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Nature

Season 11 1992 - 1993
TV-G

  • 1992-10-06T00:00:00Z on PBS
  • 50m
  • 15h 54m (18 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Documentary, Family
Transport viewers to faraway places ranging from the steamy plains of Africa to the splendors of cold Antarctica. The main focus is on animals and ecosystems around the world.

18 episodes

This miniseries starts off by exploring the abundance of wildlife around the Volga Delta in Russia’s Astrakhan region.

An exploration of the wildlife of the Russian Arctic, and in particular Wrangle Island, featuring polar bears, musk oxen, Ross’s Gulls, reindeer, foxes, walruses, and the Red-breasted Goose.

A focus on the wildlife of the Central Asian deserts.

Between China and Central Asia is the Tian Shan mountain range, home to Marco Polo sheep, white-clawed bears, snow leopards, yaks, and the ibex.

A look at the wildlife in the huge Siberia forest reveals bears, elk, wolves, and musk deer among many other creatures in this frozen expanse.

This last program in the miniseries explores Kamchatka Peninsula where the Russian Arctic meets Southeast Asia. Home to perhaps the highest concentration of volcanoes in the world, this remote region is teeming with life both on land and in the sea, from the Amur Tiger to the Giant Pacific Octopus.

1992-10-19T00:00:00Z

11x07 Shadows in a Desert Sea

11x07 Shadows in a Desert Sea

  • 1992-10-19T00:00:00Z53m

Fish, bats, birds, whales, giant squids, sharks, dolphins, sea lions and more flourish in and around the Sea of Cortez.

1992-10-26T01:00:00Z

11x08 The Tree of Music

11x08 The Tree of Music

  • 1992-10-26T01:00:00Z53m

The African Blackwood is prized the world over for its wood in the making of musical instruments. Nature takes you on a journey through the history of this “tree of music” and into modern day efforts in Tanzania to save this ever dwindling resource.

1992-11-30T01:00:00Z

11x09 Slaves to the Queen

11x09 Slaves to the Queen

  • 1992-11-30T01:00:00Z53m

Get right inside the hives of bees and wasps to see the inner workings of these complex societies.

A look at two separate families of arctic foxes. One living in the frozen, barren tundra of northern Russia, the other living in the slightly more comfortable surroundings of the Norwegian coastline.

A study of cheetah behavior follows a mother and her cubs on the Serengeti plains.

A gorilla orphanage and a proposed forest reserve may save the lowland gorilla.

1993-02-22T01:00:00Z

11x13 American Trickster

11x13 American Trickster

  • 1993-02-22T01:00:00Z53m

As its numbers increase and its natural range diminishes, the coyote moves into populated regions like Los Angeles.

Touring the "Hebrides: The Secret Islands" off the coast of Scotland, "home to only the toughest and most adaptable species.

1993-03-15T01:00:00Z

11x15 Echo of the Elephants

11x15 Echo of the Elephants

  • 1993-03-15T01:00:00Z53m

In Kenya’s Amboseli National Park is a family of elephants led by its matriarch Echo. Elephant expert Cynthia Moss, takes us up-close and inside the lives of these magnificent animals.

1993-05-10T00:00:00Z

11x16 The Ghosts of Ruby

11x16 The Ghosts of Ruby

  • 1993-05-10T00:00:00Z53m

Raccoon and beaver lifestyles in the Canadian wilderness.

Season Finale

1993-05-24T00:00:00Z

11x18 Spirit of the Sound

Season Finale

11x18 Spirit of the Sound

  • 1993-05-24T00:00:00Z53m

Exploration of Puget Sound's ecosystem.

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