Nature (Season 22)

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.

  • Poster for Hippo Beach

    Hippo Beach (Episode 1)

    Air date: 2003-10-19

    Runtime: 53 min

    Overview: A chronicle of hippopotamus life along the banks of Zambia's Luangwa River includes footage of males fighting over territory; females protecting their young; the hippo's importance to river ecology; and societal rituals involving the head male of the pod. Mark Hamill narrates.

  • Poster for Kalahari: The Great Thirstland

    Kalahari: The Great Thirstland (Episode 2)

    Air date: 2003-11-02

    Runtime: 53 min

    Overview: Animal life in the Kalahari Desert, where rainy and dry seasons direct the inhabitants, including zebras; wildebeests; elephants; finches; bullfrogs; and flamingos, whose chicks must walk nearly 100 miles when fertile feeding areas dry up. Christopher Plummer narrates.

  • Poster for Kalahari: The Flooded Desert

    Kalahari: The Flooded Desert (Episode 3)

    Air date: 2003-11-09

    Runtime: 53 min

    Overview: Detailing the ecosystem of the Kalahari Desert as the Okavango River overflows, transforming a saltpan in to an oasis. Included: fish eagles in aerial combat for airspace over best fishing areas; the sitatunga antelope with ski-like hoofs. Christopher Plummer narrates.

  • Poster for White Shark/Red Triangle

    White Shark/Red Triangle (Episode 4)

    Air date: 2003-11-16

    Runtime: 53 min

    Overview: Each year, in the late summer, a region known as the Red Triangle bustles with marine mammal activity. Lying between San Francisco and Monterey, the Red Triangle includes beaches where elephant seals go to molt, and offshore sites where great whites feed on unwary prey. When not prowling the Red Triangle, great white sharks search the kelp forest for sea lions, or roam the open ocean. Their migration is predictable. Each year they turn up at the same place at the same time, occasionally crossing paths with humans who still swim and surf in these dangerous waters.

  • Poster for Cloud's Legacy: The Wild Stallion Returns

    Cloud's Legacy: The Wild Stallion Returns (Episode 5)

    Writer: Ginger Kathrens

    Air date: 2003-11-23

    Runtime: 53 min

    Overview: In 1995, while filming wild horses in the mountains of Montana, Ginger Kathrens discovered a striking, almost pure white colt just hours after his birth.

  • Poster for Shadow Over the Sun: A Story of Eagles

    Shadow Over the Sun: A Story of Eagles (Episode 6)

    Air date: 2004-01-18

    Runtime: 53 min

    Overview: Wilderness is elusive in Britain, but in the Highlands of Scotland, the sacred dance between predator and prey is still played out against a rugged and unforgiving landscape. Gliding above this wild land is Britain's most magnificent predator -- the golden eagle.

  • Poster for Diamonds

    Diamonds (Episode 7)

    Air date: 2004-02-08

    Runtime: 53 min

    Overview: This episode of Nature, narrated by Stockard Channing, provides us with a fascinating look into the many steps of evaluating a diamond and preparing it for public sale. Miners dredge the earth, dealers fret over valuation exams to probe the minutest details of the stones, and finally the would-be owners gasp in awe. Diamonds are their own glorious world. Get a look at how they go from mining to necklace--with plenty of human drama along the way. You may never look at jewelry the same way again.

  • Poster for The Real Macaw

    The Real Macaw (Episode 8)

    Air date: 2004-02-15

    Runtime: 53 min

    Overview: Everyone loves macaws. Playful, intelligent, beautiful, they are the stars of parrot parks and zoos, and the cherished pets of devoted owners around the world. All of which makes them prime targets for poachers, who can make enormous profits from illegal sales of the birds. Thousands are smuggled from the wild each year, and many die in the process. In the forests of South America, several species of macaw are severely endangered. But there is hope on the horizon. Dr. Charlie Munn, a wealthy American who is also a leading ornithologist and world expert on parrots, has begun a campaign to promote eco-tourism as a means of saving the birds. Employing former poachers as conservationists, and providing locals with the means to start and maintain a trade in tourism instead of smuggling, he’s betting that instead of buying birds, their fans will pay to see them in the wild.

  • Poster for Holy Cow

    Holy Cow (Episode 9)

    Air date: 2004-02-22

    Runtime: 53 min

    Overview: About 8,000 years ago, the relationship between cows and man began with the revolutionary advent of domestication in Mesopotamia, the Indus River Valley, and Africa. Discover how cows have altered human life, human biology, and the geography of the world.

  • Poster for Ireland

    Ireland (Episode 10)

    Air date: 2004-03-28

    Runtime: 53 min

    Overview: NATURE's "Ireland" explores the richly textured natural world of the Emerald Isle, from its diverse wildlife to its craggy mountains and fog-shrouded coastlines.

  • Poster for Flight School

    Flight School (Episode 11)

    Air date: 2004-04-11

    Runtime: 53 min

    Overview: To help ensure the survival of endangered whooping cranes, Operation Migration maintains an artificial breeding program that prepares chicks for adulthood.

  • Poster for Land of the Falling Lakes

    Land of the Falling Lakes (Episode 12)

    Air date: 2004-04-18

    Runtime: 53 min

    Overview: “Land of the Falling Lakes” looks at Croatia's Plitvice Lakes National Park, an ancient forest of stunning beauty and waterways continuously evolving from limestone formations. Included: the brown bear, one of which intrudes on a wolf pack's meal of wild boar; and the olm, a subterranean creature without eyes which navigates and hunts via bioelectrical senses.

  • Poster for Pale Male

    Pale Male (Episode 13)

    Air date: 2004-05-16

    Runtime: 53 min

    Overview: Follow the adventures of Pale Male, a daring red-tailed hawk who manages to thrive in the urban world of New York City.

Nature

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Season 1
Season 1
Episodes 13
Season 2
Season 2
Episodes 13
Season 3
Season 3
Episodes 18
Season 4
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Episodes 20
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Episodes 20
Season 6
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Episodes 21
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Season 8
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Episodes 21
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Episodes 21
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Episodes 18
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Episodes 14
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Episodes 15
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Episodes 14
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Episodes 16
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Episodes 17
Season 21
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Episodes 14
Season 22
Season 22
Episodes 13
Season 23
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Episodes 13
Season 24
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Episodes 13
Season 25
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Episodes 16
Season 26
Season 26
Episodes 13
Season 27
7 Season 27
Episodes 13
Season 28
10 Season 28
Episodes 10
Season 29
7.5 Season 29
Episodes 16
Season 30
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Episodes 13
Season 31
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Episodes 13
Season 32
Season 32
Episodes 19
Season 33
8 Season 33
Episodes 17
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Episodes 16
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Season 35
Episodes 17
Season 36
8 Season 36
Episodes 16
Season 37
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Episodes 15
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Episodes 18
Season 39
10 Season 39
Episodes 13
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Episodes 13
Season 41
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Episodes 13
Season 42
Season 42
Episodes 17
Specials
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