Episode guide
Nature: Season 15
14 episodes · premiered Oct 13, 1996
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- Episode 1: Sperm Whales: the Real Moby Dick Oct 13, 1996 · 53m In the NATURE program SPERM WHALES: THE REAL MOBY DICK, the efforts of Jonathan Gordon and other researchers to study the whales' physicality, modes of communication, and social…
- Episode 2: The Crater Lions Oct 20, 1996 · 53m Charting the declining fortunes of a pride of "Crater Lions" that lives in Tanzania's Ngorongoro Crater. Included: lion attacks on buffaloes; a young cub's encounter with jackals; efforts…
- Episode 3: Mask of the Mandrill Nov 10, 1996 · 53m Delving into the mysteries of the colorful monkeys called mandrills, as a troupe of the creatures are followed through the West African rainforests. Included: the travails of a lead male…
- Episode 4: The Joy of Pigs Nov 17, 1996 · 53m Exploring pigs, described by host George Page as “the world's most cosmopolitan characters,” with a focus on their adaptability to a variety of environments. Included: pigs as pets…
- Episode 5: Echo of the Elephants: The Next Generation Dec 8, 1996 · 53m Following a family of elephants in Kenya's Amboseli National Park. Included: the family's matriarch giving birth, rescuing her kidnapped daughter and chasing away hyenas. Also: male and…
- Episode 6: Wolves and Buffalo: The Last Frontier Jan 12, 1997 · 53m Observing wild buffaloes and gray wolves in the Canadian wilderness. Jeff and Sue Turner spent two years filming the ritual battles between these ancient adversaries in Wood Buffalo…
- Episode 7: The Elephant Men Feb 16, 1997 · 53m Profiling the mahouts of southern India, who are skilled in the art of training wild elephants. Included: a journey north to stop herds of marauding elephants that are destroying…
- Episode 8: A Lemur's Tale Feb 23, 1997 · 53m Deep in the thorn forests of Madagascar live troops of ring-tailed lemurs, the most beautiful and most social of Madagascar’s extraordinary primates. Our story follows five baby lemurs as…
- Episode 9: Extraordinary Dogs Mar 9, 1997 · 53m Tales of canine loyalty to humans, including segments illustrating how dogs detect people buried by avalanches, enhance the lives of prison inmates and offer "therapy" for seriously ill…
- Episode 10: Bower Bird Blues Apr 13, 1997 · 53m Profiling the bowerbird, an ingenious "architect" of the Australian rain forest that builds elaborate bowers of sticks to attract a female. Footage also includes the spiny echidna, which…
- Episode 11: Spirits of the Jaguar: The Forging of a New World May 11, 1997 · 53m The four-part "Spirits of the Jaguar" explores the human and natural histories of Central America and the Caribbean. Part 1 focuses on the region's animal and plant life, and its volcanic…
- Episode 12: Spirits of the Jaguar: The Forests of Maya May 12, 1997 · 53m Part 2 of "Spirits of the Jaguar" explores the "Forests of the Maya," where 1200 years ago an extraordinary civilization emerged in the Central American jungles. Included: Mayan ruins…
- Episode 13: Spirits of the Jaguar: Hunters of the Caribbean Sea May 13, 1997 · 53m Part 3 of “Spirits of the Jaguar” recounts the evolution of the Taino civilization. The Taino were the first inhabitants of the Caribbean some 2000 years ago, and their way of life was…
- Episode 14: Spirits of the Jaguar: The World of Aztecs May 14, 1997 · 53m "Spirits of the Jaguar" concludes with the story of the Aztec empire, which in the 1500s stretched from the Atlantic to the Pacific in what is now Mexico. Footage includes scenes of hawks…