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Episode 12
Salmon: Running The Gauntlet
aired: Sun, May 1, 2011
Our once great runs of salmon are now conceived in laboratories, raised in tanks, driven in trucks and farmed in pens. The program goes beyond the ongoing debate over how to save an endangered species.
Episode 9
Broken Tail: A Tiger's Last Journey
aired: Sun, Feb 20, 2011
To track Broken Tail's incredible journey, Colin and his soundman, Salim, retrace the tiger's path and piece together the cub's last days -- and through his story reveal the fate of the few surviving tigers in India.
Episode 6
Elsa's Legacy: The Born Free Story
aired: Wed, Nov 24, 2010
"Born Free" -- a book and then a film that forever changed the way we think about wildlife. What has happened to lions since this story? And what has happened to the people featured in the film? What has "Born Free" taught us?
Episode 4
Wolverine: Chasing The Phantom
aired: Sun, Nov 14, 2010
This episode of NATURE takes viewers into the secretive world of the largest and least known member of the weasel family.
Episode 2
A Murder of Crows
aired: Sun, Oct 24, 2010
Although cultures around the world may regard the crow as a scavenger, bad omen, or simply a nuisance, this bad reputation might overshadow what could be regarded as the crow’s most striking characteristic: its intelligence.
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Episode 8
8. Magic of the Snowy Owl
aired: Wed, Oct 24, 2012
Take an intimate look at the snowy owl, a bird made popular by Harry Potter's faithful companion, Hedwig.
Episode 7
7. Siberian Tiger Quest
aired: Wed, Oct 10, 2012
Embark with conservation ecologist Chris Morgan on a great challenge: to find and film the Siberian tiger.
Episode 6
6. Cracking the Koala Code
aired: Wed, May 16, 2012
This film will explore the remarkable bond between the koala and the eucalypt trees it so depends upon.
Episode 5
5. River of No Return
aired: Wed, Apr 18, 2012
This film is a journey of exploration into one of America's best kept secrets
Episode 4
4. Raccoon Nation
aired: Wed, Feb 8, 2012
Find out if human beings' efforts to outwit raccoons are actually making the animals smarter.
Episode 3
3. Fortress of the Bears
aired: Wed, Jan 25, 2012
Part of the massive Tongass National Forest, Admiralty Island in Southeast Alaska supports the largest concentration of bears anywhere in the world. Sustained by a wealth of salmon streams, isolated and protected by their environment, some 1,700 Alaskan brown bears are part of a unique circle of life that has played out here for centuries.
Episode 2
2. My Life as a Turkey
aired: Tue, Nov 15, 2011
My Life as a Turkey is the account of an amazing experiment: Naturalist Joe Hutto incubates two dozen wild-turkey eggs with the intention of human-imprinting and raising them. But the relationship that develops between the author and the birds changes his life so that he wonders who has imprinted whom.
Episode 1
1. Jungle Eagle
aired: Tue, Nov 8, 2011
The most powerful raptor in the world, the harpy eagle, hides away deep in the South American jungle.
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Nature: Great Zebra Exodus
aired: Thu, May 9, 2013
Great Zebra Exodus explores parenthood and the fragility of young life—from zebras to lapwings to meerkats. It’s a tale of loyalty and sacrifice, of home and exile, of death and new life, set against the backdrop of one of Africa’s most surreal landscapes.
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Nature: Legendary White Stallions
aired: Fri, Apr 19, 2013
The striking white Lipizzaner stallions of the famed Spanish Riding School in Vienna have been thrilling audiences for centuries. During the winter public performance season, the horses execute breathtaking displays of carefully choreographed and synchronized movements known as high classical dressage. This film looks at how horses bred for war developed into living works of art.
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Nature: The Mystery of Eels
aired: Mon, Apr 8, 2013
Eels can be found all over the globe, in fresh and salt water ecosystems alike. But today, risk of over-fishing and the presence of dams and other obstacles that prevent eels from reaching their oceanic spawning grounds pose new threats to an animal that once roamed the planet alongside the dinosaurs. Artist, writer, and naturalist James Prosek explores the mysterious world of the eel.
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Nature: What Plants Talk About
aired: Mon, Feb 25, 2013
When we think about plants, we don’t often associate a term like “behavior” with them, but experimental plant ecologist JC Cahill wants to change that. The University of Alberta professor maintains that plants do behave and lead anything but solitary and sedentary lives. What Plants Talk About teaches us all that plants are smarter and much more interactive than we thought!
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Nature: Cold Warriors: Wolves and Buffalo
aired: Wed, Feb 6, 2013
Wildlife filmmaker Jeff Turner captures how wolves and buffalo live together in what seems like a forgotten corner of the world. "Cold Warriors: Wolves and Buffalo" premiered Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 8/7c.
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Nature: Attenborough's Life Stories: Our Fragile Planet
aired: Thu, Jan 31, 2013
Attenborough reflects on the dramatic impact that we have had on the natural world during his lifetime. "Attenborough's Life Stories: Our Fragile Planet" premiered Wednesday, February 6 at 8/7c on PBS.
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Nature: Attenborough's Life Stories: Understanding the Natural World
aired: Mon, Jan 28, 2013
Attenborough shares his memories of the scientists and the breakthroughs that helped shape his own career in translating these discoveries into film. "Attenborough's Life Stories: Understanding the Natural World" premiered Wednesday, January 30 at 8/7c.
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Nature: Attenborough's Life Stories: Life on Camera
aired: Fri, Jan 18, 2013
The first of the 3-part series celebrating the life and work of Sir David Attenborough. In this episode, Attenborough revisits key places and events in his career and shows how a succession of technical innovations in filmmaking led to remarkable revelations about our planet and the creatures that inhabit it.
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Nature: Animal Odd Couples
aired: Mon, Nov 5, 2012
Love apparently knows no boundaries in the animal kingdom. Despite the odds, there are countless stories of the most unlikely cross-species relationships imaginable. Instincts gone awry? NATURE investigates why animals form these special bonds and what these relationships suggest about the nature of animal emotions. Animal Odd Couples premiered Wednesday, November 7, 2012.
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Nature: Magic of the Snowy Owl
aired: Mon, Oct 15, 2012
Filmmakers take us deep into the snowy owl’s tundra home on the North Slope of Alaska to observe the daily struggles involved in raising a family of helpless owlets until they’re able to fly. Magic of the Snowy Owl premiered Wednesday, October 24, 2012.
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Nature: An Original DUCKumentary
aired: Thu, Oct 11, 2012
Masters of the water and air, they have conquered the globe. From deft dabblers to great divers, these are one of the Animal Kingdom's ultimate athletes. Take a fascinating look at one of our most familiar birds. An Original DUCKumentary premieres November 14 at 8/7c (check local listings).
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Nature: Siberian Tiger Quest
aired: Thu, Sep 13, 2012
Conservation ecologist Chris Morgan embarks on a challenge that will fulfill a lifelong dream — to find and film a Siberian tiger living wild and free in Russia’s far eastern forests. To help him, Morgan turns to Korean cameraman Sooyong Park, the first individual ever to film Siberian tigers in the wild. Siberian Tiger Quest premiered Wednesday, October 10 at 8/7c.
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Nature: Cracking the Koala Code
aired: Thu, May 17, 2012
From the miracle of marsupial birth to tender moments of discovery between mother and newborn joey, encounters with threatening forest creatures, battles between rival males and the complex chorus of bellows and grunts that have become so important to science — join leading scientists as they unravel just what a forest needs to support a healthy population of koalas by listening to these marsupial
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Nature: Cracking the Koala Code
aired: Thu, May 17, 2012
From the miracle of marsupial birth to tender moments of discovery between mother and newborn joey, encounters with threatening forest creatures, battles between rival males and the complex chorus of bellows and grunts that have become so important to science — join leading scientists as they unravel just what a forest needs to support a healthy population of koalas by listening to these marsupial
Episode
Nature: Cracking the Koala Code
aired: Thu, May 17, 2012
From the miracle of marsupial birth to tender moments of discovery between mother and newborn joey, encounters with threatening forest creatures, battles between rival males and the complex chorus of bellows and grunts that have become so important to science — join leading scientists as they unravel just what a forest needs to support a healthy population of koalas by listening to these marsupial
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Nature: The White Lions
aired: Thu, May 10, 2012
This is the story of two remarkable and extremely rare white lion cubs on their journey to adulthood. Both are female, sisters born as white as snow in May 2009 in South Africa’s Kruger Park. Growing up on the savanna, they must overcome not only the same survival challenges that all young lion cubs must face, they must also overcome the threats their high visibility brings.
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Nature: The White Lions
aired: Thu, May 10, 2012
This is the story of two remarkable and extremely rare white lion cubs on their journey to adulthood. Both are female, sisters born as white as snow in May 2009 in South Africa’s Kruger Park. Growing up on the savanna, they must overcome not only the same survival challenges that all young lion cubs must face, they must also overcome the threats their high visibility brings.
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Nature: River of No Return
aired: Thu, Apr 19, 2012
A young couple, Isaac and Bjornen Babcock, choose the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness for their year-long honeymoon. But what begins as a romantic adventure becomes something much greater for the couple, and a tale of hope and celebration for every life trying to make it in the unforgiving heart of the wilderness.
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Nature: Ocean Giants: Voices of the Sea
aired: Thu, Apr 12, 2012
Humpback whales' songs carry thousands of miles, while a sperm whale scans the ocean depths with a sonar laser beam louder than a thunderclap. "Voices of the Sea" reveals a surprising underwater world where sound takes the place of sight.
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Nature: Ocean Giants: Deep Thinkers
aired: Thu, Apr 5, 2012
In some respects the brains of whales and dolphins are more complex than ours. Whales and dolphins work co-operatively, show empathy and are self-aware. Find out how clever, and how much like us, whales and dolphins might be.
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Nature: Raccoon Nation
aired: Thu, Feb 9, 2012
Are the obstacles that our fast-paced urban world throws at raccoons actually pushing the development of their brains? Closely follow a family of urban raccoons as they navigate the complex world of a big city.
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Nature: Raccoon Nation
aired: Wed, Feb 8, 2012
Are the obstacles that our fast-paced urban world throws at raccoons actually pushing the development of their brains? Closely follow a family of urban raccoons as they navigate the complex world of a big city.
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Nature: Fortress of the Bears
aired: Thu, Jan 26, 2012
Alaska's Admiralty Island is home to an estimated 1800 brown bears, the largest concentration of bears in the world. Enter a world shaped by bears, trees, and salmon, and the delicate balance of their interconnected lives.
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Nature: Kangaroo Mob
aired: Thu, Jan 12, 2012
In the past 50 years, the eastern gray kangaroo population around Canberra, Australia's capital city, has exploded from a few hundred to tens of thousands.
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Nature: My Life as a Turkey
aired: Thu, Nov 17, 2011
After a local farmer left a bowl of eggs on Joe Hutto's front porch, his life was forever changed. Hutto, possessing a broad background in the natural sciences and an interest in imprinting young animals, incubated the eggs and waited for them to hatch. As the chicks emerged from their shells, they locked eyes with an unusual but dedicated mother.
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Nature: Jungle Eagle
aired: Thu, Nov 10, 2011
Harpy eagles are the most powerful birds of prey in the world. Standing three feet tall, with a six-foot wingspan and razor-sharp talons the size of bear claws, these birds are the heavyweight hunters of the South American rainforest. Enter the secret world of the harpy.
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Nature: The Animal House
aired: Wed, Nov 2, 2011
NATURE investigates what goes into making a home when you're wild and cost is not a factor. They may be single-use, multi-generational, or multi-purpose; they may be anything from a small depression in the sand to a many-chambered tunnel, a nest, a burrow, or a mound, but for animals big and small, these dwellings are always impressive home sweet homes.
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Nature: The Good, the Bad, and the Grizzly
aired: Wed, Oct 26, 2011
After a decades-long comeback, the grizzly bears of Yellowstone National Park appear to be thriving. Should they now be removed from the protection of the Endangered Species Act? This question has provoked one of the most emotionally charged wildlife controversies in America today.
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Nature: Radioactive Wolves
aired: Thu, Oct 20, 2011
What happens to nature after a nuclear accident? The historic nuclear accident at Chernobyl is now 25 years old. Filmmakers and scientists set out to document the lives of the packs of wolves and other wildlife thriving in the "dead zone" that still surrounds the remains of the reactor.
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Nature: Supersize Crocs
aired: Thu, Sep 15, 2011
Gigantic crocodiles,some known to exceed 20 feet, are very, very rare, but still out there in the wild, with a few held in captivity. Renowned herpetologist Romulus Whitaker attempts to ensure the future of the last of these leviathans.
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Nature: Bears of the Last Frontier: Arctic Wanderers
aired: Mon, May 23, 2011
Adventurer and bear biologist Chris Morgan will take us on a motorcycle odyssey deep into the wilds of Alaska. Over a punishing 2,000 mile journey, Chris will explore the amazing resiliency and adaptability of bears through five dramatic Alaskan ecosystems: coastal, urban, mountain, tundra and pack ice.
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Nature: Bears of the Last Frontier: The Road North
aired: Mon, May 16, 2011
Adventurer and bear biologist Chris Morgan will take us on a motorcycle odyssey deep into the wilds of Alaska. Over a punishing 2,000 mile journey, Chris will explore the amazing resiliency and adaptability of bears through five dramatic Alaskan ecosystems: coastal, urban, mountain, tundra and pack ice.
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Nature: Chris Morgan Webcast: Hour 2
aired: Sun, May 15, 2011
Ecologist and bear biologist Chris Morgan answers questions live after the first of the three-part series, Bears of the Last Frontier.
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Nature: Chris Morgan Webcast: Hour One
aired: Thu, May 12, 2011
Ecologist and bear biologist Chris Morgan answers questions live after the first of the three-part series, Bears of the Last Frontier.
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Nature: Bears of the Last Frontier: City of Bears
aired: Thu, May 12, 2011
Chris Morgan sets up camp at a remote spot in the heart of Alaskan wilderness, alongside the largest concentration of grizzlies in the world. The bears are taking advantage of the long days to feed, mate, and raise new cubs. Morgan tracks their progress as they feast on the riches of the season and re-establish the complex hierarchal social dynamics of bear society.
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Nature: Salmon: Running the Gauntlet
aired: Mon, May 2, 2011
The parallel stories of collapsing Pacific salmon populations and how biologists and engineers have become instruments in audacious experiments to replicate every stage of the fish's life cycle. Our once great runs of salmon are now conceived in laboratories, raised in tanks, driven in trucks, and farmed in pens. Here we go beyond the ongoing debate over how to save an endangered species.
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Nature: Outback Pelicans
aired: Tue, Apr 12, 2011
In years of heavy rain, the inhospitable Australian outback transforms into a surprising oasis for Australia's pelicans. They leave coastal homes for the outback. The abundance of food and water makes it the perfect place to breed and raise families. But much about their lives and their journey remains a mystery that researchers are only now beginning to unravel.
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Nature: Broken Tail: A Tiger's Last Journey
aired: Mon, Feb 21, 2011
Stafford-Johnson and local guide, Salim Ali, spent over 600 days following and filming Broken Tail and his family. Then, one day, Broken Tail simply disappeared. A year later, Johnson and Ali heard news that Broken Tail was killed by a train in Darra, 100 miles away from Ranthambhore. This discovery raised new questions. How did Broken Tail travel so far and why did he leave?
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Nature: Born Wild: The First Days of Life
aired: Fri, Feb 4, 2011
From the moment of birth, baby animals in the wild can face almost anything -- from a large social group of interested caregivers to complete abandonment. Yet all wild babies share some things in common -- they must learn whom to trust, what to fear, and when to act -- all in the first days of life.
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Nature: Birds of the Gods
aired: Mon, Jan 24, 2011
Living in the depths of the New Guinean rainforest are birds of unimaginable color and beauty. To find these birds in New Guinea is not easy, and to witness their extraordinary mating displays is even tougher. David Attenborough introduces a young team of New Guinean scientists on a grueling expedition to find and film these Birds of Paradise; the holy grail of wildlife filmmakers
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Nature: White Falcon, White Wolf
aired: Sun, Jan 16, 2011
On Canada's Ellesmere Island, the race is to raise families. Last summer, a nesting gyrfalcon pair failed to raise any young. The rare Arctic wolves rely on every member of the pack to chase and bring down the prey that keep them alive. For the wolves and the falcons, as well for the snowy owls, lemmings, foxes and hares who share this fragile ecosystem, the future is never certain.
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Nature: Elsa's Legacy: The Born Free Story
aired: Mon, Jan 10, 2011
2010 marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of "Born Free" -- a book and then a film that changed forever the way we think about wildlife. What has happened to lions since this story? What has happened to the people featured in the film? And what has "Born Free" taught us?
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Nature: Christmas in Yellowstone
aired: Fri, Dec 10, 2010
As snow falls and Christmas lights glow in Jackson Hole, a holiday season of a different sort settles in just beyond the town.
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Nature: Braving Iraq
aired: Sun, Nov 7, 2010
In the 1990s, the Mesopotamian Marshes were virtually destroyed by Saddam Hussein, but Azzam Alwash is making an extraordinary effort to return life to the green paradise he remembers from his childhood.
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Nature: A Murder of Crows
aired: Sun, Oct 24, 2010
Although cultures around the world may regard the crow as a scavenger, bad omen, or nuisance, this bad reputation might overshadow what could be regarded as the crow's most striking characteristic - its intelligence. New research indicates that crows are among the brightest animals in the world. A Murder of Crows brings you these so-called feathered apes, as you have never seen them before.
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Nature: Echo: An Elephant to Remember
aired: Tue, Oct 19, 2010
Echo, Africa's most famous elephant, was the subject of many films and the matriarch of perhaps the most studied wild elephant herd in the world. In May of 2009, she died of natural causes. This film is a look back at this remarkable animal through extraordinary footage and interviews with the researchers that cared for and studied Echo and her family.
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Nature: Cloud: Wild Stallion of the Rockies
aired: Tue, Sep 14, 2010
Filmed in the mountains of Montana, this poignant, engrossing chronicle focuses on an extraordinary stallion, whose life has been recorded since his birth in the wild in 1995 by Emmy-winning filmmaker Ginger Kathrens.
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Nature: Under Antarctic Ice
aired: Tue, Sep 14, 2010
Antarctica. On the surface, it's the bleakest of lands, with ferocious winds, flightless birds, and enough ice to flood half the planet's population if it were to melt. But below that frozen mass, a fantastic environment of indescribable beauty teems with life. NATURE takes viewers into the world that is Under Antarctic Ice.
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Nature: Violent Hawaii
aired: Tue, Sep 14, 2010
The Hawaiian chain of islands, made up of six main islands plus two smaller ones, stretches for more than 1,500 miles through the heart of the Pacific Ocean. It is a place of idyllic beauty. But it is also a land of volcanic fury, raging mountaintop blizzards, dangerous rockslides, monster waves, and even tsunamis.
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Nature: Can Animals Predict Disaster?
aired: Tue, Sep 14, 2010
In interviews with scientists and eyewitnesses, NATURE probes the evidence that some animals may have senses that allow them to predict impending natural disasters long before we can.
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Nature: The Dragon Chronicles
aired: Tue, Sep 14, 2010
In nearly every culture, ancient maps and legends tell of dragons in our world. Where did these stories come from? Romulus Whitaker, reptile expert and conservationist, combines history with documented science and compelling contemporary reports, and sets off to find out. He encounters lizards large and small that can breathe life into medieval legends even today.
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Nature: Cloud: Challenge of the Stallions
aired: Tue, Sep 14, 2010
The returning saga of Cloud, the wild stallion, finds us back in the Arrowhead Mountains of Montana. Cloud is one of two fathers who bring up each other's sons. Bolder is his by birth while Flint, sired by another stallion, is the colt Cloud raised. Now, Bolder has gathered some mares of his own, and Flint has joined a group of bachelor stallions. Who will rise to challenge the mighty Cloud?
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Nature: Clash: Encounters of Bears and Wolves
aired: Tue, Sep 14, 2010
In the vast kingdom of Yellowstone National Park, two predators reign supreme: the grizzly bear and the wolf. Size and power square off against speed and teamwork, as mighty grizzlies contend with powerful packs of wolves for control of the food supply. Normally these two hunters would rule their ranges uncontested, but in Yellowstone they must share resources, or face starvation.
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Nature: Moment of Impact: Hunters & Herds
aired: Tue, Sep 14, 2010
The natural world is filled with "moments of impact" when animals come into contact with each other and the world around them. Previously these moments were too fast or too hidden for us to see. But now new camera technologies reveal what's behind these remarkable moments, and cutting edge animations illustrate the "inside story" of animal bioengineering that allows each moment to take place.
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Nature: The Joy of Pigs
aired: Tue, Sep 14, 2010
There are little pink pigs, ferocious hairy tuskers, and all manner of pigs in-between. There are pigs in steamy rainforests, dry savannas, and snowy woodlands. From humble beginnings in the jungles of Asia, pigs have become one of the most successful mammals on earth. Our film travels the globe to celebrate their fascinating lives.
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Nature: Wisdom of the Wild
aired: Tue, Sep 14, 2010
We may think of ourselves as the most intelligent beings on the planet, yet it seems there is a great deal we can learn from our fellow creatures. Their understanding of the world pre-dates our own, and carries with it extraordinary abilities to heal, communicate, and transform our lives.
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Nature: Ravens
aired: Tue, Sep 14, 2010
Sheer nerve, character and intelligence have earned ravens a place in myth and legend, everywhere in the world where they are found. But they are also creatures of the heart -- when they find a mate, they bond for life.
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Nature: Snowflake: The White Gorilla
aired: Tue, Sep 14, 2010
In 1967, local villagers in Africa's Equitorial Guinea captured a remarkable baby gorilla with a coat of pure white. The film tells the story of this amazing animal, from his loving upbringing by humans to his eventual death from skin cancer in 2003. It also tracks the revolutionary changes in our understanding of how best to care for gorillas that have taken place during Snowflake's lifetime.
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Nature: Silence of the Bees
aired: Tue, Sep 14, 2010
In the winter of 2006, a strange phenomenon fell upon honeybee hives across the country. Without a trace, millions of bees vanished from their hives, leaving billions of dollars of crops at risk, threatening our food supply. The epidemic set researchers scrambling to discover why honeybees were dying in record numbers - and to stop the epidemic in its tracks before it spread further.
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Nature: Crash: A Tale of Two Species
aired: Tue, Sep 14, 2010
This is the story of the fabric of life, and how all species are connected. At its center is the horseshoe crab, a creature that has remained virtually unchanged for eons. Its annual spawning produces millions of eggs that are the lifeline for a tiny bird, the red knot. But horseshoe crab numbers are plummeting, and the pyramid depending on this age-old creature is about to come crashing down.
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Nature: American Eagle
aired: Tue, Sep 14, 2010
Unique to North America, the bald eagle is the continent's most recognizable aerial predator, with a shocking white head, electric yellow beak, and penetrating eyes. In the 1960s, this symbol of the United States became an emblem of environmental degradation as the pesticide DDT and other human pressures brought it to the brink of extinction.
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Nature: Frogs: The Thin Green Line
aired: Tue, Sep 14, 2010
It is the greatest mass extinction since the dinosaurs. Population by population, species by species, amphibians are vanishing off the face of the Earth. Scientists are taking desperate measures to try to save those frogs they can, even bathing frogs in Clorox solutions and keeping them in Tupperware boxes under carefully controlled conditions to prevent the spread of a deadly fungus.
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Nature: Wild Balkans
aired: Tue, Sep 14, 2010
The Balkan Peninsula is notorious for being one of the great battlegrounds of history. And yet, it possesses another side unknown to many, where ancient forests and vast wetlands harbor pristine wilderness, and sheer cliff walls and desolate plateaus preserve a seemingly unchanged past.
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Nature: A Lemur's Tale
aired: Tue, Sep 14, 2010
Deep in the thorn forests of Madagascar live troops of ring-tailed lemurs, the most beautiful and most social of Madagascar's extraordinary primates. Our story follows five baby lemurs as they try to make their way in the world. In an intimate portrait never before filmed, we learn of their high times, their sufferings, and the special bonds that hold their unique society together.
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Nature: Horse and Rider
aired: Tue, Sep 14, 2010
Every relationship between horse and rider rests on a few fundamental principles -- understanding the animal, building trust, communication and working in unison.
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Nature: Shark Mountain
aired: Tue, Sep 14, 2010
Some 300 miles off Costa Rica is Cocos Island, a tiny Pacific outpost that was once a favorite haunt of pirates. Cocos, a designated World Heritage Site, lies directly in the path of powerful ocean currents that often collide with the island, churning the waters into an undersea storm. Welcome to Shark Mountain.
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Nature: The Venom Cure
aired: Tue, Sep 14, 2010
There are thousands of different animals on this planet whose venom contains components that may be able to help mankind. Venom can potentially be used as coagulants, anti-coagulants, pesticides, pain killers, and cures for diabetes, heart disease and cancer. Meet the reptile-chasers and scientists who are researching the venom cure. It's risky, but rewarding, work.
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Nature: In the Valley of the Wolves
aired: Tue, Sep 14, 2010
For almost a decade, the Druid wolves have held the Lamar Valley in Yellowstone. But after reaching 37 members, the largest wolf pack on record, the Druids begin to decline. This is the story of the most famous wolves in America, their battles against rivals, the dramatic twists that banish them from their valley, and the perseverance that brings them home at last.
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Nature: What Females Want
aired: Tue, Sep 14, 2010
The answers to the age-old question, "What do women want?" just might be found in the animal kingdom. Scientists use unorthodox techniques and the latest technology to probe the mysteries of attraction. What makes a male gelada a good catch? What can a "fembot" tell us about the sage grouse's mating behavior? Discover how females are shaping the future of their species by choosing the best mates.
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Nature: The Wolf That Changed America
aired: Tue, Sep 14, 2010
In 1893, a bounty hunter named Ernest Thompson Seton journeyed to New Mexico on a mission to kill a dangerous outlaw. Feared by ranchers throughout the region, the outlaw wasn't a pistol-packing cowboy or train-robbing bandit. Lobo, as locals simply called him, was the legendary leader of a band of cattle-killing wolves that had been terrorizing cattle ranchers and their livestock.
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Nature: Is That Skunk?
aired: Tue, Sep 14, 2010
Beneath a skunk's coat of black and white lies a much more colorful creature than we imagine. Skunks seem to know their power as they navigate the margins of our world. As a few brave experts take a deeper look at this familiar but little-known animal, they are painting a surprising portrait of this intrepid member of the night shift.
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Nature: Drakensberg: Barrier of Spears
aired: Tue, Sep 14, 2010
The Drakensberg Mountains are Southern Africa's Alps, rising more than 11,000 feet into the sky. But beneath their beauty lies a hostile environment for the creatures that live there. Each spring, drenching rains destroy the grasslands at the base of the mountains, and those who would survive must climb up sheer cliffs, through storms and snow, to reach the carpets of new grass on the plateau.
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Nature: The Loneliest Animals
aired: Tue, Sep 14, 2010
The loneliest animals are the most endangered species on the planet. Collected and protected by dedicated scientists, these animals represent the end of the line for their species. In many cases, intensive captive breeding programs have been launched with the aim of sustaining these animals and the hope of returning them to the wild.
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Nature: Hummingbirds: Magic in the Air
aired: Tue, Sep 14, 2010
Hummingbirds are the tiniest of birds, yet they are some of the toughest, most energetic creatures on the planet. Their unique flying abilities give them unmatched maneuverability, but at the cost of a supercharged metabolism that keeps them on the edge of survival. Hummingbirds spend most their lives in fast forward, but now - high speed video lets us enter their world.
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Nature: The Beauty of Ugly
aired: Tue, Jul 21, 2009
In the natural world, beauty can be many things -- including what we might find completely repulsive. Not only can the bizarre be attractive, it can also provide just the edge a creature needs to succeed in a difficult environment. From frogfish and hagfish to naked mole rats and elephant seals, we learn how and why ugly can be beautiful, even when it isn't pretty.
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Nature: Cuba: The Accidental Eden
aired: Thu, Sep 23, 2010
While the tourist industry has hurt biodiversity in much of the Caribbean, Cuba's relative isolation has left its wildlife untouched. Now, Cuba is a safe haven for rare and intriguing indigenous animals, migrating birds and marine creatures. But as the prospect of the US trade embargo being lifted looms, a surge in tourism is predicted. What will happen to Cuba's ecological riches in the process?
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Nature: Invasion of the Giant Pythons
aired: Mon, Feb 22, 2010
Florida's Everglades National Park is one of the last great wildlife refuges in the U.S., home to numerous endangered animals and plants. But the park has become a dumping ground for a variety of non-native species, including what may be tens of thousands of Burmese pythons. Follow scientists and snake hunters as they study the problem and try to find solutions to the growing crisis.
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Nature: Echoes from the Ice
aired: Wed, Feb 3, 2010
The two-hundred-foot walls of ice in Glacier Bay overwhelm the senses, but they also surround the most beautiful sights Alaska has to offer -- the Northern Lights, roaming grizzly bears, and humpback whales. The glacier itself is also creating new life -- it has retreated some 70 miles up the bay, wiping the ecological slate clean, allowing new plants and animals to start again from scratch.
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Nature: Springs Eternal: Florida's Fountain of Youth
aired: Mon, Nov 16, 2009
According to legend, Spanish explorers believed that a fountain of eternal youth existed somewhere in the place we know today as Florida. In a poetic way, they were right. Beneath Florida lies the world's largest known system of springs. These springs shelter strange life forms and dot the land above it with outlets of water that once was as pure as any found on this planet.
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Nature: Fellowship of the Whales
aired: Fri, Nov 13, 2009
Follow a baby humpback whale as she travels from her birthplace in Hawaii, to feeding grounds off Alaska's coast. Escorted by her mother, this newborn will learn many things along the way. And when the pair returns to Hawaii, this yearling will be ready to take her place in her own community of whales.
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Nature: Black Mamba
aired: Fri, Nov 6, 2009
The black mamba is one of Africa's most dangerous and feared snakes. Most people would kill it on sight. But in the tiny country of Swaziland, one husband and wife team has taken a different approach to the mamba. They've initiated a study that they hope will change perceptions of what they feel is the world's most misunderstood snake.
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Nature: The Gorilla King
aired: Tue, Jul 7, 2009
Among the mountain gorillas of Rwanda, Titus reigns as king. In the decades that followed his birth in 1974, Titus was orphaned and abandoned, survived poachers, and overcame the deadly challenges of his rivals. Researchers and conservationists recount his triumphant story as they share their memories and archival footage of Titus, from his days as a newborn to his rise to power as a silverback.
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Nature: Why We Love Cats and Dogs
aired: Fri, Jun 5, 2009
Americans own 73 million dogs and 90 million cats. They become best friends, soul mates, family members -- even surrogate children. Relationships with cats and dogs are some of the longest and most intimate of our lives. Why are we so attached? Animal behavior experts, evolutionary biologists, veterinarians, and pet owners share insights and observations about these animals and their impact on us.
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Nature: Kilauea: Mountain of Fire
aired: Tue, May 26, 2009
Kilauea, on Hawaii's Big Island, is the world's most active volcano. Its latest eruption began in 1983 and it hasn't stopped since. Since that time it has created 544 acres of new land and has consumed 200 homes. But Kilauea is also the driving force in a spectacular process of creation -- the cataclysmic meeting of 2,000-degree lava and 75-degree ocean water.
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Nature: Cloud's Legacy: The Wild Stallion Returns
aired: Thu, Mar 5, 2009
In Cloud's Legacy: The Wild Stallion Returns, Cloud is now a band stallion with a mare and her children, a yearling and a foal. Meanwhile, Cloud's own child, which has a telltale golden coat, lives with another herd and will never know him as his father.
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Nature: Ireland
aired: Thu, Mar 5, 2009
Although green is its emblematic color, Ireland's verdant fields are not the nation's only extraordinary natural features. Sculpted millions of years ago by the advance and retreat of vast shields of ice, the Emerald Isle harbors a wealth of wildlife among its craggy mountains, fog-shrouded coastlines, steep gorges, and vast networks of inland waterways.
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Nature: Holy Cow
aired: Thu, Mar 5, 2009
About 8,000 years ago, the relationship between cows and man began with the revolutionary advent of domestication in Mesopotamia, the Indus River Valley, and Africa. Discover how cows have altered human life, human biology, and the geography of the world.
