Nature - Season 9

Run Time: 53 mins
Air Date: Sun, 30 Sept 1990
Average Rating: ⭐ 7.8 (39 votes)
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Seasons in the Sea
Season 9 - Episode 1
Sharks, rays, squids and blue whales live in the Pacific Ocean off the California coast.

Monkeys on the Edge
Season 9 - Episode 2
Three species of monkeys, the muriqui, the golden lion tamarin and the buffy-headed marmoset struggle for survival in Brazil's coastal Atlan...

Scandinavia: Land of the Midnight Sun
Season 9 - Episode 3
A look at how Norway and Sweden are affected by eight months of winter.

Scandinavia: Fresh Waters, Salt Seas
Season 9 - Episode 4
A look at the Swedish archipelago and Norway's fjords.

The Sisterhood
Season 9 - Episode 5
Africa's spotted hyena is a matriarch dominated, efficient predator.

Supersense: Sight and Sound
Season 9 - Episode 6
Sight and sound are experienced through animal eyes and ears.

Supersense: Super Scents and Beyond
Season 9 - Episode 7
Enhanced olfactory sensitivity; unique animal senses.

Supersense: Making Sense
Season 9 - Episode 8
Internal clocks guide life rhythms of eating, sleeping, mating, hibernation, birth and death.

Monkey Island
Season 9 - Episode 9
This program travels to the island of Cayo Santiago off Puerto Rico to study the behavioral patterns of a colony of feral Rhesus Macaques.

Grizzly Country
Season 9 - Episode 10
Rangers at Denali National Park in Alaska train hikers for planned encounters with grizzlies; Alaskan grizzly bears are seen salmon fishing ...

The Wild Shores of Patagonia
Season 9 - Episode 11
Penguins, maras, guanacos, sea lions and killer whales highlight this portrait of Patagonia.

The Gulf: Portrait of the War Zone
Season 9 - Episode 12
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 fo...

One Man's Kenya
Season 9 - Episode 13
The beauty of the African plains and the effects of tourism on the area.

The Elephants of Tsavo: Love and Betrayal
Season 9 - Episode 14
Filmmaker Simon Trevor, a former game warden, records the decimation of African elephants.

Grand Teton Wilderness
Season 9 - Episode 15
The natural and human history of the Grand Tetons and Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

Year of the Jackal
Season 9 - Episode 16
Life within a close-knit golden jackal family on the plains of Lemuta in Africa.

Black Bear of the North
Season 9 - Episode 17
Biologist Lynn Rogers follows the black bear out of hibernation and into the Minnesota woods.

Wild Dogs of Africa
Season 9 - Episode 18
The relationship within a wild dog pack on Africa's Serengeti Plains.

Marathon Bird
Season 9 - Episode 19
A profile of the albatross examines its traits and habitats, as well as the mysteries and myths surrounding it.

The Cat That Came in From the Cold
Season 9 - Episode 20
A polecat winters at a working farm in Wales, along with scavenging foxes, rats and birds.

Crown of the Continent: Waterton/Glacier National Park
Season 9 - Episode 21
Grizzlies, wolves and cougars roam Montana's rugged, pristine Glacier National Park.