Episode guide
Nature: Season 9
21 episodes · premiered Sep 30, 1990
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- Episode 1: Seasons in the Sea Sep 30, 1990 · 53m Sharks, rays, squids and blue whales live in the Pacific Ocean off the California coast.
- Episode 2: Monkeys on the Edge Oct 7, 1990 · 53m Three species of monkeys, the muriqui, the golden lion tamarin and the buffy-headed marmoset struggle for survival in Brazil's coastal Atlantic Forest.
- Episode 3: Scandinavia: Land of the Midnight Sun Oct 14, 1990 · 53m A look at how Norway and Sweden are affected by eight months of winter.
- Episode 4: Scandinavia: Fresh Waters, Salt Seas Oct 21, 1990 · 53m A look at the Swedish archipelago and Norway's fjords.
- Episode 5: The Sisterhood Nov 11, 1990 · 53m Africa's spotted hyena is a matriarch dominated, efficient predator.
- Episode 6: Supersense: Sight and Sound Nov 18, 1990 · 53m Sight and sound are experienced through animal eyes and ears.
- Episode 7: Supersense: Super Scents and Beyond Nov 25, 1990 · 53m Enhanced olfactory sensitivity; unique animal senses.
- Episode 8: Supersense: Making Sense Dec 2, 1990 · 53m Internal clocks guide life rhythms of eating, sleeping, mating, hibernation, birth and death.
- Episode 9: Monkey Island Dec 9, 1990 · 53m This program travels to the island of Cayo Santiago off Puerto Rico to study the behavioral patterns of a colony of feral Rhesus Macaques.
- Episode 10: Grizzly Country Dec 16, 1990 · 53m Rangers at Denali National Park in Alaska train hikers for planned encounters with grizzlies; Alaskan grizzly bears are seen salmon fishing at Brooks Falls.
- Episode 11: The Wild Shores of Patagonia Jan 13, 1991 · 53m Penguins, maras, guanacos, sea lions and killer whales highlight this portrait of Patagonia.
- Episode 12: The Gulf: Portrait of the War Zone Feb 17, 1991 · 53m In light of the Persian Gulf War and the recent oil spills, PBS airs an update of the 1984 episode of Nature, Treasures of the Gulf, that focused on the effects of the Iran-Iraq war on the…
- Episode 13: One Man's Kenya Feb 24, 1991 · 53m The beauty of the African plains and the effects of tourism on the area.
- Episode 14: The Elephants of Tsavo: Love and Betrayal Mar 3, 1991 · 53m Filmmaker Simon Trevor, a former game warden, records the decimation of African elephants.
- Episode 15: Grand Teton Wilderness Mar 10, 1991 · 53m The natural and human history of the Grand Tetons and Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
- Episode 16: Year of the Jackal Mar 17, 1991 · 53m Life within a close-knit golden jackal family on the plains of Lemuta in Africa.
- Episode 17: Black Bear of the North Mar 24, 1991 · 53m Biologist Lynn Rogers follows the black bear out of hibernation and into the Minnesota woods.
- Episode 18: Wild Dogs of Africa Apr 7, 1991 · 53m The relationship within a wild dog pack on Africa's Serengeti Plains.
- Episode 19: Marathon Bird Apr 14, 1991 · 53m A profile of the albatross examines its traits and habitats, as well as the mysteries and myths surrounding it.
- Episode 20: The Cat That Came in From the Cold Apr 28, 1991 · 53m A polecat winters at a working farm in Wales, along with scavenging foxes, rats and birds.
- Episode 21: Crown of the Continent: Waterton/Glacier National Park May 12, 1991 · 53m Grizzlies, wolves and cougars roam Montana's rugged, pristine Glacier National Park.