Nature

1982 • 45 Seasons • 7.9 Returning 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.

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E1. The Flight of the Condor: Ice, Wind, and Fire

53 min

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 t...

E2. The Flight of the Condor: Ocean, Desert, and Thin Air

53 min

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...

E3. The Flight of the Condor: Down the Amazon

53 min

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 th...

E4. Amate: The Great Fig Tree

53 min

E5. Kopje: A Rock for All Seasons

53 min

E6. On the Edge of Paradise

53 min

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 hurrican...

E7. Forest in the Clouds

53 min

Surveying Costa Rica's Monte Verde preserve, which contains some 200 varieties of trees, including 300-ft. oaks. Animal life includes deadly scorpions...

E8. The Discovery of Animal Behavior: Natural Mysteries

53 min

The first of the series takes us back to the 13th Century to explore medieval superstitions of ancient "naturalists." Frederick II of Hohenstaufen had...

E9. The Discovery of Animal Behavior: In Praise of God

53 min

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 wor...

E10. The Discovery of Animal Behavior: Search for the Mind

53 min

In 1848, Charles Darwin began the quest to understand the mysteries of the animal mind. Following Darwin's achievement - suggesting a plausible proces...

E11. The Discovery of Animal Behavior: A Question of Learning

53 min

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 Ott...

E12. The Discovery of Animal Behavior: Signs and Signals

53 min

Continuing with the exploration of animal communication we see recreations of Karl von Frisch unraveling the language of honey bees. Julian Huxley, wh...

E13. The Discovery of Animal Behavior: Living Together

53 min

Scientists have long attempted to discover why animals rarely live alone. Animal society seems to be based on despotic rule by the strongest, tempered...