Nature (1982)
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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Episode 1 - Alyeska: The Great Land
Release Date: 1986-10-19Examines how the plants and animals of Alaska’s Alyeska wilderness have adapted to the regions harsh climate.
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Episode 2 - Baja Lagoon
Release Date: 1986-10-26An examination of the plants and animals that make their home in a shallow lagoon found on the Western coast of Mexico’s Baja Peninsula.
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Episode 3 - Galapagos: How They Got There
Release Date: 1986-11-02This exploration of the Galapagos Islands, located in the Pacific Ocean West of Ecuador, examines theories explaining the arrival of wildlife to the archipelago.
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Episode 4 - Galapagos: Cold on the Equator
Release Date: 1986-11-09Marine iguanas, cormorants, green turtles, sea lions, and sperm whales are among the animals that thrive in the cold waters surrounding the equatorially located Galapagos Islands.
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Episode 5 - Galapagos: The Ocean Travelers
Release Date: 1986-11-16A look at the Galapagos Islands’ many birds, include the waved albatross, blue-footed booby, frigate bird and the ground finch; also, man’s relationship with the islands’ changing environment.
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Episode 6 - Pantanal: Prairie of the Great Waters
Release Date: 1986-11-23A look at how the Pantanal's wildlife species cope with the annual cycle of flood and drought which transforms the marshy prairie from a dry savannah into the world's largest freshwater wetland – a 36,000 square-mile area that encompasses Southwestern Brazil and parts of Bolivia and Paraguay.
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Episode 7 - Cats
Release Date: 1986-12-07An examination of the behavior of man’s feline friends.
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Episode 8 - Leopard: A Darkness in the Grass
Release Date: 1986-12-14The activities of an elusive female leopard are traced over a two-day period on the hot plains of Africa.
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Episode 9 - The Elephant Challenge
Release Date: 1987-01-18A look at the survival of the African elephants, as ivory and foraging land became more valuable.
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Episode 10 - Ichkeul: Between the Desert and the Deep Blue Sea
Release Date: 1987-02-08A freshwater lake in Tunisia that turns salty every summer.
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Episode 11 - In the Shadow of Fujisan: See No Evil
Release Date: 1987-02-22The Japanese take efforts to save an indigenous monkey.
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Episode 12 - In the Shadow of Fujisan: Bird of Happiness
Release Date: 1987-03-01A look at the crane, Japanese symbol of longevity, true love and happiness.
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Episode 13 - In the Shadow of Fujisan: Long Live the Turtle
Release Date: 1987-03-08Hunters and egg poachers threaten the existence of the giant loggerhead turtle.
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Episode 14 - America's Wild Horses
Release Date: 1987-03-15Following the wild mustangs of America’s West.
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Episode 15 - Holy Land: A Wilderness Like Eden
Release Date: 1987-04-12An exploration of the Rift Valley that sweeps North from Kenya to Turkey, where prophets said their god first planted a garden.
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Episode 16 - Holy Land: Sweet Water, Bitter Sea
Release Date: 1987-04-19The unusual life in the salty Dead Sea, where the desert plunges 1,200 feet below sea level.
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Episode 17 - The Forgotten Garden
Release Date: 1987-04-26What happens when a finely maintained garden is abandoned.
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Episode 18 - Lords of Hokkaido
Release Date: 1987-05-10A year on a Japanese island following a family of red foxes.
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Episode 19 - Designed for Living
Release Date: 1987-05-17The tunnelers, thatchers, weavers, dam builders, sculptors, potters and spinners of the animal kingdom.
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Episode 20 - Masked Monkeys
Release Date: 1987-05-24Echoing hoots and trills, bandit masks, feathered tufts and orange noses distinguish African forest monkeys called quenons.