Nature (Temporada 8)

Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy Antarctica. The show's primary focus is on animals and ecosystems around the world. A comic book based on the show, meant to be used an as educational tool for kids, was briefly distributed to museums and schools at no cost in the mid-2000s.

The Great Rift: Footprints in the Valley (Episodio 1)
Fecha de emisión: 1989-10-08
Duración: 53 min
Sinopsis: The area's evolutionary roots opens this look at the African valley.
The Great Rift: Out of the Ashes (Episodio 2)
Fecha de emisión: 1989-10-15
Duración: 53 min
Sinopsis: The wildlife that lives on the Great Rift's ash plains.
The Great Rift: Breaking the Continent (Episodio 3)
Fecha de emisión: 1989-10-22
Duración: 53 min
Sinopsis: Examines the Red Sea, the island of Madagascar and East Africa.
Under the Ice (Episodio 4)
Fecha de emisión: 1989-10-29
Duración: 53 min
Sinopsis: Soft coral, sponges, tubeworms, anemones and giant cod adapt to life in Antarctica's subzero waters.
Land of Dragons (Episodio 5)
Fecha de emisión: 1989-11-12
Duración: 53 min
Sinopsis: Profiles the wildlife living within the British crown colony of Hong Kong
The Great Wood of Caledon (Episodio 6)
Fecha de emisión: 1989-11-19
Duración: 53 min
Sinopsis: An exploration of the Caledonian forest in Scotland, Britain's largest remaining area of ancient woodland.
Gorillas (Episodio 7)
Fecha de emisión: 1989-12-10
Duración: 53 min
Sinopsis: A portrait of the endangered mountain gorilla in equatorial Africa.
Forest of Fear (Episodio 8)
Fecha de emisión: 1989-12-17
Duración: 53 min
Sinopsis: A look at the maneating tigers of the Sundarbans delta in India.
Gran Paradiso (Episodio 9)
Fecha de emisión: 1990-01-07
Duración: 53 min
Sinopsis: Resource management in Italy's alpine Gran Paradiso National Park has consequences beyond the parks boundaries.
Cranes of the Grey Wind (Episodio 10)
Fecha de emisión: 1990-01-21
Duración: 53 min
Sinopsis: Scientists study sandhill cranes on Nebraskan plains, Alaskan and Siberian coasts and in the Northwest Territories.
King Solomon's Mountains (Episodio 11)
Fecha de emisión: 1990-02-04
Duración: 53 min
Sinopsis: The forests and waters of Ethiopia's Bale Mountains, may one day renew the country's depleted landscape.
Hunters of the Sky (Episodio 12)
Fecha de emisión: 1990-02-11
Duración: 53 min
Sinopsis: A look at how Europe's birds of prey have adapted.
A Wolf in the Fold (Episodio 13)
Fecha de emisión: 1990-02-18
Duración: 53 min
Sinopsis: 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.
The Colorado (Episodio 14)
Fecha de emisión: 1990-03-04
Duración: 53 min
Sinopsis: Tracing the course of the Colorado River.
The Emerald Isle (Episodio 15)
Fecha de emisión: 1990-03-11
Duración: 53 min
Sinopsis: Thousands of years of human settlement provide the backdrop by which to discover the wildlife of Ireland.
Giant Otters (Episodio 16)
Fecha de emisión: 1990-03-18
Duración: 53 min
Sinopsis: The fur trade continues to threaten the South American otter with extinction, despite its status as an endangered species.
The Haida Gwai: Islands of the People (Episodio 17)
Fecha de emisión: 1990-03-25
Duración: 53 min
Sinopsis: Profiles the Haida Indians who live on British Columbia's Queen Charlotte Island.
Presque Isle: Land in Motion (Episodio 18)
Fecha de emisión: 1990-04-01
Duración: 53 min
Sinopsis: An exploration of the environmental impact of man's attempts to halt the erosion of Presque Isle beaches.
Yellowstone on Fire (Episodio 19)
Fecha de emisión: 1990-04-08
Duración: 53 min
Sinopsis: The effect of the 1988 fire on the ecosystem of Yellowstone National Park.
Serpents (Episodio 20)
Fecha de emisión: 1990-04-15
Duración: 53 min
Sinopsis: A natural history of the snake includes its significance to man as a symbol of fertility, immortality and death.