Nature Season 21 Episodes

Episode 1

Tall Blondes

Sun, Oct 13, 2002

Based on award-winning ABC News correspondent Lynn Sherr's book, Tall Blondes, this personal odyssey takes a surprising and revealing look at the magnificent giraffe. Sherr visits a giraffe sanctuary in Kenya, attends the birth of a giraffe at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs, and recalls the poignant story of Victor, an injured giraffe at an English zoo, whose plight captured the world's hearts. Thrill to exciting footage of a giraffe roundup and eavesdrop as supposedly silent giraffes communicate with each other.

Episode 2

Horse and Rider

Sun, Oct 20, 2002

Every relationship between horse and rider rests on a few fundamental principles - understanding the animal, building trust, communication and working in unison.

Episode 3

Dive to the Abyss

Sun, Oct 27, 2002

Episode 4

Bloody Suckers

Sun, Nov 17, 2002

Episode 5

The Living Edens: Big Sur: California's Wild Coast

Sun, Nov 24, 2002

California is the land of Disney, Hollywood, and freeway traffic jams. But on a much grander scale, it's also the land of natural marvels, including a coastal paradise where wildlife and flora thrive in an unspoiled environment.

Episode 6

Trail of the Cougar

Sun, Dec 15, 200258 mins

Profiles the "king cat" and its struggle for survival.

Episode 7

Under Antarctic Ice

Sun, Jan 12, 2003

Filmmaker Norbert Wu and his team embark on a 2,400-mile journey from Christchurch, New Zealand to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, to make the first high-definition film of life hidden under the Antarctic ice. His film reveals the fantastic world beneath the Antarctic ice cap, from amazing anemones to trapped icebergs.

Episode 8

The Reptiles: Alligators and Crocodiles

Sun, Feb 2, 2003

A fast-paced and fun series of four one-hour programs showcasing the incredible diversity and spectacular abilities of these remarkable creatures. Millions of years ago, they ruled the planet. These days, they are saddled with a mostly undeserved bad reputation. Meet the reptiles, and the people who love and study them.

Episode 9

The Reptiles: Snakes

Sun, Feb 9, 2003

A fast-paced and fun series of four one-hour programs showcasing the incredible diversity and spectacular abilities of these remarkable creatures. Millions of years ago, they ruled the planet. These days, they are saddled with a mostly undeserved bad reputation. Meet the reptiles, and the people who love and study them.

Episode 10

The Reptiles: Turtles and Tortoises

Sun, Feb 16, 2003

A fast-paced and fun series of four one-hour programs showcasing the incredible diversity and spectacular abilities of these remarkable creatures. Millions of years ago, they ruled the planet. These days, they are saddled with a mostly undeserved bad reputation. Meet the reptiles, and the people who love and study them.

Episode 11

The Reptiles: Lizards

Sun, Feb 23, 2003

Episode 12

Lost World of the Holy Land

Sun, Apr 13, 2003

Animals are a formidable presence in the Bible, which makes reference to over a hundred species, some metaphorically and others literally. But many of those creatures are gone from the Holy Land today, or on the verge of extinction there.

Episode 13

Leopards of Yala

Sun, Apr 20, 2003

Mysteries and surprises abound in the nocturnal world of Leopards of Yala.

Episode 14

A Mystery in Alaska

Sun, May 11, 2003

The Steller's sea lions that populate the Alaskan coastline are powerful, playful, and sometimes rowdy creatures who bump and jostle each other on land but acquire a sublime gracefulness in the water. They are also the subject of a strange and tragic mystery: Steller's sea lions are rapidly disappearing from one of the last great wildlife strongholds of the world, and no one knows why.

Episode 15

War Wrecks of the Coral Seas

Sun, May 18, 2003

Thousands of tons of war wreckage sank into the fabled lagoons of the South Pacific islands during the naval and air battles of World War II. But instead of devastating the region's underwater ecology, the detritus of human conflict turned into artificial reefs, upon which fantastic mini-ecosystems took shape. NATURE gives viewers a new perspective on wildlife in the South Pacific.