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The Best Episodes of Nature

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The Best Episodes of Nature

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...

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  1. 10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Santa's Wild Home

    S39:E6

    Get an intimate look at the wildlife of Lapland, a region in northern Finland, the fabled home of Santa Claus and actual home of reindeer, great gray owls, wolverines, eagles, wolves, musk oxen, brown bears and more.

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  2. 10.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - The Alps: The High Life

    S39:E7

    In Europe’s highest mountain range, discover how Eurasian lynx, griffon vultures, ibex, marmots and more face extreme seasonal fluctuations, from volatile thunderstorms and landslides of summer to avalanches and frozen temperatures of winter. In Part One of the miniseries “The Alps”, enjoy the Alps in spring and summertime as newborn animals grow up to face the coming brutal winter.

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  3. 10.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - The Alps: Winter's Fortress

    S39:E8

    In the second and final part of NATURE’s miniseries “The Alps,” experience the hostile and bitter cold ecosystems of the Alps, shaped by snow blizzards and avalanches.

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  4. 9.5/10(16 votes)

    #4 - The Urban Elephant

    S19:E4

    The enigmatic subjects of NATURE: The Urban Elephant, Asian elephants are losing territory to the inevitable process of deforestation. Industrialization all over Asia has hurt the mahouts, or elephant drivers, so that the trained elephants and their riders are being driven into major cities such as Bangkok to earn a meager living receiving donations and food from curious tourists.

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  5. 9.4/10(11 votes)

    #5 - The Face of the Deep

    S3:E5

    Examines the variety of plants and animals living in the Sargasso Sea, a gigantic floating bed of seaweed near Bermuda.

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  6. 9.3/10(29 votes)

    #6 - Leopard: A Darkness in the Grass

    S5:E8

    The activities of an elusive female leopard are traced over a two-day period on the hot plains of Africa.

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  8. 9.3/10(13 votes)

    #7 - Toothwalkers: Giants of the Arctic Ice

    S16:E1

    TOOTHWALKERS presents extremely rare under-the-ice footage that reveals a complex and potentially dangerous side to this huge and often mysterious mammal.

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  9. 9.3/10(22 votes)

    #8 - Triumph of Life: The Four Billion Year War

    S19:E7

    THE FOUR BILLION YEAR WAR explains how both conflict and cooperation have helped shape the species that today populate our world. And it profiles the winners and losers in this epic evolutionary contest — from the massive dinosaurs who disappeared long ago to the humble bacteria that have survived for billions of years virtually unchanged.

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  10. 9.2/10(12 votes)

    #9 - The Nature of Sex: The Sex Contract

    S12:E6

    Explores the selection process among different species for choosing a mate, whether it’s for life or just for the day.

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  11. 9.2/10(10 votes)

    #10 - Triumph of Life: The Eternal Arms Race

    S19:E9

    For billions of years, life on Earth has been engaged in its own ETERNAL ARMS RACE, the subject of Part 3 of NATURE’s TRIUMPH OF LIFE. As predators became better hunters, their prey also evolved better defenses.

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  12. 9.2/10(16 votes)

    #11 - Australia's Little Assassins

    S19:E16

    When animals are the subject, most people associate Australia with lovable koalas and leaping kangaroos. But an even more distinctive aspect of Australian wildlife is its abundance of animals -- from snakes and spiders to a host of marine life forms and at least one mammal -- that use venom to defend themselves, attack prey, and in some cases help digest food.

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  13. 9.2/10(16 votes)

    #12 - The Venom Cure

    S23:E9

    Scientists have discovered that natural poisons and venoms contain chemicals that can be used to create drugs for treating everything from chronic pain to cancer.

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  14. 9.1/10(15 votes)

    #13 - Jaguar: Year of the Cat

    S14:E1

    "Jaguar: Year of the Cat" follows the predator in its native rain forests of Belize. Included: a pair stalk turtles, peccaries and armadillos; scenes of the habits of their animal neighbors, including toucans and ocelots.

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  15. 9.1/10(25 votes)

    #14 - Hippo Beach

    S22:E1

    A chronicle of hippopotamus life along the banks of Zambia's Luangwa River includes footage of males fighting over territory; females protecting their young; the hippo's importance to river ecology; and societal rituals involving the head male of the pod. Mark Hamill narrates.

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  16. 9.0/10(9 votes)

    #15 - Cheetahs in the Land of Lions

    S11:E11

    A study of cheetah behavior follows a mother and her cubs on the Serengeti plains.

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  17. 9.0/10(10 votes)

    #16 - Gorilla: King of the Congo

    S11:E12

    A gorilla orphanage and a proposed forest reserve may save the lowland gorilla.

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  18. 9.0/10(9 votes)

    #17 - Echoes from the Ice

    S12:E3

    The two-hundred-foot walls of ice in Glacier Bay overwhelm the senses, but they also surround the most beautiful sights Alaska has to offer — the Northern Lights, the roaming grizzly bears, and the humpback whales. The glacier itself is also creating new life — it has retreated some 70 miles up the bay, wiping the ecological slate clean, allowing new plants and animals to start again from scratch.

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  19. 9.0/10(9 votes)

    #18 - The Real Macaw

    S22:E8

    Everyone loves macaws. Playful, intelligent, beautiful, they are the stars of parrot parks and zoos, and the cherished pets of devoted owners around the world. All of which makes them prime targets for poachers, who can make enormous profits from illegal sales of the birds. Thousands are smuggled from the wild each year, and many die in the process. In the forests of South America, several species of macaw are severely endangered. But there is hope on the horizon. Dr. Charlie Munn, a wealthy American who is also a leading ornithologist and world expert on parrots, has begun a campaign to promote eco-tourism as a means of saving the birds. Employing former poachers as conservationists, and providing locals with the means to start and maintain a trade in tourism instead of smuggling, he’s betting that instead of buying birds, their fans will pay to see them in the wild.

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  20. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Revealing the Leopard

    S29:E6

    Leopards may be smaller than lions and slower than cheetahs, but it is believed there are roughly ten times more of them than lions, tigers and cheetahs combined. How have they achieved this? The key to their success is their cunning, stealth, and adaptability. From South Africa to Sri Lanka, leopards live secretly, clinging to the shadows.

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  21. 9.0/10(42 votes)

    #20 - Attenborough's Life Stories: Our Fragile Planet

    S31:E7

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

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  22. 9.0/10(12 votes)

    #21 - Earthflight

    S32:E6

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  23. 8.9/10(12 votes)

    #22 - The Joy of Pigs

    S15:E4

    Exploring pigs, described by host George Page as “the world's most cosmopolitan characters,” with a focus on their adaptability to a variety of environments. Included: pigs as pets; hunters stalking a “bearded” pig in Borneo.

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  24. 8.9/10(12 votes)

    #23 - The Panda Baby

    S19:E14

    The birth and survival of a panda cub signals hope for the world's most cherished endangered animals, in NATURE's The Panda Baby.

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  25. 8.9/10(22 votes)

    #24 - The Cheetah Orphans

    S26:E3

    Documentarian Simon King raises two orphaned cheetah cubs in Kenya's Lewa Wildlife Conservancy. He's seen bottle-feeding them and---to prepare them for the wild--- teaching the pair to hunt. King narrates.

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  26. 8.9/10(16 votes)

    #25 - The Desert Lions

    S26:E5

    Dr. Philip Stander, a Namibian carnivore expert, investigates the resurgent lion population in the Namib Desert. Included: the uniqueness of the big cats; and their biggest challenge---residents who see them as threats to livestock.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Santa's Wild Home" is the best rated episode of "Nature". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 11/25/2020. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Alps: The High Life".