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Nature Season 36 Episodes
Season 36 Episode Guide
16 Episodes 2017 - 2018
Episode 1
Naledi: One Little Elephant
Wed, Oct 4, 201754 mins
A moving story of how an orphaned baby elephant beat the odds.
Episode 2
Fox Tales
Wed, Oct 11, 201753 mins
On a high ridge in Newfoundland, Canada, nestled between the Atlantic Ocean and the borders of an old grove forest, a Red fox, the matron of her family group, gives birth yet again. Follow the pups as they grow and learn to hunt, adapt, and survive. Explore the family dynamic of these clever creatures as bonds are formed. But the vixen knows that not all her cubs will inherit these tall trees, crystal lakes, and the ocean spray. Before the snows come again, she will have to banish some of her offspring for the good of the family. We also hear from scientists in Madison, Wisconsin and Bristol, England, about their studies on urban Red foxes who are facing a much different challenge than their Canadian counterparts. And another scientist tracks how Red foxes are moving out to the Arctic tundra and surviving in one of the harshest landscapes.
Episode 3
Charlie and the Curious Otters
Wed, Oct 25, 2017
The story of Otters from across the world including three abandoned otters brought back to health in Wisconsin.
Episode 4
H Is for Hawk: A New Chapter
Wed, Nov 1, 201753 mins
Helen Macdonald's best-selling book H Is for Hawk told the saga of a grieving daughter who found healing in training a goshawk. Now she digs deeper into the world of these raptors by raising a goshawk of her own.
Episode 5
The Cheetah Children
Wed, Nov 8, 201753 mins
The forested hills of Zimbabwe may not seem like typical cheetah habitat. But it's here that cinematographer Kim Wolhuter forges an amazing relationship with a wild cheetah family. For two years, he shadows a mom and her cubs to reveal what it takes to turn cubs into predators. Along the way, he discovers the heartbreak and triumph every cheetah mother must face as she raises the next generation.
Episode 6
Nature's Miniature Miracles
Wed, Nov 22, 201753 mins
Great things come in small packages. This film tells the epic survival stories of the world's smallest animals, from a tiny sengi, the "cheetah" of the shrew world, to a small shark that walks on land.
Episode 7
Arctic Wolf Pack
Wed, Jan 17, 201853 mins
At the very northern edge of North America is Ellesmere Island, where unforgiving Arctic winds tear through the tundra. It's home to one of the most hardened predators on the planet, the white wolf.
Episode 8
Animals with Cameras: Episode 1
Wed, Jan 31, 2018
The astonishing collar-camera footage reveals newborn Kalahari Meerkats below ground for the first time, unveils the hunting skills of Magellanic penguins in Argentina, and follows the progress of an orphaned chimpanzee in Cameroon.
Episode 9
Animals with Cameras: Episode 2
Wed, Feb 7, 2018
The cameras capture young cheetahs learning to hunt in Namibia, reveal how fur seals of an Australian island evade the great white sharks offshore, and help solve a conflict between South African farmers and chacma baboons.
Episode 10
Animals with Cameras: Episode 3
Wed, Feb 14, 2018
Deep-dive with Chilean devil rays in the Azores, track brown bears' diets in Turkey, and follow dogs protecting flocks of sheep from gray wolves in Southern France.
Episode 11
The Last Rhino
Wed, Feb 21, 201853 mins
Sudan is the very last male Northern White Rhino. His amazing story is told through the global cast of people involved in Sudan's life of 43 years. He was aged 2 when snatched from his mom's side in Central Africa and became a prized exhibit in a zoo behind the Iron Curtain while the rest of his kind was poached to extinction. Now Sudan is the focus of an 11th hour battle to save his sub-species.
Episode 12
Sex, Lies and Butterflies
Wed, Apr 4, 201853 mins
An exploration of the diversity of moths and butterflies from caterpillars to larvae to chrysalis to winged flight. The documentary covers camouflage and other anti-predatory tactics along with uniqueness of different species and amazing feats and colors.
Episode 13
Natural Born Rebels: Hunger Wars
Wed, Apr 25, 201853 mins
The complex science behind the behavior of animals that rebel, including and alpha chimpanzee, a manipulative crab and a dolphin with a pufferfish drug problem.
Episode 14
Natural Born Rebels: Survival
Wed, May 2, 201854 mins
Some animals will do whatever it takes to survive. Cockatoos turn to vandalism, boxer crabs hold anemones hostage, sloths become filthy, puff adders have an 'invisibility cloak' to hide themselves, and chimps use violence to stay in power.
Episode 15
Natural Born Rebels: The Mating Game
Wed, May 9, 2018
Getting ahead in the mating game requires some astonishing behavior from promiscuous prairie dogs, to backstabbing manakins, kidnapping macaques, and hyenas with a bad case of sibling rivalry.
Episode 16
The World's Most Wanted Animal
Wed, May 23, 201853 mins
Join conservationist Maria Diekmann in the crusade to save pangolins, the most trafficked animal in the world. Learn more about these scaly yet endearing mammals whose basic biology remains a mystery, hampering conservation efforts.
