Nature

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Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy Antarctica. The show's primary focus is on animals and ecosystems around the world. A comic book based on the show, meant to be used an as educational tool for kids, was briefly distributed to museums and schools at no cost in the mid-2000s.

Where to Watch Specials

8 Episodes

Why Bees Are Important
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Why Bees Are ImportantScientists and bee experts discuss the crucial role that honeybees, a "keystone species," play in our economy and ecosystems, as well as bees' fascinating social organization and what we can do to reverse the decline of nature's pollinators.
Best of Birds
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Best of BirdsThis pledge period special airs throughout December, 2014 and contains segments from 16 of Nature's films about birds.
A Life Among the Clouds: A NATURE Short Film
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A Life Among the Clouds: A NATURE Short FilmJoin Lisa Dabek and her team with Woodland Park Zoo’s Tree Kangaroo Conservation Program as they journey into the remote cloud forests of Papua New Guinea. Meet one of the most elusive creatures you will ever see in the wild – the Matschie’s tree kangaroo. See how the local people are helping to protect this rare marsupial and its forest home.
Running With The Herd: A NATURE Short Film
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Running With The Herd: A NATURE Short FilmBiologist Jack Hogg has been studying a herd of wild bighorn sheep on Montana’s National Bison Range for more than 35 years. When Jack’s herd gets infected with a deadly form of pneumonia, he goes in search of answers.
Living with Snow Leopards – Tashi’s Story: A NATURE Short Film
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Living with Snow Leopards – Tashi’s Story: A NATURE Short FilmIn the frigid Indian Himalayas, people manage to eke out a living alongside one of Asia’s most elusive cats: the snow leopard. Today there may be as few as 4,000 of these great cats remaining in the wild, and with the snow leopards‘ prey in decline, encounters between herders and the cat are on the rise. Explore this fragile relationship through the eyes of Tashi, a local goat herder, and learn how his village has partnered with the Snow Leopard Trust to find ways to both live with and save one of the rarest cats on Earth.
Spend An Hour in Snowy Yellowstone: Sights & Sounds
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Spend An Hour in Snowy Yellowstone: Sights & SoundsSit back, relax, and experience the animals, landscapes, and awe of Yellowstone National Park in winter.
Great Moments with Nature's Filmmakers
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Great Moments with Nature's FilmmakersA five-year retrospective includes clips from The Flight of the Condor, Leopard: A Darkness in the Grass, Kingdom of the Ice Bear, Cats, The Gooneys of Midway, and Yellowstone in Winter, with animals hunting, courting, rearing young and adapting to their environment.
Mission Impossible | WILD HOPE
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Mission Impossible | WILD HOPEIt was a late-career epiphany that led “wacky genius” Pat Brown to abandon his academic career and commit himself to fighting global warming and biodiversity collapse. He did it, against all odds, by developing a surprising product: the revolutionary and delicious plant-based Impossible Burger.