Nature's Great Events

Season 1

TV-G

This exploration of the planet's most breathtaking natural events follows vast migrations, huge ocean convergences, powerful weather systems and mighty floods.

Where to Watch Season 1

6 Episodes

The Great Melt
E1
The Great MeltAs winter finally passes and the sun climbs over the Arctic, the 4,000,000 square mile ice-sheet rapidly begins to melt, revealing an archipelago of islands, channels and seas. For the masters of the ice, the polar bears, this is a moment of jeopardy but for others like the arctic fox, beluga whales, thousands of lemmings and immense flocks of birds this is the richest place on Earth.
The Great Salmon Run
E2
The Great Salmon RunEvery year, the survival of grizzly bears in North America depends on a spectacular natural event: the return of hundreds of millions of salmon from the Pacific Ocean to the mountain streams where they were born. This great return provides food not only for bears, but for killer whales, wolves, bald eagles and the very forest itself. Will the salmon return in time to keep the hungry bears alive?
The Great Migration
E3
The Great MigrationThrough the eyes of a pride of lions, we see how the annual massive migration of millions of wildebeest not unlike the buffaloes once in North America, dominates wildlife. Many species all interact with the favorite prey of Africa's big cats. It's a hard and dangerous life for hunters and prey.
The Great Tide
E4
The Great TideA look at the sardine run, which happens each winter along the South African coast.
The Great Flood
E5
The Great FloodMillions of animals time their migration across the Kalahari Desert to coincide with the the annual flooding of Botswana's Okavango Delta.
The Great Feast
E6
The Great FeastThe summer plankton bloom in the north-east Pacific draws in animals in great numbers, from the billion-strong shoals of herring to migratory humpback whales.