The Nature of Things Season 31 Episodes

Episode 1

The Green Quiz

Wed, Oct 3, 1990

Season premiere: This special quiz from The Nature of Things tests viewer's knowledge of environment.

Episode 2

Crying Wolf

Wed, Oct 10, 1990

The controversial issue of wolf control in Canada.

Episode 3

Ghana Recycling Car Parts/Yukon Arctic Summer

Wed, Oct 17, 1990

Ghana prospers by recycling car parts, and Herschel Island, off Yukon coast, shelters life.

Episode 4

You Must Have Been A Bilingual Baby

Wed, Oct 31, 1990

The acquisition of a second long in young children and adults.

Episode 5

The Bug Man Of Ithaca

Wed, Nov 7, 1990

A look at Cornell University's Professor Tom Eisner and his study of insect world.

Episode 6

A Change Of Heart

Wed, Nov 14, 1990

Documentary about operation of heart transplant is not as uncommon before, but that remains a difficult step for both patient and doctor.

Episode 7

Chaos, Science And The Unexpected

Wed, Nov 21, 1990

Examines what is predictable and what is random in nature, and state of chaos which is between two.

Episode 8

Vietnam - After The Fire

Wed, Nov 28, 1990

The efforts of Vietnamese to restore their environment greatly poisoned by use of various.

Episode 9

Haida Gwai: Islands Of The People

Wed, Dec 12, 1990

Documentary about Haida people of British Columbia who is desperately trying to preserve its environment against encroachmen.

Episode 10

The Sisterhood

Wed, Jan 2, 1991

Observation of social organization of hyena, in which female predominates.

Episode 11

Salt Of The Earth

Wed, Jan 9, 1991

Reportage on place of salt in world.

Episode 12

The Day Of Reckoning

Wed, Jan 16, 1991

The importance increasingly great for IT as a tool for dissemination of knowledge.

Episode 13

The Cholesterol Factor

Wed, Jan 30, 1991

Folder on cholesterol produced Biochemical which, when ingested in large quantities is a factor binds to coronary heart disease.

Episode 14

Second Wind

Wed, Feb 20, 1991

Susan McKellor profile who suffers from cystic fibrosis, hereditary disease whose gene was recently discovered.

Episode 15

Here Be Dragons

Wed, Mar 6, 1991

Documentary about crocodile that lives in Serengeti plain on banks of Grumeti River, Africa.

Episode 16

Revolution Down On The Farm

Wed, Mar 20, 1991

Documentary about degradation North-America's Grasslands.

Episode 17

Putting You In The Pictures/Marmots

Wed, Mar 27, 1991

PUTTING YOU IN THE PICTURES The story of four Canadian inventors who have developed IMAX system and its successor, OMNIMAX.

Episode 18

The Vietnamese People's Struggle

Wed, Nov 28, 1990

The Vietnamese people's struggle to rehabilitate their land after a decade of bombing and herbicides.

Episode 19

Voices In The Forest

Sun, Feb 3, 1991

David Suzuki and The Nature of Things take on powerful forest industry, examining environmentally questionable forestry practices.

Episode 20

James Bay: The Wind That Keeps On Blowing

Sun, Mar 24, 1991