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 - Seasons in the Sea
Release Date: 1990-09-30Sharks, rays, squids and blue whales live in the Pacific Ocean off the California coast.
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Episode 2 - Monkeys on the Edge
Release Date: 1990-10-07Three species of monkeys, the muriqui, the golden lion tamarin and the buffy-headed marmoset struggle for survival in Brazil's coastal Atlantic Forest.
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Episode 3 - Scandinavia: Land of the Midnight Sun
Release Date: 1990-10-14A look at how Norway and Sweden are affected by eight months of winter.
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Episode 4 - Scandinavia: Fresh Waters, Salt Seas
Release Date: 1990-10-21A look at the Swedish archipelago and Norway's fjords.
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Episode 5 - The Sisterhood
Release Date: 1990-11-11Africa's spotted hyena is a matriarch dominated, efficient predator.
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Episode 6 - Supersense: Sight and Sound
Release Date: 1990-11-18Sight and sound are experienced through animal eyes and ears.
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Episode 7 - Supersense: Super Scents and Beyond
Release Date: 1990-11-25Enhanced olfactory sensitivity; unique animal senses.
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Episode 8 - Supersense: Making Sense
Release Date: 1990-12-02Internal clocks guide life rhythms of eating, sleeping, mating, hibernation, birth and death.
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Episode 9 - Monkey Island
Release Date: 1990-12-09This program travels to the island of Cayo Santiago off Puerto Rico to study the behavioral patterns of a colony of feral Rhesus Macaques.
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Episode 10 - Grizzly Country
Release Date: 1990-12-16Rangers at Denali National Park in Alaska train hikers for planned encounters with grizzlies; Alaskan grizzly bears are seen salmon fishing at Brooks Falls.
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Episode 11 - The Wild Shores of Patagonia
Release Date: 1991-01-13Penguins, maras, guanacos, sea lions and killer whales highlight this portrait of Patagonia.
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Episode 12 - The Gulf: Portrait of the War Zone
Release Date: 1991-02-17In light of the Persian Gulf War and the recent oil spills, PBS airs an update of the 1984 episode of Nature, Treasures of the Gulf, that focused on the effects of the Iran-Iraq war on the fragile ecology of the Persian Gulf.
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Episode 13 - One Man's Kenya
Release Date: 1991-02-24The beauty of the African plains and the effects of tourism on the area.
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Episode 14 - The Elephants of Tsavo: Love and Betrayal
Release Date: 1991-03-03Filmmaker Simon Trevor, a former game warden, records the decimation of African elephants.
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Episode 15 - Grand Teton Wilderness
Release Date: 1991-03-10The natural and human history of the Grand Tetons and Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
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Episode 16 - Year of the Jackal
Release Date: 1991-03-17Life within a close-knit golden jackal family on the plains of Lemuta in Africa.
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Episode 17 - Black Bear of the North
Release Date: 1991-03-24Biologist Lynn Rogers follows the black bear out of hibernation and into the Minnesota woods.
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Episode 18 - Wild Dogs of Africa
Release Date: 1991-04-07The relationship within a wild dog pack on Africa's Serengeti Plains.
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Episode 19 - Marathon Bird
Release Date: 1991-04-14A profile of the albatross examines its traits and habitats, as well as the mysteries and myths surrounding it.
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Episode 20 - The Cat That Came in From the Cold
Release Date: 1991-04-28A polecat winters at a working farm in Wales, along with scavenging foxes, rats and birds.
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Episode 21 - Crown of the Continent: Waterton/Glacier National Park
Release Date: 1991-05-12Grizzlies, wolves and cougars roam Montana's rugged, pristine Glacier National Park.