Nature - Season 5
Run Time: 53 mins
Air Date: Sun, 19 Oct 1986
Average Rating: ⭐ 7.8 (39 votes)
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Alyeska: The Great Land
Season 5 - Episode 1
Examines how the plants and animals of Alaska’s Alyeska wilderness have adapted to the regions harsh climate.
Baja Lagoon
Season 5 - Episode 2
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.
Galapagos: How They Got There
Season 5 - Episode 3
This exploration of the Galapagos Islands, located in the Pacific Ocean West of Ecuador, examines theories explaining the arrival of wildlif...
Galapagos: Cold on the Equator
Season 5 - Episode 4
Marine iguanas, cormorants, green turtles, sea lions, and sperm whales are among the animals that thrive in the cold waters surrounding the ...
Galapagos: The Ocean Travelers
Season 5 - Episode 5
A look at the Galapagos Islands’ many birds, include the waved albatross, blue-footed booby, frigate bird and the ground finch; also, man’s ...
Pantanal: Prairie of the Great Waters
Season 5 - Episode 6
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...
Cats
Season 5 - Episode 7
An examination of the behavior of man’s feline friends.
Leopard: A Darkness in the Grass
Season 5 - Episode 8
The activities of an elusive female leopard are traced over a two-day period on the hot plains of Africa.
The Elephant Challenge
Season 5 - Episode 9
A look at the survival of the African elephants, as ivory and foraging land became more valuable.
Ichkeul: Between the Desert and the Deep Blue Sea
Season 5 - Episode 10
A freshwater lake in Tunisia that turns salty every summer.
In the Shadow of Fujisan: See No Evil
Season 5 - Episode 11
The Japanese take efforts to save an indigenous monkey.
In the Shadow of Fujisan: Bird of Happiness
Season 5 - Episode 12
A look at the crane, Japanese symbol of longevity, true love and happiness.
In the Shadow of Fujisan: Long Live the Turtle
Season 5 - Episode 13
Hunters and egg poachers threaten the existence of the giant loggerhead turtle.
America's Wild Horses
Season 5 - Episode 14
Following the wild mustangs of America’s West.
Holy Land: A Wilderness Like Eden
Season 5 - Episode 15
An exploration of the Rift Valley that sweeps North from Kenya to Turkey, where prophets said their god first planted a garden.
Holy Land: Sweet Water, Bitter Sea
Season 5 - Episode 16
The unusual life in the salty Dead Sea, where the desert plunges 1,200 feet below sea level.
The Forgotten Garden
Season 5 - Episode 17
What happens when a finely maintained garden is abandoned.
Lords of Hokkaido
Season 5 - Episode 18
A year on a Japanese island following a family of red foxes.
Designed for Living
Season 5 - Episode 19
The tunnelers, thatchers, weavers, dam builders, sculptors, potters and spinners of the animal kingdom.
Masked Monkeys
Season 5 - Episode 20
Echoing hoots and trills, bandit masks, feathered tufts and orange noses distinguish African forest monkeys called quenons.