Episode guide
Nature: Season 29
16 episodes · premiered Sep 26, 2010
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- Episode 1: Cuba: The Accidental Eden Sep 26, 2010 · 53m Cuba may have been restricted politically and economically for the past 50 years, but its borders have remained open to wildlife for which Cuba’s undeveloped islands are an irresistible…
- Episode 2: Echo: An Elephant to Remember Oct 17, 2010 · 53m Echo, Africa’s most famous elephant, was the subject of many films and the matriarch of perhaps the most studied wild elephant herd in the world. In May of 2009, she died of natural…
- Episode 3: A Murder of Crows Oct 24, 2010 · 53m Although cultures around the world may regard the crow as a scavenger, bad omen, or simply a nuisance, this bad reputation might overshadow what could be regarded as the crow’s most…
- Episode 4: Braving Iraq Nov 7, 2010 · 53m As recently as the 1980’s, Iraq’s Mesopotamian Marshes were reminiscent of the Garden of Eden – indeed, many biblical scholars believe they are one and the same. Fed by the combined waters…
- Episode 5: Wolverine: Chasing the Phantom Nov 14, 2010 · 53m Wolverines are among the most elusive creatures on the planet. They seek out the toughest terrain – the most rugged, remote and fiercely raw – and they’ve always been scarce to begin with.
- Episode 6: Revealing the Leopard Nov 21, 2010 · 53m Leopards may be smaller than lions and slower than cheetahs, but it is believed there are roughly ten times more of them than lions, tigers and cheetahs combined. How have they achieved…
- Episode 7: Elsa's Legacy: The Born Free Story Jan 9, 2011 · 53m In 1960, a book written about raising an orphaned lion cub named Elsa and then releasing her back into the wild became a worldwide bestseller and a Hollywood hit. But this retelling of…
- Episode 8: Birds of the Gods Jan 23, 2011 · 53m On the island of New Guinea in the South Pacific lives the most striking and diverse group of birds on the planet. Local biologists and conservationists, Miriam Supuma and Paul Igag, go…
- Episode 9: The Himalayas Feb 13, 2011 · 53m Examining the diversity of Himalayan habitats and wildlife, including snow leopards, red pandas, Asiatic black bears, musk deer, snub-nosed monkeys, Tibetan foxes and high-flying birds…
- Episode 10: Broken Tail: A Tiger's Last Journey Feb 20, 2011 · 53m Wildlife filmmaker Colin Stafford-Johnson tracks the trek of Broken Tail, a 2-year-old tiger that disappeared from Ranthambore National Park, a tiger reserve in India, and was killed by a…
- Episode 11: Outback Pelicans Mar 27, 2011 · 53m The Australian pelican is built for long-distance travel. With a light skeleton and a wingspan of over eight feet, it can be airborne all day and deep into the night. But what exactly…
- Episode 12: Survivors of the Firestorm Apr 17, 2011 · 53m In February 2009, conditions were ripe for wildfires in the state of Victoria in southeast Australia. Relentless heat waves, seemingly endless drought, and arid winds sweeping in from the…
- Episode 13: Salmon: Running the Gauntlet May 1, 2011 · 53m This film investigates the collapse of Pacific salmon populations and the desperate efforts to save them: Our once great runs of salmon are now conceived in laboratories, raised in tanks…
- Episode 14: Bears of the Last Frontier: City of Bears May 8, 2011 · 53m Chris Morgan sets up camp at a remote spot in the heart of Alaskan wilderness, alongside the largest concentration of grizzlies in the world. It is June in the Alaska Peninsula. The sun…
- Episode 15: Bears of the Last Frontier: The Road North May 15, 2011 · 53m Chris Morgan explores the world of black bears caught in the crossroads of urban development in Anchorage and the wilderness. This is a new normal for bears and for their human neighbors…
- Episode 16: Bears of the Last Frontier: Arctic Wanderers May 22, 2011 · 53m Chris Morgan travels to the far north of Alaska, the tiny North Slope town of Kaktovik. It’s early November and winter is coming on. But each year, the polar bears struggle for extended…