Nature(1982)

Name: Nature
Genre: Documentary, Family
Released: 1982-10-10
Rating: 7.9

★ 7.9(44)53m692 episodesReturning Series

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.

Created by:: Thomas Lovejoy, George Page
First aired:: 1982-10-10
Country:: US
Network:: PBS

Episodes

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