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The Nature of Things

Season 53 2013 - 2014

  • 2013-10-04T00:00:00Z on CBC Television
  • 45m
  • 21h (28 episodes)
  • Canada
  • English
  • Documentary
Hosted by the world-renowned geneticist and environmentalist, David Suzuki, every week presents stories that are driven by a scientific understanding of the world.

28 episodes

Season Premiere

2013-10-04T00:00:00Z

53x01 Carpe Diem: A Fishy Tale

Season Premiere

53x01 Carpe Diem: A Fishy Tale

  • 2013-10-04T00:00:00Z45m

Asian Carp are here to stay - and within 100 km of invading the Great Lakes. Despite best efforts in shooting, electrocuting, poisoning and angling them, they multiply like rabbits. It makes them a substantial threat to fresh water eco-systems.

Lyme disease, a mysterious tick-borne illness, has become one of the fastest-spreading vector borne diseases in North America. Explore how climate change has hastened the spread this devastating disease, one that is often misdiagnosed and mistreated, and is mired in media controversy.

The intrepid Dr. Jennifer Gardy is back to do whatever it takes to put health and science claims to the grindstone and help us in our quest for perfection.

Brain Magic: The Power of Placebos pulls back the curtains on the proof that placebos can have powerful – and real – effects on our mind and body.

We like to believe we're in control. But if what we're discovering about parasites is anything to go by, who is really in control is a lot more complicated, and a lot more interesting, than we ever imagined. So let "The Nature of Things with David Suzuki" help you get over the ick factor, and explore the world of parasites. So let "The Nature of Things with David Suzuki" help you get over the ick factor, and explore the world of parasites. Scientists have collected hundreds of examples of parasites that brainwash their hosts. And now researchers are starting to untangle these parasites' evolutionary tricks of the trade. In the coastal estuaries of California, Professor Kevin Lafferty of the United States Geological Survey introduces us to a flatworm that lives in three hosts - a snail, a fish and a bird. This parasite's influence is so profound that it tips the balance of the local ecosystem

2013-11-15T01:00:00Z

53x06 Untangling Alzheimer’s

53x06 Untangling Alzheimer’s

  • 2013-11-15T01:00:00Z45m

David Suzuki has a very personal interest in the disease of Alzheimer's because his mother died of it. We join David on an intimate journey as he explores the newest breakthroughs in understanding this devastating disease as well as his own chances of contracting the cruel condition.

2013-11-22T01:00:00Z

53x07 A Dog’s Life

53x07 A Dog’s Life

  • 2013-11-22T01:00:00Z45m

An exploration of the senses, mind and behaviour of our four-legged friends.

2013-11-29T01:00:00Z

53x08 Survival of the Fabulous

53x08 Survival of the Fabulous

  • 2013-11-29T01:00:00Z45m

Gay filmmaker Bryce Sage has had a big question on his mind ever since he came out of the closet-how is evolution compatible with the existence of gay men? Bryce sets out on a very personal journey to find out if scientists have come up with a definitive answer to this gay conundrum.

2013-12-06T01:00:00Z

53x09 Where Am I?

53x09 Where Am I?

  • 2013-12-06T01:00:00Z45m

Explore the skills we use to find our way around. Some of us seem to always know where we are, while others rarely do. What makes the difference?

2014-01-03T01:00:00Z

53x10 The Great Butterfly Hunt

53x10 The Great Butterfly Hunt

  • 2014-01-03T01:00:00Z45m

Canadian scientist Fred Urquhart unravels the mystery of the monarch's winter home.

53x11 How to Be a Wild Elephant

  • 2014-01-10T01:00:00Z45m

Orphan elephant Sities must learn how to be a wild elephant when she leaves the safety of a Kenyan sanctuary to begin her journey back to freedom.

The quest to solve a great mystery in history: Identify the Black Death killer and unlock secrets that could save millions of lives.

2014-01-31T01:00:00Z

53x13 Trek of the Titans

53x13 Trek of the Titans

  • 2014-01-31T01:00:00Z45m

A rare look at the leatherback turtle as it migrates between the chilly waters off Eastern Canada and the sunny beaches of the Caribbean.

2014-02-28T01:00:00Z

53x14 The Allergy Fix

53x14 The Allergy Fix

  • 2014-02-28T01:00:00Z45m

Scientists are attacking food allergies in new and inventive ways, driven by the alarming increase in the number of people, particularly children, who suffer from them – and can die from them.

A remarkable journey across Canada’s natural landscapes revealing the surprising influence early humans had on the land and its wildlife.

From the Rockies to the Pacific, western Canada has astonishing wildlife and landscapes, some of which have been influenced by early humans.

From the prairies to Canada's vast boreal forest that stretches almost from coast to coast, we reveal a huge wilderness of extremes that has been shaped over millennia by both humans and wildfires. Here pronghorn antelope, the fastest hoofed land animal on earth, still haunt the grasslands, the elusive wolverine thrives in the icy remote northern forests and beaver share their cozy lodges with grateful muskrats.

2014-04-04T00:00:00Z

53x18 Wild Canada: Ice Edge

53x18 Wild Canada: Ice Edge

  • 2014-04-04T00:00:00Z45m

From polar bear cubs making their first discovery of ice to a caribou calf 'dancing' in the chilly spring air to eider ducks diving under the ice to find mussels, we witness the extremes and wonders of life in the far north.

Season Finale

2014-04-11T00:00:00Z

53x19 Making Wild Canada

Season Finale

53x19 Making Wild Canada

  • 2014-04-11T00:00:00Z45m

Making the incredible Wild Canada series. Meet Jeff Turner, the series director, and see stories from the field.

Canadian paleo-pathologist Eldon Molto is leading the search for clues of the mysterious Pericu people of Baja California, Mexico - a fierce, primitive tribe that disappeared over a century ago, after being exposed to European disease. They left virtually nothing behind but their bones.

53x21 The Man Who Tweeted Earth

  • 2014-01-24T01:00:00Z45m

Through pictures, music and poetry, Canadian Commander Chris Hadfield brings us a view of earth from space that we’ve never seen before.

Chris Hadfield made us love space again. Tweeting, snapping photos and regularly connecting with folks back home as he hurtled around the earth aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Hadfield is the first Canadian commander ever of one of the most complex and sophisticated examples of human technology ever built.

From the moment Hadfield arrived at the ISS for his five-month mission, he transformed the way we connect to space. Millions followed his every move. His YouTube videos were instantly viral. The Queen and Captain Kirk sent him messages.

But even though Hadfield made it look like fun, a whole lot of serious science happened up there. Equipment on the ISS measures solar matter to further our understanding of space. Research that can only be done in zero gravity could radically change how medical diagnoses happen on earth. And tests to figure out how to make space travel safer and more efficient (with a view to making it to the red planet one day).

2014-01-31T01:00:00Z

53x22 Trek of the Titans

53x22 Trek of the Titans

  • 2014-01-31T01:00:00Z45m

A rare look at the leatherback turtle as it migrates between the chilly waters off Eastern Canada and the sunny beaches of the Caribbean.

2014-02-28T01:00:00Z

53x23 The Allergy Fix

53x23 The Allergy Fix

  • 2014-02-28T01:00:00Z45m

Scientists are attacking food allergies in new and inventive ways, driven by the alarming increase in the number of people, particularly children, who suffer from them – and can die from them.

A remarkable journey across Canada’s natural landscapes revealing the surprising influence early humans had on the land and its wildlife.

53x25 Wild Canada: The Wild West

  • 2014-03-21T00:00:00Z45m

From the Rockies to the Pacific, western Canada has astonishing wildlife and landscapes, some of which have been influenced by early humans.

53x26 Wild Canada: The Heartland

  • 2014-03-28T00:00:00Z45m

From the prairies to Canada's vast boreal forest that stretches almost from coast to coast, we reveal a huge wilderness of extremes that has been shaped over millennia by both humans and wildfires. Here pronghorn antelope, the fastest hoofed land animal on earth, still haunt the grasslands, the elusive wolverine thrives in the icy remote northern forests and beaver share their cozy lodges with grateful muskrats.

2014-04-04T00:00:00Z

53x27 Wild Canada: Ice Edge

53x27 Wild Canada: Ice Edge

  • 2014-04-04T00:00:00Z45m

In the country's harshest climate, the wildlife survive in the tundra of ice.

2014-04-11T00:00:00Z

53x28 Making Wild Canada

53x28 Making Wild Canada

  • 2014-04-11T00:00:00Z45m

Making the incredible Wild Canada series. Meet Jeff Turner, the series director, and see stories from the field.

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