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The Best Episodes of Nature Season 30

Every episode of Nature Season 30 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Nature Season 30!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Nature Season 30 Episode 1 - Radioactive Wolves
    7.8/10(74 votes)

    #1 - Radioactive Wolves

    S30:E1

    What happens to nature after a nuclear accident? And how does wildlife deal with the world it inherits after human inhabitants have fled? Radioactive Wolves examines the state of wildlife populations in Chernobyl’s exclusion zone, an area that, to this day, remains too radioactive for human habitation.

    Director:Klaus Feichtenberger
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Nature Season 30 Episode 2 - The Animal House
    7.9/10(32 votes)

    #2 - The Animal House

    S30:E2

    Some of the most amazing, creative, and innovative structures on earth are not man-made.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Nature Season 30 Episode 3 - Jungle Eagle
    7.3/10(38 votes)

    #3 - Jungle Eagle

    S30:E3

    Harpy eagles are the most powerful birds of prey in the world. Standing three feet tall, with a six-foot wingspan and talons the size of bear claws, these birds are the heavyweight hunters of the South American rainforest. Enter their secret world.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Nature Season 30 Episode 4 - My Life as a Turkey
    8.6/10(338 votes)

    #4 - My Life as a Turkey

    S30:E4

    After a local farmer left a bowl of eggs on Joe Hutto’s front porch, his life was forever changed. Based on his true story, My Life as a Turkey chronicles Hutto’s remarkable and moving experience of raising a group of wild turkey hatchlings to adulthood.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Nature Season 30 Episode 5 - Kangaroo Mob
    8.2/10(12 votes)

    #5 - Kangaroo Mob

    S30:E5

    In the past 50 years, the kangaroo population around Canberra, Australia’s capital city, has exploded from a few hundred to tens of thousands. Following the stories of several urban kangaroos, this film reveals how these marsupials manage to survive the city, and documents the ongoing debate on how best to manage them.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Nature Season 30 Episode 6 - Fortress of the Bears
    7.4/10(42 votes)

    #6 - Fortress of the Bears

    S30:E6

    Alaska’s Admiralty Island is home to the largest concentration of bears in the world. At half the size of Yellowstone National Park, it manages to sustain four times as many grizzlies. The native Tlingít people call this island “Kootznoowoo,” which means “Fortress of the Bears.”

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Nature Season 30 Episode 7 - Raccoon Nation
    7.7/10(72 votes)

    #7 - Raccoon Nation

    S30:E7

    Following a family of urban raccoons over the course of six months, and using high-definition cameras and intensive GPS tracking systems, “Raccoon Nation” reveals new insights about a species that is far more elusive and wily than most people ever imagined, and more destructive.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Nature Season 30 Episode 8 - Ocean Giants: Giant Lives
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #8 - Ocean Giants: Giant Lives

    S30:E8

    Whales and dolphins conjure a deep sense of wonder in us that’s hard to explain. From the Arctic to the Amazon, this groundbreaking three-part series goes on a global expedition with world-renowned underwater cameramen, Doug Allen (Planet Earth) and Didier Noirot (Jacques Cousteau’s cameraman), as they capture spellbinding footage of these marine mammals. Ocean Giants looks at how cetaceans hunt, mate, and communicate, and follows scientists as they strive to uncover new insights about these animals. The first hour, Giant Lives, enters the world of the great whales. In the Arctic, giant bowhead whales survive the freezing cold wrapped in fifty tons of insulating blubber two-feet thick, making them the fattest animals on the planet. But the biggest animal on the planet is the blue whale. Measuring a hundred feet long, and weighing in at 200 tons, it is double the size of the largest dinosaur.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Nature Season 30 Episode 9 - Ocean Giants: Deep Thinkers
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #9 - Ocean Giants: Deep Thinkers

    S30:E9

    Whales and dolphins conjure a deep sense of wonder in us that’s hard to explain. From the Arctic to the Amazon, this groundbreaking three-part series goes on a global expedition with world-renowned underwater cameramen, Doug Allen (Planet Earth) and Didier Noirot (Jacques Cousteau’s cameraman), as they capture spellbinding footage of these marine mammals. Ocean Giants looks at how cetaceans hunt, mate, and communicate, and follows scientists as they strive to uncover new insights about these animals. The second hour, Deep Thinkers, explores the cognitive and emotional lives of dolphins and whales. Like us, cetaceans have special brain cells, spindle cells, that are associated with communication, emotion, and heightened social sensitivity. These cells were once thought to be unique to us, but research is now showing that whales and dolphins may have up to three times more spindle cells than humans.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Nature Season 30 Episode 10 - Ocean Giants: Voices of the Sea
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #10 - Ocean Giants: Voices of the Sea

    S30:E10

    Whales and dolphins conjure a deep sense of wonder in us that’s hard to explain. From the Arctic to the Amazon, this groundbreaking three-part series goes on a global expedition with world-renowned underwater cameramen, Doug Allen (Planet Earth) and Didier Noirot (Jacques Cousteau’s cameraman), as they capture spellbinding footage of these marine mammals. Ocean Giants looks at how cetaceans hunt, mate, and communicate, and follows scientists as they strive to uncover new insights about these animals. Marine mammals’ extrasensory perceptions and communication skills are the focus of Voices of the Sea, the final hour of the series. Whales and dolphins depend on sound to function in their ocean home. They use ultrasound to see inside other creatures, clicks and whistles to speak, and echolocation to navigate and hunt in the pitch-black depths.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Nature Season 30 Episode 11 - River of No Return
    7.2/10(72 votes)

    #11 - River of No Return

    S30:E11

    Deep in the heart of Idaho lies the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness, part of the largest roadless area left in the lower 48 states. At 2.5 million acres, it is larger than Yellowstone. River of No Return tells the story of a couple that took on the wilderness and all its challenges.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Nature Season 30 Episode 12 - The White Lions
    8.0/10(27 votes)

    #12 - The White Lions

    S30:E12

    White lions are among the rarest and most treasured animals in the world. Rarer still is their survival in the wild. Follow NATURE as it tracks two white lion cubs as they struggle to survive the dangers they are faced with in South Africa’s Kruger National Park.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Nature Season 30 Episode 13 - Cracking the Koala Code
    6.5/10(37 votes)

    #13 - Cracking the Koala Code

    S30:E13

    Explore the day-to-day dramas of an extended family of koalas, seen through the eyes of the scientists studying their every move and vocalization.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 30 Ratings Summary

"Radioactive Wolves" is the best rated episode of "Nature" season 30. It scored 7.8/10 based on 74 votes. Directed by Klaus Feichtenberger and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/19/2011. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Animal House".