Nature
Season 11
199218 episodes
Episode 1
Realms of the Russian Bear: Green Jewel of the Caspian
Oct 5, 199253m
This miniseries starts off by exploring the abundance of wildlife around the Volga Delta in Russia’s Astrakhan region.
Episode 2
Realms of the Russian Bear: the Arctic Frontier
Oct 5, 199253m
An exploration of the wildlife of the Russian Arctic, and in particular Wrangle Island, featuring polar bears, musk oxen, Ross’s Gulls, reindeer, foxes, walruses, and the Red-breasted Goose.
Episode 3
Realms of the Russian Bear: the Red Deserts
Oct 6, 199253m
A focus on the wildlife of the Central Asian deserts.
Episode 4
Realms of the Russian Bear: the Celestial Mountains
Oct 6, 199253m
Between China and Central Asia is the Tian Shan mountain range, home to Marco Polo sheep, white-clawed bears, snow leopards, yaks, and the ibex.
Episode 5
Realms of the Russian Bear: Siberia, the Frozen Forest
Oct 7, 199253m
A look at the wildlife in the huge Siberia forest reveals bears, elk, wolves, and musk deer among many other creatures in this frozen expanse.
Episode 6
Realms of the Russian Bear: Born of Fire
Oct 7, 199253m
This last program in the miniseries explores Kamchatka Peninsula where the Russian Arctic meets Southeast Asia. Home to perhaps the highest concentration of volcanoes in the world, this remote region is teeming with life both on land and in the sea, from the Amur Tiger to the Giant Pacific Octopus.
Episode 7
Shadows in a Desert Sea
Oct 18, 199253m
Fish, bats, birds, whales, giant squids, sharks, dolphins, sea lions and more flourish in and around the Sea of Cortez.
Episode 8
The Tree of Music
Oct 25, 199253m
The African Blackwood is prized the world over for its wood in the making of musical instruments. Nature takes you on a journey through the history of this “tree of music” and into modern day efforts in Tanzania to save this ever dwindling resource.
Episode 9
Slaves to the Queen
Nov 29, 199253m
Get right inside the hives of bees and wasps to see the inner workings of these complex societies.
Episode 10
Ice Fox: Struggle for Survival
Jan 10, 199353m
A look at two separate families of arctic foxes. One living in the frozen, barren tundra of northern Russia, the other living in the slightly more comfortable surroundings of the Norwegian coastline.
Episode 11
Cheetahs in the Land of Lions
Jan 24, 199353m
A study of cheetah behavior follows a mother and her cubs on the Serengeti plains.
Episode 12
Gorilla: King of the Congo
Feb 14, 199353m
A gorilla orphanage and a proposed forest reserve may save the lowland gorilla.
Episode 13
American Trickster
Feb 21, 199353m
As its numbers increase and its natural range diminishes, the coyote moves into populated regions like Los Angeles.
Episode 14
Hebrides: the Secret Islands
Feb 28, 199353m
Episode 15
Echo of the Elephants
Mar 14, 199353m
In Kenya’s Amboseli National Park is a family of elephants led by its matriarch Echo. Elephant expert Cynthia Moss, takes us up-close and inside the lives of these magnificent animals.
Episode 16
The Ghosts of Ruby
May 9, 199353m
Episode 17
The Bandit and the Builder
May 16, 199353m
Raccoon and beaver lifestyles in the Canadian wilderness.
Episode 18
Spirit of the Sound
May 23, 199353m
Exploration of Puget Sound's ecosystem.