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Nature

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Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy Antarctica. The show's primary focus is on animals and ecosystems around the world. A comic book based on the show, meant to be used an as educational tool for kids, was briefly distributed to museums and schools at no cost in the mid-2000s.

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Checked Sep 2, 2026

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Synopsis

Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy Antarctica. The show's primary focus is on animals and ecosystems around the world. A comic book based on the show, meant to be used an as educational tool for kids, was briefly distributed to museums and schools at no cost in the mid-2000s.

Season 31 episodes

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Episode 1

Siberian Tiger Quest

53m6.0 / 10

Conservation ecologist Chris Morgan embarks on a challenge that will fulfill a lifelong dream — to find and film a Siberian tiger living wild and free in Russia’s far eastern forests. To help him, Morgan turns to Korean cameraman Sooyong Park, the first individual ever to film Siberian tigers in the wild.

Episode credits

Directed by Mike Birkhead, Joe LoncraineWritten by Joe LoncraineGuest stars Chris Morgan, Sooyong Park

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Episode 2

Magic of the Snowy Owl

53m

Filmmakers take us deep into the snowy owl’s tundra home on the North Slope of Alaska to observe the daily struggles involved in raising a family of helpless owlets until they’re able to fly.

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Episode 3

Animal Odd Couples

53m7.0 / 10

Love apparently knows no boundaries in the animal kingdom. Despite the odds, there are countless stories of the most unlikely cross-species relationships imaginable. Instincts gone awry? NATURE investigates why animals form these special bonds and what these relationships suggest about the nature of animal emotions.

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Episode 4

An Original DUCKumentary

53m

Masters of the water and air, they have conquered the globe. From deft dabblers to great divers, these are one of the Animal Kingdom's ultimate athletes. Take a fascinating look at one of our most familiar birds.

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Episode 5

Attenborough's Life Stories: Life on Camera

53m

Attenborough revisits key places and events in his career and shows how a succession of technical innovations in filmmaking led to remarkable revelations about our planet and the creatures that inhabit it.

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Episode 6

Attenborough's Life Stories: Understanding the Natural World

53m

Attenborough shares his memories of the scientists and the breakthroughs that helped shape his own career in translating these discoveries into film.

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Episode 7

Attenborough's Life Stories: Our Fragile Planet

53m

Attenborough reflects on the dramatic impact that we have had on the natural world during his lifetime.

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Episode 8

Cold Warriors: Wolves and Buffalo

53m

Wildlife filmmaker Jeff Turner captures how wolves and buffalo live together in what seems like a forgotten corner of the world.

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Episode 9

What Plants Talk About

53m9.0 / 10

When we think about plants, we don’t often associate a term like “behavior” with them, but experimental plant ecologist JC Cahill wants to change that. The University of Alberta professor maintains that plants do behave and lead anything but solitary and sedentary lives. What Plants Talk About teaches us all that plants are smarter and much more interactive than we thought!

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Episode 10

The Mystery of Eels

53m10.0 / 10

Eels can be found all over the globe, in fresh and salt water ecosystems alike. But today, risk of over-fishing and the presence of dams and other obstacles that prevent eels from reaching their oceanic spawning grounds pose new threats to an animal that once roamed the planet alongside the dinosaurs. Artist, writer, and naturalist James Prosek explores the mysterious world of the eel.

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Episode 11

Legendary White Stallions

53m

For 450 years, Lipizzaner stallions have been performing for audiences in Austria's capital. The stallions go through extensive training at the Spanish Riding School, where they learn to perform acrobatic feats and synchronized movements known as high classical dressage.

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Episode 12

The Private Life of Deer

53m

Just a century ago, there were less than a million deer in North America. Today, there are nearly 30 million. The Private Life of Deer looks at how these wild deer interact with one another, and how they adapt to living in a suburban environment.

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Episode 13

Great Zebra Exodus

53m9.0 / 10finale

Great Zebra Exodus explores parenthood and the fragility of young life—from zebras to lapwings to meerkats. It’s a tale of loyalty and sacrifice, of home and exile, of death and new life, set against the backdrop of one of Africa’s most surreal landscapes.

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Episode information updated Sep 10, 2026

More about Nature

Cast

Donald C. JohansonSelf
George PageNarrator (voice), Host
Jason O'MaraNarrator (voice)
F. Murray AbrahamNarrator (voice)
James NaughtonNarrator (voice)
Lynn SherrNarrator (voice)
Michael GrossNarrator (voice)
Christopher PlummerNarrator (voice)

Credits

Created by
Thomas Lovejoy, George Page

Production details

Status
Returning Series
Series type
Documentary
Episodes
697
Original language
English

Networks & production

  • PBSUnited States
  • ThirteenUnited States
  • Coneflower Films StudiosUnited States
  • Trebitsch Produktion International GmbHGermany
  • Rubin Tarrant ProductionsUnited States

Themes

animal kingdomanimal speciesanimalsanimals & natureenvironmentalhelping animalsknowledgelove of animals