Nature
Nature
TV ShowReturning Series

Nature

7.9 / 10
1982
44 seasons
692 episodes
DocumentaryFamily

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.

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SPY IN THE WILD on NATURE | Official Trailer | PBS

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Seasons

  • Ep 1

    1.The Flight of the Condor: Ice, Wind, and Fire

    10-10-198253m

    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...

  • Ep 2

    2.The Flight of the Condor: Ocean, Desert, and Thin Air

    17-10-198253m

    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. Li...

  • Ep 3

    3.The Flight of the Condor: Down the Amazon

    24-10-198253m

    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...

  • Ep 4

    4.Amate: The Great Fig Tree

    31-10-198253m
  • Ep 5

    5.Kopje: A Rock for All Seasons

    07-11-198253m
  • Ep 6

    6.On the Edge of Paradise

    14-11-198253m

    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...

  • Ep 7

    7.Forest in the Clouds

    21-11-198253m

    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 quetza...

  • Ep 8

    8.The Discovery of Animal Behavior: Natural Mysteries

    28-11-198253m

    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 r...

  • Ep 9

    9.The Discovery of Animal Behavior: In Praise of God

    05-12-198253m

    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 w...

  • Ep 10

    10.The Discovery of Animal Behavior: Search for the Mind

    12-12-198253m

    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 selec...

  • Ep 11

    11.The Discovery of Animal Behavior: A Question of Learning

    19-12-198253m

    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" (Cle...

  • Ep 12

    12.The Discovery of Animal Behavior: Signs and Signals

    26-12-198253m

    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 langua...

  • Ep 13

    13.The Discovery of Animal Behavior: Living Together

    02-01-198353m

    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 fo...

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