Episode guide
Nature: Season 8
20 episodes · premiered Oct 8, 1989
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- Episode 1: The Great Rift: Footprints in the Valley Oct 8, 1989 · 53m The area's evolutionary roots opens this look at the African valley.
- Episode 2: The Great Rift: Out of the Ashes Oct 15, 1989 · 53m The wildlife that lives on the Great Rift's ash plains.
- Episode 3: The Great Rift: Breaking the Continent Oct 22, 1989 · 53m Examines the Red Sea, the island of Madagascar and East Africa.
- Episode 4: Under the Ice Oct 29, 1989 · 53m Soft coral, sponges, tubeworms, anemones and giant cod adapt to life in Antarctica's subzero waters.
- Episode 5: Land of Dragons Nov 12, 1989 · 53m Profiles the wildlife living within the British crown colony of Hong Kong
- Episode 6: The Great Wood of Caledon Nov 19, 1989 · 53m An exploration of the Caledonian forest in Scotland, Britain's largest remaining area of ancient woodland.
- Episode 7: Gorillas Dec 10, 1989 · 53m A portrait of the endangered mountain gorilla in equatorial Africa.
- Episode 8: Forest of Fear Dec 17, 1989 · 53m A look at the maneating tigers of the Sundarbans delta in India.
- Episode 9: Gran Paradiso Jan 7, 1990 · 53m Resource management in Italy's alpine Gran Paradiso National Park has consequences beyond the parks boundaries.
- Episode 10: Cranes of the Grey Wind Jan 21, 1990 · 53m Scientists study sandhill cranes on Nebraskan plains, Alaskan and Siberian coasts and in the Northwest Territories.
- Episode 11: King Solomon's Mountains Feb 4, 1990 · 53m The forests and waters of Ethiopia's Bale Mountains, may one day renew the country's depleted landscape.
- Episode 12: Hunters of the Sky Feb 11, 1990 · 53m A look at how Europe's birds of prey have adapted.
- Episode 13: A Wolf in the Fold Feb 18, 1990 · 53m The relationship between working sheepdogs and flocks of sheep. Selective breeding yields a sheepdog with outstanding abilities to tend the creature other canines prey upon.
- Episode 14: The Colorado Mar 4, 1990 · 53m Tracing the course of the Colorado River.
- Episode 15: The Emerald Isle Mar 11, 1990 · 53m Thousands of years of human settlement provide the backdrop by which to discover the wildlife of Ireland.
- Episode 16: Giant Otters Mar 18, 1990 · 53m The fur trade continues to threaten the South American otter with extinction, despite its status as an endangered species.
- Episode 17: The Haida Gwai: Islands of the People Mar 25, 1990 · 53m Profiles the Haida Indians who live on British Columbia's Queen Charlotte Island.
- Episode 18: Presque Isle: Land in Motion Apr 1, 1990 · 53m An exploration of the environmental impact of man's attempts to halt the erosion of Presque Isle beaches.
- Episode 19: Yellowstone on Fire Apr 8, 1990 · 53m The effect of the 1988 fire on the ecosystem of Yellowstone National Park.
- Episode 20: Serpents Apr 15, 1990 · 53m A natural history of the snake includes its significance to man as a symbol of fertility, immortality and death.