← Nature

Season 9

21 episodes · 1990

  1. 1

    Seasons in the Sea

    Sep 30, 199053 min

    Sharks, rays, squids and blue whales live in the Pacific Ocean off the California coast.

  2. 2

    Monkeys on the Edge

    Oct 7, 199053 min

    Three species of monkeys, the muriqui, the golden lion tamarin and the buffy-headed marmoset struggle for survival in Brazil's coastal Atlantic Forest.

  3. 3

    Scandinavia: Land of the Midnight Sun

    Oct 14, 199053 min

    A look at how Norway and Sweden are affected by eight months of winter.

  4. 4

    Scandinavia: Fresh Waters, Salt Seas

    Oct 21, 199053 min

    A look at the Swedish archipelago and Norway's fjords.

  5. 5

    The Sisterhood

    Nov 11, 199053 min

    Africa's spotted hyena is a matriarch dominated, efficient predator.

  6. 6

    Supersense: Sight and Sound

    Nov 18, 199053 min

    Sight and sound are experienced through animal eyes and ears.

  7. 7

    Supersense: Super Scents and Beyond

    Nov 25, 199053 min

    Enhanced olfactory sensitivity; unique animal senses.

  8. 8

    Supersense: Making Sense

    Dec 2, 199053 min

    Internal clocks guide life rhythms of eating, sleeping, mating, hibernation, birth and death.

  9. 9

    Monkey Island

    Dec 9, 199053 min

    This program travels to the island of Cayo Santiago off Puerto Rico to study the behavioral patterns of a colony of feral Rhesus Macaques.

  10. 10

    Grizzly Country

    Dec 16, 199053 min

    Rangers at Denali National Park in Alaska train hikers for planned encounters with grizzlies; Alaskan grizzly bears are seen salmon fishing at Brooks Falls.

  11. 11

    The Wild Shores of Patagonia

    Jan 13, 199153 min

    Penguins, maras, guanacos, sea lions and killer whales highlight this portrait of Patagonia.

  12. 12

    The Gulf: Portrait of the War Zone

    Feb 17, 199153 min

    In light of the Persian Gulf War and the recent oil spills, PBS airs an update of the 1984 episode of Nature, Treasures of the Gulf, that focused on the effects of the Iran-Iraq war on the fragile ecology of the Persian Gulf.

  13. 13

    One Man's Kenya

    Feb 24, 199153 min

    The beauty of the African plains and the effects of tourism on the area.

  14. 14

    The Elephants of Tsavo: Love and Betrayal

    Mar 3, 199153 min

    Filmmaker Simon Trevor, a former game warden, records the decimation of African elephants.

  15. 15

    Grand Teton Wilderness

    Mar 10, 199153 min

    The natural and human history of the Grand Tetons and Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

  16. 16

    Year of the Jackal

    Mar 17, 199153 min

    Life within a close-knit golden jackal family on the plains of Lemuta in Africa.

  17. 17

    Black Bear of the North

    Mar 24, 199153 min

    Biologist Lynn Rogers follows the black bear out of hibernation and into the Minnesota woods.

  18. 18

    Wild Dogs of Africa

    Apr 7, 199153 min

    The relationship within a wild dog pack on Africa's Serengeti Plains.

  19. 19

    Marathon Bird

    Apr 14, 199153 min

    A profile of the albatross examines its traits and habitats, as well as the mysteries and myths surrounding it.

  20. 20

    The Cat That Came in From the Cold

    Apr 28, 199153 min

    A polecat winters at a working farm in Wales, along with scavenging foxes, rats and birds.

  21. 21

    Crown of the Continent: Waterton/Glacier National Park

    May 12, 199153 min

    Grizzlies, wolves and cougars roam Montana's rugged, pristine Glacier National Park.