The Nature of Things Season 52 Episodes

Episode 1

The Buffalo Wolves

45 mins

Wolves and Buffalo follows the fortunes of one pack of wolves, the Delta Pack. Will the pups survive their first year? Will the packs alpha animals retain their pack position to breed again next year? As they try to bring down the buffalo to keep themselves and their new pups alive what will the future hold for these ancient warriors?

Episode 2

Babies: Born to Be Good?

Psychologists have made breakthroughs in our understanding of what babies might be thinking, and what they could possibly know about justice, helping, honesty, fairness. Even before they learn to talk.

Episode 3

Nuts About Squirrels

Through the use of robotic squirrels, GPS tracked acorns and scientists, the world of urban squirrels is revealed.

Episode 4

Planet Hunters

Few people are aware of just how close mankind is to discovering other planets capable of sustaining life.

Episode 5

The Norse: An Arctic Mystery

We see how the Norse were the first in North America, not only in Newfoundland, but also more north near Baffin Island as Dr. Sutherland and her team, from the Museum of Civilization in Canada, have dug up relics of their lives there. Dr. Sutherland has worked for 30 years on this subject.

Episode 6

Lights Out!

How the light between dusk and dawn cancels the healthy benefits of the absence of light.

Episode 7

David Suzuki's Andean Adventure

David Suzuki discovers new ideas about energy and the environment.

Episode 8

Zapped: The Buzz About Mosquitoes

People struggle to combat a blood-sucking little insect that is both delicate and deadly; the mosquito.

Episode 9

Shattered Ground

Fracking, while a bonanza for gas and oil production, is caught in a backlash of suspicion and alarm. What's happening underground it seems can shatter more than just rock.

Episode 10

Meet the Coywolf

There is a new hybrid species which is part wolf, part coyote.

Episode 11

The Fruit Hunters: Evolution of Desire

A journey through nature, commerce and adventure, The Fruit Hunters takes us from the dawn of humanity to the cutting of edge of modern agriculture.

Episode 12

The Fruit Hunters: Defenders of Diversity

The second episode of The Fruit Hunters will look at what happens when we abandon the Garden of Eden for an industrialized monoculture.

Episode 13

Billion Dollar Caribou

A look at efforts to protect wild caribou.

Episode 14

The Beaver Whisperers

60 mins

The beaver is making a heroic comeback--rebranding the watery rodent from pest to eco-saviour.

Episode 15

The Beetles Are Coming

In the wake of global warming, a beetle apocalypse is unleashed in the forests of western Canada.

Episode 16

The Man Who Tweeted Earth

Chris Hadfield's mission and his determination to make people love space again.