Episodes

Learn how a surprising number of creatures live in the hostile environment of Africa’s Drakensberg Mountains. 11/28/2012

Intrepid researchers and cameramen track skunks day and night, uncovering how they hunt, forage, mate and raise their young. 8/28/11

Conservationist Romulus Whitaker uses documented science and contemporary reports to determine whether dragons were real.

Learn about the plight of the polar bears, who are living on borrowed time as their habitat changes and food sources become rare. 12/28/2011

Ernest Thompson Seton's tale about an encounter with a wolf led to the establishment of the National Park system and the Boy Scout movement in America.

Revel in the resurgence of the bald eagle, the American emblem that's come roaring back from the brink of extinction.

NATURE reveals a breathtaking view into the world of a red deer calf as he struggles to survive.

Get the full story on marlin, sailfish, spearfish and swordfish -- the most highly prized of all game fish. 6/20/2012

King among the mountain gorillas of Rwanda, Titus is one of only 700 of his kind alive today. Dian Fossey, the famed primatologist, documents Titus' extraordinary life, from his early days to his rise to power as a silverback. 7/3/2011

Discover what makes winners and losers in the animal dating game. 3/14/2012

Discover what makes winners and losers in the animal dating game. 3/7/2012

A story of the interconnection of life: NATURE discovers how the plummeting number of horseshoe crabs affects the red knot, a tiny bird. 3/20/11

Learn about lions who dwell in the desert.

In a winner-take-all contest, a male elephant seals challenges a rival for access to his harem of females.

When the mother of two cheetah cubs is killed, a veteran filmmaker becomes their new parent and tries to prepare them to return to the wild. 7/24/11