Nature Season 5
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 5 Full Episode Guide
Echoing hoots and trills, bandit masks, feathered tufts and orange noses distinguish African forest monkeys called quenons.
The tunnelers, thatchers, weavers, dam builders, sculptors, potters and spinners of the animal kingdom.
A year on a Japanese island following a family of red foxes.
What happens when a finely maintained garden is abandoned.
The unusual life in the salty Dead Sea, where the desert plunges 1,200 feet below sea level.
An exploration of the Rift Valley that sweeps North from Kenya to Turkey, where prophets said their god first planted a garden.
Following the wild mustangs of America’s West.
Hunters and egg poachers threaten the existence of the giant loggerhead turtle.
A look at the crane, Japanese symbol of longevity, true love and happiness.
The Japanese take efforts to save an indigenous monkey.
A freshwater lake in Tunisia that turns salty every summer.
A look at the survival of the African elephants, as ivory and foraging land became more valuable.
The activities of an elusive female leopard are traced over a two-day period on the hot plains of Africa.
An examination of the behavior of man’s feline friends.
A look at how the Pantanal's wildlife species cope with the annual cycle of flood and drought which transforms the marshy prairie from a dry savannah into the world's largest freshwater wetland – a 36,000 square-mile area that encompasses Southwestern Brazil and parts of Bolivia and Paraguay.
A look at the Galapagos Islands’ many birds, include the waved albatross, blue-footed booby, frigate bird and the ground finch; also, man’s relationship with the islands’ changing environment.
Marine iguanas, cormorants, green turtles, sea lions, and sperm whales are among the animals that thrive in the cold waters surrounding the equatorially located Galapagos Islands.
This exploration of the Galapagos Islands, located in the Pacific Ocean West of Ecuador, examines theories explaining the arrival of wildlife to the archipelago.
An examination of the plants and animals that make their home in a shallow lagoon found on the Western coast of Mexico’s Baja Peninsula.
Examines how the plants and animals of Alaska’s Alyeska wilderness have adapted to the regions harsh climate.
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