The Nature of Things Season 57 Episodes

Episode 1

The Wild Canadian Year: Spring

After the long winter, fox pups and bear cubs enjoy a new world.

Episode 2

The Wild Canadian Year: Summer

Killer whales and star-nosed moles on the hunt; fireflies light up the forest.

Episode 3

The Wild Canadian Year: Fall

As fall begins, young northern gannets leap off cliffs, chipmunks gather supplies and prairie rattlesnakes give birth.

Episode 4

The Wild Canadian Year: Winter

Lynx hunt snowshoe hares in the boreal forest and the ancient dance between wolves and caribou on Canada's vast tundra reveal the harshest time of year when landscapes are transformed by the cruel and dramatic beauty of snow and ice.

Episode 5

The Wild Canadian Year: Making Of

Watch the incredible feats of endurance and technical wizardry needed to capture the sequences featured in the landmark series The Wild Canadian Year.

Episode 6

Lost Secrets of the Pyramid

101 mins

The Great Pyramid of Egypt may be humanity's greatest achievement. It's a skyscraper of stone built without computers or complex machinery. This super-sized tomb has fascinated historians and archeologists for centuries. Now the secrets of the pyramid could finally be exposed, thanks to a series of astonishing new findings. Egyptologists are unearthing evidence across the country to reveal a story that tells of more than just how Egypt built a pyramid - they are discovering how the pyramid itself changed Egypt and the world. Using immersive CGI imagery and unique access to ongoing new excavations, Lost Secrets of the Pyramid is a breath-taking dive into the vanished world of the Ancient Egyptians. The use of stunning aerial drone footage and dynamic experimental archeology makes this a rare and remarkable portrait of the pyramid and the people who built it. David Suzuki is joining the experts and scientists on the frontline who are unravelling new clues to the world's greatest ancient mystery.

Episode 7

Into the Fire

Investigating the powerful secrets of fire.

Episode 8

Secrets from the Ice

The climate is changing and the ancient ice of the Yukon's southern mountains is disgorging a missing chapter of human history.

Episode 9

What Trees Talk About

A revealing look at the secret life of trees - how they communicate, wage war, and work together to transform our world.

Episode 10

Jumbo: The Life of an Elephant Superstar

Forgotten bones of Jumbo the elephant help scientists crack unsolved mysteries surrounding the world's first animal superstar.

Episode 11

Ice Bridge

Mysterious artifacts turning up in Chesapeake Bay bear an inexplicable resemblance to those from Ice Age Europe. 2 archaeologists risk it all to prove the crossing occurred twenty thousand years ago.

Episode 12

Mommy, Wildest

Lions, elephants, and baboons: Three sisterhoods of the Savannah, where the mothers rule, and the daughters inherit the wilderness.

Episode 13

Champions vs. Legends

A sport scientist challenges top winter athletes to compete against legends of the past in vintage gear. (Science and Tenology).

Episode 14

The Science of Magic

Explore why magic is a unique tool for gaining new insights into human cognition, neurobiology, and behaviour.

Episode 15

Myth or Science: The Power of Poo

Every year, world wide, we produce 9 billion kilograms of the stuff - six metric tons each over our lifetime. Poo. Most of us find it repulsive. But not Dr Jennifer Gardy, a microbiologist at the University of British Columbia who is back to host her sixth Myth or Science on one of her favourite subjects. "We're hard-wired to believe that excrement is gross," says Gardy. "But scientists are beginning to realize that there may be more to our stools than meets the eye - and nose." In Myth or Science: The Power of Poo, Gardy discovers that researchers are embracing the brown stuff convinced that it is scientific gold that holds secrets that could change our lives. But are they full of it? + Can colon cleanses really improve your health? + Can you get drinking water from poo? + Does flushing the toilet spray fecal bacteria all over your bathroom? + Can scientists use dogs and their acute poo-detecting sense of smell to help protect endangered species? + Does a vegetarian's poo really smell better? + Can poo in the sewer system reveal the health of an entire neighbourhood? To find out, Gardy swallows a pill camera to film her colon, travels to the world's smelliest farm, chases down Orca feces and drinks water extracted from poo.

Episode 16

The Kingdom: How Fungi Made Our World

52 mins

The incredible untold story of fungi - a unique biological kingdom that is closer to humanity than it is to plants. From the earliest moments of life on land, fungi have been nature's great survivors, influencing evolution in remarkable ways.