrection at Truk Lagoon
An exploration of the sunken Japanese war machinery destroyed by the Allies during World War II in the South Pacific, which provides an environment for underwater plant and animal life.
Read MoreKrakatoa: The Day that Shook the World
An examination of the Indonesian volcanic island Krakatoa, focusing on the global effects of the disastrous 1883 eruption that was heard 3,000 miles away and killed 36,000 people.
Read MoreTreasures of the Gulf
How the war between Iran and Iraq is threatening the fragile ecology of the Persian Gulf.
Read MoreSexual Encounters of the Floral Kind
How various species of plant life lure insects and animals to effect the pollination process.
Read MoreFragments of Eden
Explores the varieties of plant and animal life found in the Seychelles, a 90-island archipelago in the Indian Ocean, described in 1609 as “an earthly paradise”.
Read MoreThe Face of the Deep
Examines the variety of plants and animals living in the Sargasso Sea, a gigantic floating bed of seaweed near Bermuda.
Read MoreYellowstone in Winter
Natural history photographer Wolfgang Bayer documents a winter spent in Yellowstone National Park.
Read MoreWinter Days
Describes how wildlife copes with the challenge of cold weather by storing food building layers of fat, hibernating or merely fleeing for a warmer climate
Read MoreKilimanjaro
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Danube Delta
An examination of the Danube delta on the Black Sea where industrialization threatens the areas wildlife.
Read MoreTumbler in the Sky
Examines the breeding and nesting cycles of Africa’s Bateleur eagles.
Read MoreKinabalu: Summit of Borneo
A look at the unusual plant and animal life on Kinabalu, Borneo's highest mountain.
Read MoreBirds of Paradox
A survey of the birds that cannot fly, some of which have evolved highly efficient means of travel on land and water.
Read MoreLost World of the Medusa
An exploration of life forms, flourishing in the tropical islands of Palau, including schools of jellyfish.
Read MoreKitum - The Elephant Cave
African elephants are observed on a risky trek to a cave that provides salts and minerals necessary to their diets.
Read MoreRhino on the Run
A study of the history and plight of the rhinoceros, one of the most seriously endangered species on earth.
Read MoreThrough Animal Eyes
The use of new camera lenses and special video techniques makes it possible for viewers to see the world as animals and insects observe it.
Read MoreMan's Best Friend
This profile of the world's most popular household pet, the dog, examines a special, centuries old relationship.
Read MoreNamaqualand: Diary of a Desert Garden
An exploration of a windy semi-desert in southwest Africa notable for its beautiful flowers.
Read MoreAnd Then the Rains Came
Torrential rains flood Kenya’s Tsavo Plain triggering a cycle of animal and plant regeneration that flowers in the short period before the next drought.
Read MoreBattle of the Leaves
How plants and their leaves adapt to different climates, predatory animals and man.
Read MoreThe Ganges Gharial
A five-year chronicle of India’s endangered gharial crocodile.
Read MoreOne Man’s Island
The year-long sojourn of artist and naturalist Keith Brockie on Scotland's Isle of May is captured on film.
Read MoreSelva Verde: The Green Jungle
An exploration of the ecosystem of Central America's rain forest.
Read MoreThe Plant Hunters
An exploration of the scientific research into the nutritional, medicinal and economic value of plants.
Read MoreKalahari: Wilderness Without Water
An examination of the diverse plants and animals that have adapted to the harsh environment of the Kalahari Desert in South Africa.
Read MoreEmas: High Plains of Brazil
A visit to Brazil's national park Emas, home to a unique collection of rare and unusual wildlife.
Read MoreThe Feathered Swarm
The huge mating flocks of the East African quelea, feared by farmers almost as much as they fear locusts.
Read MoreKingdom of the Ice Bear: The Frozen Ocean
A look at sea creatures of the Arctic including planktonic animals, small crustaceans, seals, belugas, tucked narwhals and polar bears.
Read MoreKingdom of the Ice Bear: Land of Beyond
After the nine-month Arctic winter, lemmings, hares, foxes and caribous become active to raise their young.
Read MoreKingdom of the Ice Bear: The Final Challenge
A study of man’s relationship with the Arctic and its wildlife.
Read MoreSaguaro: Sentinel of the Desert
Wolfgang Bayer focuses on the native giant saguaro cactus of the southwestern United States.
Read MoreDeath Trap
The sophisticated trapping mechanism of the main group of carnivorous plants.
Read MoreAspen: Dancer on the Wind
A look at the trembling aspen, a widely distributed poplar found in more regions of North America than any other tree.
Read MoreSecrets of an African Jungle
The fragile ecosystem of the great African rainforest of Korup in Cameroon.
Read MoreBirdwatch from Florida
Chronicling a weeklong series of bird-watching activities at sites that include the Anhinga Trail in the Everglades, Tampa Bay Island and Port Orange.
Read MoreThe Gooneys of Midway
Wildlife cinematographer Wolfgang Bayer focuses on the Laysan Albatross of the Hawaiian Islands.
Read MoreWhere Eagles Fly
A five year study of the golden eagle, Britain's largest bird of prey, in the Scottish highlands.
Read MoreThe Skyhunters
An examination of the vultures of Africa's Serengeti plain and the rainforests of South America.
Read MoreAlyeska: The Great Land
Examines how the plants and animals of Alaska’s Alyeska wilderness have adapted to the regions harsh climate.
Read MoreBaja Lagoon
An examination of the plants and animals that make their home in a shallow lagoon found on the Western coast of Mexico’s Baja Peninsula.
Read MoreGalapagos: How They Got There
This exploration of the Galapagos Islands, located in the Pacific Ocean West of Ecuador, examines theories explaining the arrival of wildlife to the archipelago.
Read MoreGalapagos: Cold on the Equator
Marine iguanas, cormorants, green turtles, sea lions, and sperm whales are among the animals that thrive in the cold waters surrounding the equatorially located Galapagos Islands.
Read MoreGalapagos: The Ocean Travelers
A look at the Galapagos Islands’ many birds, include the waved albatross, blue-footed booby, frigate bird and the ground finch; also, man’s relationship with the islands’ changing environment.
Read MorePantanal: Prairie of the Great Waters
A look at how the Pantanal's wildlife species cope with the annual cycle of flood and drought which transforms the marshy prairie from a dry savannah into the world's largest freshwater wetland – a 36,000 square-mile area that encompasses Southwestern Brazil and parts of Bolivia and Paraguay.
Read MoreLeopard: A Darkness in the Grass
The activities of an elusive female leopard are traced over a two-day period on the hot plains of Africa.
Read MoreThe Elephant Challenge
A look at the survival of the African elephants, as ivory and foraging land became more valuable.
Read MoreIchkeul: Between the Desert and the Deep Blue Sea
A freshwater lake in Tunisia that turns salty every summer.
Read MoreIn the Shadow of Fujisan: See No Evil
The Japanese take efforts to save an indigenous monkey.
Read MoreIn the Shadow of Fujisan: Bird of Happiness
A look at the crane, Japanese symbol of longevity, true love and happiness.
Read MoreIn the Shadow of Fujisan: Long Live the Turtle
Hunters and egg poachers threaten the existence of the giant loggerhead turtle.
Read MoreAmerica's Wild Horses
Following the wild mustangs of America’s West.
Read MoreHoly Land: A Wilderness Like Eden
An exploration of the Rift Valley that sweeps North from Kenya to Turkey, where prophets said their god first planted a garden.
Read MoreHoly Land: Sweet Water, Bitter Sea
The unusual life in the salty Dead Sea, where the desert plunges 1,200 feet below sea level.
Read MoreThe Forgotten Garden
What happens when a finely maintained garden is abandoned.
Read MoreLords of Hokkaido
A year on a Japanese island following a family of red foxes.
Read MoreDesigned for Living
The tunnelers, thatchers, weavers, dam builders, sculptors, potters and spinners of the animal kingdom.
Read MoreMasked Monkeys
Echoing hoots and trills, bandit masks, feathered tufts and orange noses distinguish African forest monkeys called quenons.
Read MoreThe Flowing Oasis
Wildlife flourishes in Nevada's desert landscape because of one narrow river covering less than 1% of the land.
Read MoreAmazonia: A Burning Question
Attempts to protect the unique animals and plants of Brazil threatened by development of the Amazon jungle.
Read MoreSpirits of the Forest
The lemur, an agile nocturnal primate of Madagascar, so-named because of its secretive habits and haunting cries.
Read MorePerspectives of Paradise
The process of wildlife filmmaking as chronicled by a crew during their three-year study of the Galapagos Islands.
Read MoreA Season in the Sun
The tremendous difference in animal lifestyle and in landscape during East Africa's dry season and its wet season.
Read MoreThe Legend of the Lightning Bird
The hammerhead stork, believed by East African tribesmen to have the power to call lightning from the sky.
Read MoreThe Volcano Watchers
Scientists Katia and Maurice Krafft seek to uncover the mystery of volcanoes by studying them on location as they erupt.
Read MoreLand of the Kiwi
Unusual wildlife inhabitants, beautiful terrain and natural wonders grace the Pacific islands comprising New Zealand.
Read MoreCosta Rica: Paradise Reclaimed
U.S. scientist Dan Janzen uses innovative conservation plans to create a national park amid a tropical forest.
Read MoreIn-Flight Movie: Birds of the Sun God
Close-up film captures birds in-flight; tiny hummingbirds draw nectar while hovering above flowers.
Read MoreHawaii: Islands of the Fire Goddess
A Hawaiian island evolves from underwater volcano to snow-capped mountain and finally to coral atoll.
Read MoreOkavango, Jewel of the Kalahari: The Search for the Jewel
The first of a three-part survey of "Okavango: Jewel of the Kalahari" describes how earthquakes diverted the Okavango River into Botswana's Kalahari Desert. Observed: elephants, zebras, buffaloes, vultures, ostriches, bush babies and bat-eared foxes.
Read MoreOkavango, Jewel of the Kalahari: The Living Jewel
Creatures of the air, trees and water brave the five-month floods through the Okavango delta. Part 2 of "Okavango: Jewel of the Kalahari," observes African skimmers, lily trotters, baboons, dwarf mouth-breeders, tiger fish and catfishlike squeakers.
Read MoreOkavango, Jewel of the Kalahari: A New Challenge
People of Botswana must balance wildlife protection with preservation of their precious water source.
Read MoreGreat Moments with Nature's Filmmakers
A five-year retrospective includes clips from The Flight of the Condor, Leopard: A Darkness in the Grass, Kingdom of the Ice Bear, Cats, The Gooneys of Midway, and Yellowstone in Winter, with animals hunting, courting, rearing young and adapting to their environment.
Read MoreElephant: Lord of the Jungle
The Asian elephant is shown to be a creature of both great strength and intelligence.
Read MoreMiracle of the Scarlet Salmon
After two years in the Pacific, the sockeye salmon battles rapids returning to its birthplace to spawn.
Read MoreCowboys, Caimans and Capybaras
Ranchers and scientists practice conservationism in Venezuelan and Colombian grasslands to protect native animals.
Read MoreTom's River: Reflections of a River Keeper
Naturalist Tom Williams studies England's Avon River and the fish and fowl it supports.
Read MoreThe Elephant Challenge
A growing African population threatens elephant survival by farming its foraging land and hunting the beast for ivory.
Read MoreThe Coral Triangle
An exploration of the coral reefs of the Malay Triangle made up of the Philippines, Malaysia and New Guinea.
Read MoreBonebreakers' Mountain
An exploration of the Spanish Pyrenees mountains and the bearded "bonebreaker" vulture that lives in this harsh environment.
Read MoreExtremadura: Spain's Forgotten Forest
Explores Spain's Extremadura, an oak forest and wilderness plain, home to griffin vultures, imperial eagles, genets and other animals native to Africa.
Read MorePeacock's War
Former Vietnam medic Doug Peacock lives as a firewatcher and conservationist in Montana's Glacier National Park.
Read MoreNature of Australia: a Portrait of the Island Continent: A Separate Creation
Examines marsupials and others animals which have evolved because of Australia's isolation from the rest of the world.
Read MoreNature of Australia: a Portrait of the Island Continent: Seas Under Capricorn
Two distinct marine worlds meet in the waters that encircle Australia. In its long voyage into isolation following its breakaway from Gondwana, 45 million years ago, the island continent came to span both tropical and temperate seas. Today its shores are ringed by the most diverse assemblies of marine life on earth. This program recounts the making of this unique Australia down under, from the storm tossed kelp forests of the cool south, to the magic splendours of the Great Barrier Reef. The program begins its story where Australia was born, in the southern latitudes of the Antarctic seas. Antarctica is the last remnant of Gondwana - it froze over after the other continents broke away, but its cool rich waters still generate a wealth of nutrients which, carried by the deep currents, sustain Australia's marine life.
Read MoreNature of Australia: a Portrait of the Island Continent: the Making of the Bush
A koala up a gumtree is the classic image of the Australian bush. How that odd partnership evolved is one of the strands woven into this episode of Nature Of Australia. The program tells the story of how the island continent's wooded margins came to be dominated by one unique type of tree growing in a great variety of forms - the eucalypt. The nursery for nearly all life in Australia is the rainforest, of which only a few patches remain today - th last remnants of vast, dense forests that covered Australia when it first broke away from the ancestral super-continent of Gondwana, and voyaged north into isolation. From among its proliferation of plants emerged the eucalypts, the characteristic gum trees - and from among the forest animals arose a great and varied company of marsupials, adapting to every kind of environment that evolved in response to Australia's changing, drying climate.
Read MoreNature of Australia: a Portrait of the Island Continent: the Sunburnt Country
Australia's arid interior is often called the dead heart. In fact, it teems with life, supported by a hidden network of buried rivers recharged by rare but heavy rains. This episode tells the story of this surprising desert - formed when the climatic change overtook and dried out central Australia. What was once a land of vast lakes and broad rivers turned into a parched region of glittering stone and burning sand, interwoven with swathes of hardy woodland and plains of desert grass. A great variety of plants and animals has adapted to life in the arid centre, with its swings between the brief good condition that follow the unpredictable rains, and then long periods of drought. It's the land of the lizards - from giant goannas that sniff out snakes hiding under the sand, to the tiny, delicate Lake Eyre dragons who've made the desolate saltpans their domain.
Read MoreNature of Australia: a Portrait of the Island Continent: the Land of Flood and Fire
Australia's northward drift slowed down when it collided with Asia about 15 million years ago - in the upheavals, chains of islands were thrust up and eventually they became the stepping stones for an invasion that would change the face of Australia. With the arrival of the first humans - at least 50,000 and possibly as long as 120,000 year ago - a new force entered the continent to shape the fortunes of its plants and animals. The first landfall was on the far north coast of Australia, a rich and tropical region ruled by the annual monsoonal rains. This program tells the story of Australia's top end, where the first Aboriginal people arrived, settled, and perfected the use of fire as a means to manage the landscape.
Read MoreNature of Australia: A Portrait of the Island Continent: End of Isolation
Modern Australians want to recapture the Aborigines ability to live harmoniously with indigenous plants and animals.
Read MoreNight Hunters
The different types of owls and the characteristics which make them ideal birds of prey.
Read MoreBeyond Timbuktu
Wildlife artist Bruce Pearson sketches the various bird species found in the arid lands of Western Africa's Mali, through which the River Niger flows.
Read MoreUnder the Emerald Sea
Explores the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Vancouver, B.C.
Read MoreWild Waterfalls
Explores the variety of local environments found around waterfalls in Africa, South and North America.
Read MoreMeerkats United / The Bee-Team
Profiles of the Kalahari Desert's gray meerkat or mongoose, and a Kenyan colony of bee-eater birds.
Read MoreMozu the Snow Monkey
Chronicling the life of "Mozu the Snow Monkey," a macaque with deformed limbs that's survived harsh winters in Japan's highlands to raise seven offspring. The complex social structure among the primates is documented.
Read MoreThe Everglades: Rain Machine
Examines the role computers play in managing the Everglades and whether this vital freshwater marsh will survive the effects of diking, draining and development.
Read MoreIslands in the Sky
Unique animals and plants flourish atop mist-shrouded Venezuelan plateaus thousands of feet above the surrounding jungle.
Read MoreRulers of the Wind
Scientists study birds of prey, creatures historically admired and hated, as indicators of environmental damage.
Read MoreKariba: the Lake that Made a Dent
Wildlife flourishes around the manmade lake conservationists denounced 30 years ago at its creation.
Read MoreThe Great Rift: Footprints in the Valley
The area's evolutionary roots opens this look at the African valley.
Read MoreThe Great Rift: Out of the Ashes
The wildlife that lives on the Great Rift's ash plains.
Read MoreThe Great Rift: Breaking the Continent
Examines the Red Sea, the island of Madagascar and East Africa.
Read MoreUnder the Ice
Soft coral, sponges, tubeworms, anemones and giant cod adapt to life in Antarctica's subzero waters.
Read MoreLand of Dragons
Profiles the wildlife living within the British crown colony of Hong Kong
Read MoreThe Great Wood of Caledon
An exploration of the Caledonian forest in Scotland, Britain's largest remaining area of ancient woodland.
Read MoreForest of Fear
A look at the maneating tigers of the Sundarbans delta in India.
Read MoreGran Paradiso
Resource management in Italy's alpine Gran Paradiso National Park has consequences beyond the parks boundaries.
Read MoreCranes of the Grey Wind
Scientists study sandhill cranes on Nebraskan plains, Alaskan and Siberian coasts and in the Northwest Territories.
Read MoreKing Solomon's Mountains
The forests and waters of Ethiopia's Bale Mountains, may one day renew the country's depleted landscape.
Read MoreHunters of the Sky
A look at how Europe's birds of prey have adapted.
Read MoreA Wolf in the Fold
The relationship between working sheepdogs and flocks of sheep. Selective breeding yields a sheepdog with outstanding abilities to tend the creature other canines prey upon.
Read MoreThe Colorado
Tracing the course of the Colorado River.
Read MoreThe Emerald Isle
Thousands of years of human settlement provide the backdrop by which to discover the wildlife of Ireland.
Read MoreGiant Otters
The fur trade continues to threaten the South American otter with extinction, despite its status as an endangered species.
Read MoreThe Haida Gwai: Islands of the People
Profiles the Haida Indians who live on British Columbia's Queen Charlotte Island.
Read MorePresque Isle: Land in Motion
An exploration of the environmental impact of man's attempts to halt the erosion of Presque Isle beaches.
Read MoreYellowstone on Fire
The effect of the 1988 fire on the ecosystem of Yellowstone National Park.
Read MoreSeasons in the Sea
Sharks, rays, squids and blue whales live in the Pacific Ocean off the California coast.
Read MoreMonkeys on the Edge
Three species of monkeys, the muriqui, the golden lion tamarin and the buffy-headed marmoset struggle for survival in Brazil's coastal Atlantic Forest.
Read MoreScandinavia: Land of the Midnight Sun
A look at how Norway and Sweden are affected by eight months of winter.
Read MoreScandinavia: Fresh Waters, Salt Seas
A look at the Swedish archipelago and Norway's fjords.
Read MoreThe Sisterhood
Africa's spotted hyena is a matriarch dominated, efficient predator.
Read MoreSupersense: Sight and Sound
Sight and sound are experienced through animal eyes and ears.
Read MoreSupersense: Super Scents and Beyond
Enhanced olfactory sensitivity; unique animal senses.
Read MoreSupersense: Making Sense
Internal clocks guide life rhythms of eating, sleeping, mating, hibernation, birth and death.
Read MoreMonkey Island
This program travels to the island of Cayo Santiago off Puerto Rico to study the behavioral patterns of a colony of feral Rhesus Macaques.
Read MoreGrizzly Country
Rangers at Denali National Park in Alaska train hikers for planned encounters with grizzlies; Alaskan grizzly bears are seen salmon fishing at Brooks Falls.
Read MoreThe Wild Shores of Patagonia
Penguins, maras, guanacos, sea lions and killer whales highlight this portrait of Patagonia.
Read MoreThe Gulf: Portrait of the War Zone
In light of the Persian Gulf War and the recent oil spills, PBS airs an update of the 1984 episode of Nature, Treasures of the Gulf, that focused on the effects of the Iran-Iraq war on the fragile ecology of the Persian Gulf.
Read MoreOne Man's Kenya
The beauty of the African plains and the effects of tourism on the area.
Read MoreThe Elephants of Tsavo: Love and Betrayal
Filmmaker Simon Trevor, a former game warden, records the decimation of African elephants.
Read MoreGrand Teton Wilderness
The natural and human history of the Grand Tetons and Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
Read MoreYear of the Jackal
Life within a close-knit golden jackal family on the plains of Lemuta in Africa.
Read MoreBlack Bear of the North
Biologist Lynn Rogers follows the black bear out of hibernation and into the Minnesota woods.
Read MoreWild Dogs of Africa
The relationship within a wild dog pack on Africa's Serengeti Plains.
Read MoreMarathon Bird
A profile of the albatross examines its traits and habitats, as well as the mysteries and myths surrounding it.
Read MoreThe Cat That Came in From the Cold
A polecat winters at a working farm in Wales, along with scavenging foxes, rats and birds.
Read MoreCrown of the Continent: Waterton/Glacier National Park
Grizzlies, wolves and cougars roam Montana's rugged, pristine Glacier National Park.
Read MoreFrom the Heart of the World: the Elder Brothers' Warning
This program features the Kogi tribe who live in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Columbia. They are pre-Columbian peoples, and consider themselves as the elder brothers of humankind. They insist that it is the modern world, the younger brothers, who are destroying the harmony of life on earth.
Read MoreVietnam: a Country, Not a War
Vietnam's wildlife is reappearing after the great losses suffered during the war.
Read MoreKali the Lion
Simon King films a lioness and her pride during winter on Africa's Serengeti plain.
Read MoreMadagascar: Island of Ghosts
A look at the environmental crisis on Madagascar and new conservation efforts being made.
Read MoreLand of the Eagle: the Great Encounter
This first episode in the miniseries explores the European discovery and settlement of the New World. Two views are presented, that of the colonists struggles to survive in their new and unfamiliar setting, as well as the Native Americans success within the same environment.
Read MoreLand of the Eagle: Confronting the Wilderness
A look at the colonization of Canada and the fur trade.
Read MoreLand of the Eagle: Conquering Swamps
A focus on the prospect of gold in the new world, and the Spanish exploration of Florida in search of that alluring metal.
Read MoreLand of the Eagle: Across the Seas of Grass
An exploration of the Great Plains of North American from the Lewis and Clark expedition through to the present day.
Read MoreLand of the Eagle: Into the Shining Mountains
A focus on the Rocky Mountains and Yellowstone National Park.
Read MoreLand of the Eagle: Living on the Edge
A look at life in the Sonoran Desert.
Read MoreLand of the Eagle: the First and Last Frontier
Exploring the people and wildlife of Alaska.
Read MoreLand of the Eagle: Searching for Paradise
This last episode in the miniseries looks at the landscape and wildlife of California.
Read MoreGreat Moments with Nature's Filmmakers
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Horse Tigers
This program follows a herd of zebras along their yearly migration route through the African plains.
Read MoreArctic Wanderers
Follows the yearly migration of the caribou of Alaska and the Yukon Territory in an effort to find suitable birthing grounds, all will trying to avoid wolves and other predators.
Read MoreLadakh: Kingdom in the Clouds
India's remote Ladakh region in the Himalaya Mountains, home to the snow leopard and other rare wildlife.
Read MoreTiwai: Island of the Apes
Chimpanzees and other primates survive on Tiwai, an Upper Guinea island where witchcraft and taboos still exist.
Read MoreA Celebration of Birds with Roger Tory Peterson
Roger Tory Peterson's fight to save America's birds and their habitats.
Read MoreElephant Seals: Those Magnificent Diving Machines
The life cycle of a female northern elephant seal is documented.
Read MoreDolphins: Close Encounters
Explores the lives of dolphins all around the world, and the scientists who are trying to communicate with them.
Read MoreLast Stand of the Giants
Loggers and conservationists have conflicting plans for ancient forests of redwoods, Douglas firs, hemlocks and Sitka spruce trees along the Northern Pacific rim.
Read MoreBest of Birds
This pledge period special airs throughout December, 2014 and contains segments from 16 of Nature's films about birds.
Read MoreA Life Among the Clouds: A NATURE Short Film
Join Lisa Dabek and her team with Woodland Park Zoo’s Tree Kangaroo Conservation Program as they journey into the remote cloud forests of Papua New Guinea. Meet one of the most elusive creatures you will ever see in the wild – the Matschie’s tree kangaroo. See how the local people are helping to protect this rare marsupial and its forest home.
Read MoreRunning With The Herd: A NATURE Short Film
Biologist Jack Hogg has been studying a herd of wild bighorn sheep on Montana’s National Bison Range for more than 35 years. When Jack’s herd gets infected with a deadly form of pneumonia, he goes in search of answers.
Read MoreLiving with Snow Leopards – Tashi’s Story: A NATURE Short Film
In the frigid Indian Himalayas, people manage to eke out a living alongside one of Asia’s most elusive cats: the snow leopard. Today there may be as few as 4,000 of these great cats remaining in the wild, and with the snow leopards‘ prey in decline, encounters between herders and the cat are on the rise. Explore this fragile relationship through the eyes of Tashi, a local goat herder, and learn how his village has partnered with the Snow Leopard Trust to find ways to both live with and save one of the rarest cats on Earth.
Read MoreSpend An Hour in Snowy Yellowstone: Sights & Sounds
Sit back, relax, and experience the animals, landscapes, and awe of Yellowstone National Park in winter.
Read MoreThe Big Oyster | WILD HOPE
New York Harbor was a haven of incredible underwater biodiversity—until centuries of pollution turned it into a cesspool. Today, an alliance of architects, restaurateurs, scientists, and high school students is working to restore the harbor and protect the city from climate change. At the heart of the effort is a tiny creature with an outsized talent for cleanup: the extraordinary oyster.
Read MoreBeaver Fever | WILD HOPE
The surprise return of beavers to the British countryside brings benefits and controversy for humans and wildlife alike. The work of these famously busy rodents increases local biodiversity, reduces storm-induced flooding, and restores wilderness to a highly manicured landscape. It also injects some chaos into the lives of the beavers’ human neighbors. Can the British beavers regain their former glory as powerful ecosystem engineers, or is their new home too domesticated to return to the wild?
Read MoreWoodpecker Wars | WILD HOPE
One of the most inspiring conservation stories in American history is playing out on, of all places, a live-fire training ground at Ft. Bragg Army base in North Carolina. There, an improbable alliance is giving a special bird—the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker (RCW)—a new lease on life. After a clash between U.S. Fish and Wildlife and the U.S. Army revealed that low grade forest fires sparked by artillery and tracers inadvertently created excellent woodpecker habitat, the two sides joined forces to monitor and protect the birds on the base. Landowners on nearby properties are joining the effort—putting aside mutual suspicions and using fire to save the RCW and ignite a passion for wildlife.
Read MoreDoes Nature Have Rights? | WILD HOPE
Ecuador is one of the most biodiverse places on the planet, yet its wild spaces are also among the most threatened. In 2008, the country became the first nation in the world to enshrine the “rights of nature” in its constitution—granting wild species their own legal rights to exist. Today, conservationists are putting that powerful tool to the test as they battle to save the country’s biodiversity.
Read MoreThe Beautiful Undammed | WILD HOPE
Ten years after the largest dam removal in history—on the Elwha River, in Washington State—scientists are chronicling an inspiring story of ecological rebirth. Recovering salmon populations are transferring critical nutrients from the ocean into the forests along the Elwha’s banks, enriching the entire ecosystem. The Elwha’s revival is encouraging advocates to push for the removal of many larger dams in the region, and in the rest of the world.
Read MoreCoffee for Water | WILD HOPE
Decades of war and unsustainable agriculture have stripped almost half the trees from the rainforest atop Mozambique’s Mount Gorongosa. The devastation threatens the watershed that sustains life in nearby communities and in Gorongosa National Park. Now, park experts and local farmers are uniting to plant a new shade-loving cash crop—coffee—that will help restore the forest and ensure a more prosperous future for humans and wildlife alike.
Read MoreSalamander of the Gods | WILD HOPE
The axolotl—an amphibian with incredible regenerative abilities—is ubiquitous in pet stores, science labs and pop culture, yet almost extinct in the wild. Now, scientists and farmers in Mexico City are using ancient Aztec farming techniques to secure the creature’s future. Meanwhile, another team is partnering with salamander-breeding, cough syrup-making Dominican nuns to save a closely-related species—the achoque.
Read MoreCanine Conservationists | WILD HOPE
Dogs are often thought of as humans’ best friends. But in Australia, they’re also being enlisted to save other species. Canine conservationists—and their sensitive noses—are helping researchers locate dwindling populations of elusive koalas as their habitats get fragmented by urbanization and devastated by wildfires. Dogs are also helping scientists track down—and take out—invasive foxes that have been devastating native sea turtle populations.
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