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The Best Episodes of Nature Season 31

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Every episode of Nature Season 31 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Nature Season 31!

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. 9.0/10(42 votes)

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

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    S31:E7

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

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  2. 8.8/10(48 votes)

    #2 - Attenborough's Life Stories: Life on Camera

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    S31:E5

    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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  3. 8.7/10(41 votes)

    #3 - Attenborough's Life Stories: Understanding the Natural World

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    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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  4. 8.3/10(163 votes)

    #4 - Animal Odd Couples

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    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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  5. 8.1/10(99 votes)

    #5 - What Plants Talk About

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    S31:E9

    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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  6. 8.0/10(40 votes)

    #6 - Cold Warriors: Wolves and Buffalo

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    S31:E8

    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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  8. 8.0/10(36 votes)

    #7 - Legendary White Stallions

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    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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  9. 7.9/10(76 votes)

    #8 - An Original DUCKumentary

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    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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  10. 7.9/10(44 votes)

    #9 - Great Zebra Exodus

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    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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  11. 7.6/10(69 votes)

    #10 - Siberian Tiger Quest

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    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.

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  12. 7.6/10(47 votes)

    #11 - Magic of the Snowy Owl

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    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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  13. 7.2/10(66 votes)

    #12 - The Private Life of Deer

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    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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  14. 6.6/10(64 votes)

    #13 - The Mystery of Eels

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    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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Season 31 Ratings Summary

"Attenborough's Life Stories: Our Fragile Planet" is the best rated episode of "Nature" season 31. It scored 9/10 based on 42 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 2/6/2013. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Attenborough's Life Stories: Life on Camera".