Nature

Season 8

TV-G

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 Season 8

20 Episodes

The Great Rift: Footprints in the Valley
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The Great Rift: Footprints in the ValleyThe area's evolutionary roots opens this look at the African valley.
The Great Rift: Out of the Ashes
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The Great Rift: Out of the AshesThe wildlife that lives on the Great Rift's ash plains.
The Great Rift: Breaking the Continent
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The Great Rift: Breaking the ContinentExamines the Red Sea, the island of Madagascar and East Africa.
Under the Ice
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Under the IceSoft coral, sponges, tubeworms, anemones and giant cod adapt to life in Antarctica's subzero waters.
Land of Dragons
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Land of DragonsProfiles the wildlife living within the British crown colony of Hong Kong
The Great Wood of Caledon
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The Great Wood of CaledonAn exploration of the Caledonian forest in Scotland, Britain's largest remaining area of ancient woodland.
Gorillas
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GorillasA portrait of the endangered mountain gorilla in equatorial Africa.
Forest of Fear
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Forest of FearA look at the maneating tigers of the Sundarbans delta in India.
Gran Paradiso
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Gran ParadisoResource management in Italy's alpine Gran Paradiso National Park has consequences beyond the parks boundaries.
Cranes of the Grey Wind
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Cranes of the Grey WindScientists study sandhill cranes on Nebraskan plains, Alaskan and Siberian coasts and in the Northwest Territories.
King Solomon's Mountains
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King Solomon's MountainsThe forests and waters of Ethiopia's Bale Mountains, may one day renew the country's depleted landscape.
Hunters of the Sky
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Hunters of the SkyA look at how Europe's birds of prey have adapted.
A Wolf in the Fold
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A Wolf in the FoldThe relationship between working sheepdogs and flocks of sheep. Selective breeding yields a sheepdog with outstanding abilities to tend the creature other canines prey upon.
The Colorado
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The ColoradoTracing the course of the Colorado River.
The Emerald Isle
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The Emerald IsleThousands of years of human settlement provide the backdrop by which to discover the wildlife of Ireland.
Giant Otters
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Giant OttersThe fur trade continues to threaten the South American otter with extinction, despite its status as an endangered species.
The Haida Gwai: Islands of the People
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The Haida Gwai: Islands of the PeopleProfiles the Haida Indians who live on British Columbia's Queen Charlotte Island.
Presque Isle: Land in Motion
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Presque Isle: Land in MotionAn exploration of the environmental impact of man's attempts to halt the erosion of Presque Isle beaches.
Yellowstone on Fire
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Yellowstone on FireThe effect of the 1988 fire on the ecosystem of Yellowstone National Park.
Serpents
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SerpentsA natural history of the snake includes its significance to man as a symbol of fertility, immortality and death.