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Nature Season 39 Episodes
Season 39 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 2020 - 2021
Episode 1
Pandas: Born to Be Wild
Wed, Oct 21, 202053 mins
Observing pandas in the wild in China's Qinling Mountains; the training of a young panda born in captivity.
Episode 2
Australian Bushfire Rescue
Wed, Oct 28, 2020
The rescue, rehabilitation and eventual release of koalas, kangaroos, wombats and endangered species of parrots that survived the bushfires in Australia.
Episode 3
Primates: Secrets of Survival
Wed, Nov 4, 2020
A family of baboons challenge a leopard. Lion tailed macaques in southern India use malabar squirrels to find ripe jackfruit. Blue-eyed black lemurs rub formic acid from carpenter ants on their fur to repel ticks. This episode is about various species of primates and things they do to survive.
Episode 4
Primates: Family Matters
Wed, Nov 11, 2020
Family is everything for primates. They have the most complex social lives of any animal group on the planet. Meet devoted monkeys' uncles, playmate apes and tender troops.
Episode 5
Primates: Protecting Primates
Wed, Nov 18, 2020
Research of chimps using gesture language in the Budongo Forest of Uganda. On Koram Island, off Thailand's East Coast, Long-Tailed Macaques use rocks to open shellfish, so much so as to deplete the resource. The Skywalker Hoolock Gibbon was discovered in 2017 but immediately classified as an endangered species. In Madagascar, the Lac Alaotra Gentle Lemur lives in reeds just above the swamp that is now threatened by expanded farming. World-renowned conservationist Dr. Russell Mittermeier (Global Wildlife Conservation) advocates ecotourism to help preserve primate habitats and has visited the habitats of 49 of the 79 primates of the world. In the forests of Malaysia's Penang Peninsula, Dusky Langurs struggle to cross new roads so fire hose is used to build a monkey bridge. In the Republic of Congo, Virunga Mountain gorillas are threatened by regional battles and poaching. Ecotourism provides for protective rangers, schools and clinics. Rainforests in Indonesia are home to orangutans who have lost 35,000 square miles of primary forests to timber, mining and palm oil commercial development since 2001.
Episode 6
Santa's Wild Home
Wed, Nov 25, 202052 mins
Get an intimate look at the wildlife of Lapland, a region in northern Finland, the fabled home of Santa Claus and actual home of reindeer, great gray owls, wolverines, eagles, wolves, musk oxen, brown bears and more.
Episode 7
The Alps: The High Life
Wed, Jan 13, 2021
Enjoy the Alps in spring and summertime as newborn animals grow up to face the coming brutal winter.
Episode 8
The Alps: Winter's Fortress
Wed, Jan 20, 202153 mins
Animals face the hostile and bitter cold ecosystems of the Alps which include snow blizzards and avalanches.
Episode 9
Pumas: Legends of the Ice Mountains
Wed, Feb 3, 202153 mins
Travel to the ice mountains of Chile to discover the secrets of the puma (aka panther, mountain lion and cougar) the area's largest predator. Discover how this elusive cat survives and follow the dramatic fate of a puma and her cubs.
Episode 10
Big Bend: The Wild Frontier of Texas
Wed, Feb 10, 202153 mins
The majestic Rio Grande River cuts deep canyons between the United States and Mexico, creating staggering landscapes in one of the largest protected areas of its kind in North America. The most remote corner of this infamous borderland is Big Bend National Park - a vast, unspoiled wonderland of serene beauty and home to some of America's most glorious wildlife. This is true frontier land, where horizons never end and stars blaze as they have for eons. In a journey narrated by Thomas Haden Church, uncover Western dramas as told by the animals themselves. Showcasing the natural magic of Big Bend over the course of a year, the film searches out its secret places and wild creatures, including many species of birds, butterflies, bats, reptiles, cacti and scorpions. Big Bend is home to a greater variety of these creatures than nearly any other US National Park. The film features Big Bend's remarkable Black Bears, pioneers who came across the Mexican desert and were the first to reclaim Texas after decades of hunting and persecution. Witness in super slow motion the magnificent courtship display of the Lucifer Hummingbird and the extraordinary Pallid Bat stalking its insect prey on the desert floor at night. Observe male Bighorn Sheep fighting for dominance and the unique way beavers keep themselves groomed. Watch the Elf Owl, the smallest owl in the world, hunt food for its chicks. And catch a glimpse of the first-ever footage of Anna's Hummingbirds nesting in Big Bend.
Episode 11
The Leopard Legacy
Wed, Apr 14, 202153 mins
A confident and powerful leopardess called Olimba rules over an exceptionally large area along Zambia's Luangwa River in Africa. She is a formidable hunter, a courageous ruler and a devoted mother. She has just given birth to two tiny cubs, a male and a female. As she faces the challenging task of motherhood, it is a constant battle to hunt successfully, to defend her prime territory and to protect her cubs against enemies. One day, Olimba discovers an injured nomadic male leopard near her cubs, and without hesitation, she attacks him. He makes a lucky escape, but when Olimba returns to the den, one of her cubs is gone. As she comes to terms with her loss, Olimba forges on as a devoted mother and passes on all her knowledge to her blue-eyed boy, named Makumbi. When he is one year old and succeeds in hunting his own prey, Olimba must part ways with her son. Their final hostile encounter leaves the youngster vulnerable with a dreadful eye injury which becomes infected. Will his resilience and fighting spirit help him overcome this injury?
Episode 12
Sharks of Hawaii
Wed, Apr 21, 202153 mins
Nearly 40 species of shark live in the warm waters of Hawaii's volcanic islands, including white tip reef sharks, Galapagos sharks and tiger sharks.
Episode 13
The Bat Man of Mexico
Wed, Jun 30, 202150 mins
An ecologist tracks the lesser long-nosed bat's epic migration across Mexico, encountering hurricanes, snakes, Mayan tombs and cockroaches, in an effort to save the species and the tequila plants they pollinate, on the season finale.
