Episode 1
Alyeska: The Great Land
53m
Examines how the plants and animals of Alaska’s Alyeska wilderness have adapted to the regions harsh climate.
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Nature
1982TV-G44 seasons7.9 / 10
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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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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Episode 2
Baja Lagoon
53m
An examination of the plants and animals that make their home in a shallow lagoon found on the Western coast of Mexico’s Baja Peninsula.
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Galapagos: How They Got There
53m
This exploration of the Galapagos Islands, located in the Pacific Ocean West of Ecuador, examines theories explaining the arrival of wildlife to the archipelago.
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Galapagos: Cold on the Equator
53m
Marine iguanas, cormorants, green turtles, sea lions, and sperm whales are among the animals that thrive in the cold waters surrounding the equatorially located Galapagos Islands.
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Galapagos: The Ocean Travelers
53m
A look at the Galapagos Islands’ many birds, include the waved albatross, blue-footed booby, frigate bird and the ground finch; also, man’s relationship with the islands’ changing environment.
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Pantanal: Prairie of the Great Waters
53m
A look at how the Pantanal's wildlife species cope with the annual cycle of flood and drought which transforms the marshy prairie from a dry savannah into the world's largest freshwater wetland – a 36,000 square-mile area that encompasses Southwestern Brazil and parts of Bolivia and Paraguay.
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Leopard: A Darkness in the Grass
53m
The activities of an elusive female leopard are traced over a two-day period on the hot plains of Africa.
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The Elephant Challenge
53m
A look at the survival of the African elephants, as ivory and foraging land became more valuable.
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Ichkeul: Between the Desert and the Deep Blue Sea
53m
A freshwater lake in Tunisia that turns salty every summer.
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In the Shadow of Fujisan: See No Evil
53m
The Japanese take efforts to save an indigenous monkey.
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In the Shadow of Fujisan: Bird of Happiness
53m
A look at the crane, Japanese symbol of longevity, true love and happiness.
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In the Shadow of Fujisan: Long Live the Turtle
53m
Hunters and egg poachers threaten the existence of the giant loggerhead turtle.
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America's Wild Horses
53m
Following the wild mustangs of America’s West.
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Holy Land: A Wilderness Like Eden
53m
An exploration of the Rift Valley that sweeps North from Kenya to Turkey, where prophets said their god first planted a garden.
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Holy Land: Sweet Water, Bitter Sea
53m
The unusual life in the salty Dead Sea, where the desert plunges 1,200 feet below sea level.
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The Forgotten Garden
53m
What happens when a finely maintained garden is abandoned.
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Lords of Hokkaido
53m
A year on a Japanese island following a family of red foxes.
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Designed for Living
53mfinale
The tunnelers, thatchers, weavers, dam builders, sculptors, potters and spinners of the animal kingdom.
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Masked Monkeys
55m
Echoing hoots and trills, bandit masks, feathered tufts and orange noses distinguish African forest monkeys called quenons.
Episode credits
Directed by David HeeleyGuest stars George Page, Jonathan Kingdon
Episode information updated Jul 25, 2026
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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
- 692
- 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
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