Nature Season 30 Episodes

Episode 1

Radioactive Wolves

Sat, Oct 15, 2011

What happens to nature after a nuclear accident? And how does wildlife deal with the world it inherits after human inhabitants have fled?

Episode 2

The Animal House

Wed, Nov 2, 2011

Go above and under ground to see "the homelife of wildlife."

Episode 3

Jungle Eagle

Wed, Nov 9, 201152 mins

The most powerful raptor in the world, the harpy eagle, hides away deep in the South American jungle.

Episode 4

My Life as a Turkey

Wed, Nov 16, 201152 mins

After a local farmer left a bowl of eggs on Joe Hutto's front porch, his life was forever changed. Hutto, possessing a broad background in the natural sciences and an interest in imprinting young animals, incubated the eggs and waited for them to hatch. As the chicks emerged from their shells, they locked eyes with an unusual but dedicated "mother".

Episode 5

Kangaroo Mob

Wed, Jan 11, 2012

Following the stories of several urban kangaroos, Kangaroo Mob reveals how these metropolitan marsupials manage to survive the city, and documents the ongoing debate on how best to manage them.

Episode 6

Fortress of the Bears

Wed, Jan 25, 201253 mins

Part of the massive Tongass National Forest, Admiralty Island in Southeast Alaska supports the largest concentration of bears anywhere in the world. Sustained by a wealth of salmon streams, isolated and protected by their environment, some 1,700 Alaskan brown bears are part of a unique circle of life that has played out here for centuries.

Episode 7

Raccoon Nation

Wed, Feb 8, 201253 mins

An examination of the raccoon, the largest mammal species to have adapted well to human cities.

Episode 8

Ocean Giants

Wed, Feb 22, 2012180 mins

Episode 8

Ocean Giants: Giant Lives

Wed, Mar 28, 2012

Learn why size matters in the world of whales.

Episode 9

Ocean Giants: Deep Thinkers

Wed, Apr 4, 2012

Find out how clever - and how much like us - whales and dolphins might be.

Episode 10

Ocean Giants: Voices of the Sea

Wed, Apr 11, 2012

Humpback whales' songs carry thousands of miles, while a sperm whale scans the ocean depths with a sonar laser beam louder than a thunderclap. Discover a surprising underwater world where sound takes the place of sight.

Episode 11

River of No Return

Wed, Apr 18, 201254 mins

This film is a journey of exploration into one of America's best kept secrets

Episode 12

The White Lions

Wed, May 9, 2012

Follow two rare white lion cubs on their journey to adulthood on the South African savanna.

Episode 13

Cracking the Koala Code

Wed, May 16, 201252 mins

Follow individual koalas from a small social group on an Australian island to learn just how a koala manages to survive and thrive on a diet poisonous to almost all other herbivorous mammals. From the miracle of marsupial birth to tender moments of discovery between mother and newborn joey, encounters with threatening forest creatures, battles between rival males and the complex chorus of bellows and grunts that have become so important to science -- join leading scientists as they unravel just what a forest needs to support a healthy population of koalas by listening to these marsupials themselves and cracking the koala code.