Nature
Season 5
198620 episodes
Episode 1
Alyeska: The Great Land
Oct 19, 198653m
Examines how the plants and animals of Alaska’s Alyeska wilderness have adapted to the regions harsh climate.
Episode 2
Baja Lagoon
Oct 26, 198653m
An examination of the plants and animals that make their home in a shallow lagoon found on the Western coast of Mexico’s Baja Peninsula.
Episode 3
Galapagos: How They Got There
Nov 2, 198653m
This exploration of the Galapagos Islands, located in the Pacific Ocean West of Ecuador, examines theories explaining the arrival of wildlife to the archipelago.
Episode 4
Galapagos: Cold on the Equator
Nov 9, 198653m
Marine 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.
Episode 5
Galapagos: The Ocean Travelers
Nov 16, 198653m
A 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.
Episode 6
Pantanal: Prairie of the Great Waters
Nov 23, 198653m
A 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.
Episode 7
Cats
Dec 7, 198653m
An examination of the behavior of man’s feline friends.
Episode 8
Leopard: A Darkness in the Grass
Dec 14, 198653m
The activities of an elusive female leopard are traced over a two-day period on the hot plains of Africa.
Episode 9
The Elephant Challenge
Jan 18, 198753m
A look at the survival of the African elephants, as ivory and foraging land became more valuable.
Episode 10
Ichkeul: Between the Desert and the Deep Blue Sea
Feb 8, 198753m
A freshwater lake in Tunisia that turns salty every summer.
Episode 11
In the Shadow of Fujisan: See No Evil
Feb 22, 198753m
The Japanese take efforts to save an indigenous monkey.
Episode 12
In the Shadow of Fujisan: Bird of Happiness
Mar 1, 198753m
A look at the crane, Japanese symbol of longevity, true love and happiness.
Episode 13
In the Shadow of Fujisan: Long Live the Turtle
Mar 8, 198753m
Hunters and egg poachers threaten the existence of the giant loggerhead turtle.
Episode 14
America's Wild Horses
Mar 15, 198753m
Following the wild mustangs of America’s West.
Episode 15
Holy Land: A Wilderness Like Eden
Apr 12, 198753m
An exploration of the Rift Valley that sweeps North from Kenya to Turkey, where prophets said their god first planted a garden.
Episode 16
Holy Land: Sweet Water, Bitter Sea
Apr 19, 198753m
The unusual life in the salty Dead Sea, where the desert plunges 1,200 feet below sea level.
Episode 17
The Forgotten Garden
Apr 26, 198753m
What happens when a finely maintained garden is abandoned.
Episode 18
Lords of Hokkaido
May 10, 198753m
A year on a Japanese island following a family of red foxes.
Episode 19
Designed for Living
May 17, 198753m
The tunnelers, thatchers, weavers, dam builders, sculptors, potters and spinners of the animal kingdom.
Episode 20
Masked Monkeys
May 24, 198755m
Echoing hoots and trills, bandit masks, feathered tufts and orange noses distinguish African forest monkeys called quenons.