The Nature of Things Season 49 Episodes

Episode 1

A Murder of Crows

A rare and intimate glimpse into the inner life of one of the most intelligent, playful and mischievous species on the planet.

Episode 2

Mini Monsters of Amazonia

A look at the complex relationships of the "mini monsters", insects of the Membracidae family, treehoppers that live amid one of the richest ecosystems on the planet, so mysterious most people don't even know that it exists.

Episode 3

Broken Tail's Last Journey

A personal quest to discover the truth behind the disappearance of a captivating tiger, one of the world's leading tiger cameramen, tracks the escape and subsequent wanderings of a male tiger, named Broken Tail.

Episode 4

Darwin's Brave New World: Origins

The extraordinary and often harrowing story of Charles Darwin's 30-year struggle to piece together the mystifying puzzle he saw in nature, and publish his theory on the evolution of life on earth.

Episode 5

Darwin's Brave New World: Evolutions

Part 2 of 3. Charles Darwin's transformation from privileged child to the publisher of radical theories on natural selection is detailed. Also: creationism vs. evolution.

Episode 6

Darwin's Brave New World: Publish and Be Damned

After labouring in secret for twenty years, Charles Darwin is almost trumped by the obscure, young naturalist Alfred Wallace. Darwin is convinced by his friends to complete his masterwork and publish post-haste.

Episode 7

The Suzuki Diaries: Coastal Canada

Part two of the Suzuki Diaries, which follows Suzuki and his youngest daughter, Sarika, as they travel to Europe to explore what a sustainable future might look like, and to see if two different generations can find reason for hope.

Episode 8

To Bee or Not to Bee

Could bees be an early warning sign of the human impact on our ecosystems? When the news broke in recent years that global bee populations were declining at an alarming rate, scientists took notice. The role bees play in nature simply cannot be overstated. A world without them would be unrecognizable since they pollinate many of the crops we depend on. As the collapse of bee colonies becomes more severe, scientists and beekeepers in Europe and North America work tirelessly to find the cause.

Episode 9

Bugs, Bones & Botany: The Science of Crime

Meet nature's detectives; how bugs, plants, bones - even dust can be formidable enemies of crime. Spotlighting forensic investigation.

Episode 10

The Downside of High

Is today's strong pot damaging young minds? That provocative question is at the heart of this new documentary on recent science discoveries about marijuana and mental illness.

Episode 11

Bat & Man

Bats are scientifically extraordinary creatures. Now scientists have begun unlocking the secrets of the bat and are developing potential medical therapies based on their discoveries.

Episode 12

My Nuclear Neighbour

What would you do if you discovered a nuclear plant might be built right next door? Two women from Peace River Alberta journey into Ontario's nuclear heartland, to find out for themselves about life with a nuclear neighbour.

Episode 13

Uakari: Secrets of the Red Monkey

A journey into the rainforests of the Peruvian amazon to investigate the mysterious Red Uakari monkey, never before filmed in the wild.

Episode 14

One Ocean: Birth of an Ocean

Explore the ocean's tumultuous history and how the ocean transformed the earth into the livable, blue planet it is today.

Episode 15

One Ocean: Footprints in the Sand

Ancient traditional fisheries, over-development and the places of recovery that can give us hope for a healthy future ocean all intersect.

Episode 16

One Ocean: Mysteries of the Deep

Starting in the deepest part of the ocean, take a secret and magical world of bizarre creatures and new discoveries deep beneath the surface.

Episode 17

One Ocean: The Changing Sea

44 mins

From the majestic kelp forests of Monterey Bay to a magical night on a coral reef; from the storm-tossed waters of the mighty North Pacific to the crystal blue of the Mediterranean Sea: the last episode of our series explores some of the most stunning underwater locations in the world as we set sail on a scientific race - a race to predict the fate of the global ocean. Over the past 200 years, human beings have poured more than 2 trillion metric tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. And as The Changing Sea vividly illustrates, carbon dioxide isn't just changing the climate on land. It's transforming the ocean in ways that haven't been seen for millions of years. So is mass extinction the inevitable fate of the future sea? In the waters near a still-active Mediterranean volcano, the concluding episode of this stunning and timely documentary series shows us what the future ocean may look like, if we don't take action now.

Episode 18

Masters of Space

Is space becoming a new war zone? A revealing look at the fine line between space-faring and space warfare.