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Nature

Season 8 1989 - 1990
TV-G

  • 1989-10-09T00:00:00Z on PBS
  • 50m
  • 17h 40m (20 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.

20 episodes

Season Premiere

1989-10-09T00:00:00Z

8x01 The Great Rift: Footprints in the Valley

Season Premiere

8x01 The Great Rift: Footprints in the Valley

  • 1989-10-09T00:00:00Z53m

The area's evolutionary roots opens this look at the African valley.

The wildlife that lives on the Great Rift's ash plains.

Examines the Red Sea, the island of Madagascar and East Africa.

1989-10-30T01:00:00Z

8x04 Under the Ice

8x04 Under the Ice

  • 1989-10-30T01:00:00Z53m

Soft coral, sponges, tubeworms, anemones and giant cod adapt to life in Antarctica's subzero waters.

1989-11-13T01:00:00Z

8x05 Land of Dragons

8x05 Land of Dragons

  • 1989-11-13T01:00:00Z53m

Profiles the wildlife living within the British crown colony of Hong Kong

1989-11-20T01:00:00Z

8x06 The Great Wood of Caledon

8x06 The Great Wood of Caledon

  • 1989-11-20T01:00:00Z53m

An exploration of the Caledonian forest in Scotland, Britain's largest remaining area of ancient woodland.

1989-12-11T01:00:00Z

8x07 Gorillas

8x07 Gorillas

  • 1989-12-11T01:00:00Z53m

A portrait of the endangered mountain gorilla in equatorial Africa.

1989-12-18T01:00:00Z

8x08 Forest of Fear

8x08 Forest of Fear

  • 1989-12-18T01:00:00Z53m

A look at the maneating tigers of the Sundarbans delta in India.

1990-01-08T01:00:00Z

8x09 Gran Paradiso

8x09 Gran Paradiso

  • 1990-01-08T01:00:00Z53m

Resource management in Italy's alpine Gran Paradiso National Park has consequences beyond the parks boundaries.

1990-01-22T01:00:00Z

8x10 Cranes of the Grey Wind

8x10 Cranes of the Grey Wind

  • 1990-01-22T01:00:00Z53m

Scientists study sandhill cranes on Nebraskan plains, Alaskan and Siberian coasts and in the Northwest Territories.

1990-02-05T01:00:00Z

8x11 King Solomon's Mountains

8x11 King Solomon's Mountains

  • 1990-02-05T01:00:00Z53m

The forests and waters of Ethiopia's Bale Mountains, may one day renew the country's depleted landscape.

1990-02-12T01:00:00Z

8x12 Hunters of the Sky

8x12 Hunters of the Sky

  • 1990-02-12T01:00:00Z53m

A look at how Europe's birds of prey have adapted.

1990-02-19T01:00:00Z

8x13 A Wolf in the Fold

8x13 A Wolf in the Fold

  • 1990-02-19T01:00:00Z53m

The relationship between working sheepdogs and flocks of sheep. Selective breeding yields a sheepdog with outstanding abilities to tend the creature other canines prey upon.

1990-03-05T01:00:00Z

8x14 The Colorado

8x14 The Colorado

  • 1990-03-05T01:00:00Z53m

A wildlife survey of "The Colorado," the 1700-mile river that originates in the Rockies.

1990-03-12T01:00:00Z

8x15 The Emerald Isle

8x15 The Emerald Isle

  • 1990-03-12T01:00:00Z53m

Thousands of years of human settlement provide the backdrop by which to discover the wildlife of Ireland.

1990-03-19T01:00:00Z

8x16 Giant Otters

8x16 Giant Otters

  • 1990-03-19T01:00:00Z53m

The fur trade continues to threaten the South American otter with extinction, despite its status as an endangered species.

Profiles the Haida Indians who live on British Columbia's Queen Charlotte Island.

An exploration of the environmental impact of man's attempts to halt the erosion of Presque Isle beaches.

1990-04-09T00:00:00Z

8x19 Yellowstone on Fire

8x19 Yellowstone on Fire

  • 1990-04-09T00:00:00Z53m

The effect of the 1988 fire on the ecosystem of Yellowstone National Park.

Season Finale

1990-04-16T00:00:00Z

8x20 Serpents

Season Finale

8x20 Serpents

  • 1990-04-16T00:00:00Z53m

A natural history of the snake includes its significance to man as a symbol of fertility, immortality and death.

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