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Season 9

Nature Season 9

September. 30,1990
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8.9
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TV-G
| Documentary Family

Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy Antarctica. The show's primary focus is on animals and ecosystems around the world. A comic book based on the show, meant to be used an as educational tool for kids, was briefly distributed to museums and schools at no cost in the mid-2000s.

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Nature Season 9 Full Episode Guide

Episode 21 - Crown of the Continent: Waterton/Glacier National Park
First Aired: May. 12,1991

Grizzlies, wolves and cougars roam Montana's rugged, pristine Glacier National Park.

Episode 20 - The Cat That Came in From the Cold
First Aired: April. 28,1991

A polecat winters at a working farm in Wales, along with scavenging foxes, rats and birds.

Episode 19 - Marathon Bird
First Aired: April. 14,1991

A profile of the albatross examines its traits and habitats, as well as the mysteries and myths surrounding it.

Episode 18 - Wild Dogs of Africa
First Aired: April. 07,1991

The relationship within a wild dog pack on Africa's Serengeti Plains.

Episode 17 - Black Bear of the North
First Aired: March. 24,1991

Biologist Lynn Rogers follows the black bear out of hibernation and into the Minnesota woods.

Episode 16 - Year of the Jackal
First Aired: March. 17,1991

Life within a close-knit golden jackal family on the plains of Lemuta in Africa.

Episode 15 - Grand Teton Wilderness
First Aired: March. 10,1991

The natural and human history of the Grand Tetons and Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

Episode 14 - The Elephants of Tsavo: Love and Betrayal
First Aired: March. 03,1991

Filmmaker Simon Trevor, a former game warden, records the decimation of African elephants.

Episode 13 - One Man's Kenya
First Aired: February. 24,1991

The beauty of the African plains and the effects of tourism on the area.

Episode 12 - The Gulf: Portrait of the War Zone
First Aired: February. 17,1991

In light of the Persian Gulf War and the recent oil spills, PBS airs an update of the 1984 episode of Nature, Treasures of the Gulf, that focused on the effects of the Iran-Iraq war on the fragile ecology of the Persian Gulf.

Episode 11 - The Wild Shores of Patagonia
First Aired: January. 13,1991

Penguins, maras, guanacos, sea lions and killer whales highlight this portrait of Patagonia.

Episode 10 - Grizzly Country
First Aired: December. 16,1990

Rangers at Denali National Park in Alaska train hikers for planned encounters with grizzlies; Alaskan grizzly bears are seen salmon fishing at Brooks Falls.

Episode 9 - Monkey Island
First Aired: December. 09,1990

This program travels to the island of Cayo Santiago off Puerto Rico to study the behavioral patterns of a colony of feral Rhesus Macaques.

Episode 8 - Supersense: Making Sense
First Aired: December. 02,1990

Internal clocks guide life rhythms of eating, sleeping, mating, hibernation, birth and death.

Episode 7 - Supersense: Super Scents and Beyond
First Aired: November. 25,1990

Enhanced olfactory sensitivity; unique animal senses.

Episode 6 - Supersense: Sight and Sound
First Aired: November. 18,1990

Sight and sound are experienced through animal eyes and ears.

Episode 5 - The Sisterhood
First Aired: November. 11,1990

Africa's spotted hyena is a matriarch dominated, efficient predator.

Episode 4 - Scandinavia: Fresh Waters, Salt Seas
First Aired: October. 21,1990

A look at the Swedish archipelago and Norway's fjords.

Episode 3 - Scandinavia: Land of the Midnight Sun
First Aired: October. 14,1990

A look at how Norway and Sweden are affected by eight months of winter.

Episode 2 - Monkeys on the Edge
First Aired: October. 07,1990

Three species of monkeys, the muriqui, the golden lion tamarin and the buffy-headed marmoset struggle for survival in Brazil's coastal Atlantic Forest.

Episode 1 - Seasons in the Sea
First Aired: September. 30,1990

Sharks, rays, squids and blue whales live in the Pacific Ocean off the California coast.

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