7.9/1014 votes#1 - Earthflight
Season 32 Episode 1 - Aired 9/4/2013
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- 8.6/1015 votes
#2 - Earthflight
Season 32 Episode 2 - Aired 9/11/2013
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- 8.7/1014 votes
#3 - Earthflight
Season 32 Episode 3 - Aired 9/18/2013
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- 8.7/1010 votes
#4 - Earthflight
Season 32 Episode 4 - Aired 9/25/2013
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- 8.7/1010 votes
#5 - Earthflight
Season 32 Episode 5 - Aired 10/2/2013
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- 9.0/1012 votes
#6 - Earthflight
Season 32 Episode 6 - Aired 10/9/2013
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7.5/1046 votes#7 - Saving Otter 501
Season 32 Episode 7 - Aired 10/16/2013
This is the story of the Monterey Bay Aquarium's 501st attempt to save an orphan otter. From her discovery as a stranded newborn pup crying on the beach through her rehabilitation in secret roof tanks atop the Aquarium, we follow as Otter 501 learns how to dive, hunt, eat, and fend for herself in the wild, where survival is a long shot at best.
Director: Bob Talbot, Mark Shelley
Writer: Josh Rosen
8.0/1035 votes#8 - Love in the Animal Kingdom
Season 32 Episode 8 - Aired 11/6/2013
Examining the ways animals attract mates. Included: the feminine wiles of a young gorilla; the search for a partner among a thousand flamingos; the "open" relationships of blue-footed boobies; and the soap opera-like entanglements of gibbons.
Director: Mark Fletcher
Writer: N/A
8.2/10114 votes#9 - Parrot Confidential
Season 32 Episode 9 - Aired 11/13/2013
A look at the difficulties of raising parrots. The intelligent birds have a life span of 80-90 years, which means they often live longer than their owners—when their owners don't give them up after a few years, that is. They also form strong bonds with caregivers, which can result in odd behavior if a caregiver leaves for an extended period of time, as Liz and Russ Hartman learned: their bird became so upset while Russ was away on a business trip that it plucked all the feathers from its chest.
Director: Allison Argo
Writer: Allison Argo
7.9/1082 votes#10 - Meet the Coywolf
Season 32 Episode 10 - Aired 1/22/2014
The coywolf, a mixture of western coyote and eastern wolf, is a remarkable new hybrid carnivore that is taking over territories once roamed by wolves and slipping unnoticed into our cities. Its appearance is very recent — within the last 90 years — in evolutionary terms, a blip in time. Beginning in Canada but by no means ending there, the story of how it came to be is an extraordinary tale of how quickly adaptation and evolution can occur, especially when humans interfere. Tag along as scientists study this new top predator, tracking it from the wilderness of Ontario’s Algonquin Park, through parking lots, alleys and backyards in Toronto all the way to the streets of New York City.
Director: Susan Fleming
Writer: N/A
8.1/1020 votes#11 - The Funkiest Monkeys
Season 32 Episode 11 - Aired 1/29/2014
There is an unusual looking monkey called the crested black macaque that is endemic to rainforests in Indonesia, which includes the island of Sulawesi. These striking black primates, sporting punk hairstyles and copper-colored eyes, first caught the attention and won the heart of wildlife cameraman and biologist Colin Stafford-Johnson 25 years ago. But since then, their numbers have dropped by almost 90 percent, so the filmmaker returns to the island to discover why and how he could help.
Director: Rob Sullivan
Writer: N/A
8.0/10176 votes#12 - Honey Badgers: Masters of Mayhem
Season 32 Episode 12 - Aired 2/19/2014
“Honey badger is bad ass.” Those words and corresponding video became a YouTube sensation with 51 million hits. This relentless little creature is one of the most fearless animals in the world, renowned for its ability to confront grown lions, castrate charging buffalo, and shrug off the toxic defenses of stinging bees, scorpions, and snakes. Little is known about its behavior in the wild or why it is so aggressive. Our film will follow three badger specialists in South Africa who take on these masters of mayhem in ways that must be seen to be believed.
Director: Steve Gooder
Writer: Steve Gooder
7.5/1064 votes#13 - Ireland's Wild River
Season 32 Episode 13 - Aired 3/5/2014
The Shannon is Ireland’s greatest geographical landmark and the longest river. It is both a barrier and highway – a silver ribbon holding back the rugged landscapes of the west from the gentler plains to the east. On its journey south, the Shannon passes through a huge palette of rural landscapes, where on little-known backwaters, Ireland’s wild animals and plants still thrive as almost nowhere else. For a year, wildlife cameraman Colin Stafford-Johnson lives on the river — camping on its banks, exploring its countless tributaries in a traditional canoe, following the river from dawn to dusk through the four seasons, on a quest to film the natural history of the Shannon as it has never been seen or heard or experienced before.
Director: John Murray
Writer: N/A
7.8/1046 votes#14 - My Bionic Pet
Season 32 Episode 14 - Aired 4/9/2014
The animals of the world may increasingly need our help with big issues like preserving habitat or species conservation. But sometimes individual animals need our help as well. Left disabled without fins, flippers, beaks or tails because of disease, accidents or even human cruelty, these unfortunate creatures need what amounts to a miracle if they are to survive.
Director: Kevin Bachar, Andy Seestedt
Writer: N/A
8.3/1055 votes#15 - Touching the Wild
Season 32 Episode 15 - Aired 4/16/2014
Joe Hutto’s idea of research is anything but normal, dedicating seven years of his life to becoming a wild mule deer. The herd would ordinarily run from any human but, incredibly, these keenly intelligent animals come to regard this stranger as one of their own. Accepted by the matriarch, he walks among them, is even groomed by them, and can lie with a pregnant doe talking to its unborn fawns. As he crosses the species divide Joe is tapping into a new understanding about these elusive animals, literally entering a deer society. The captivating joy he feels for his new family is nothing short of infectious, but this human predator also learns to see the world from the point of view of prey – and it’s an experience that will ultimately rock him to his very core; sharing their world so personally finally takes a toll that sends him back to his own kind.
Director: David Allen
Writer: N/A
8.0/10159 votes#16 - Snow Monkeys
Season 32 Episode 16 - Aired 4/23/2014
In the frigid valleys of Japan’s Shiga Highlands, a troop of snow monkeys make their way and raise their families in a complex society of rank and privilege where each knows their place. Their leader is still new to the job and something of a solitary grouch. But one little monkey, innocently unaware of his own lowly social rank, reaches out to this lonely leader, forming a bond with him that manages over time to warm his less than sunny disposition. It is a rare and remarkable gesture that alters both their lives. Changing seasons bring new babies to care for, a profusion of insects and blossoms to eat, family disagreements to squabble over and tragedies to overcome. Mating season brings competition for females as the days grow shorter and colder in a rush toward winter. But with their now confident leader to guide them and their families to shelter and care for them, this troop of snow monkeys is ready to face the world.
Director: Joseph Pontecorvo
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8.3/10118 votes#17 - The Gathering Swarms
Season 32 Episode 17 - Aired 5/21/2014
A look at some of the planet’s great gatherings, creatures that come together in inconceivable numbers – sometimes in millions, billions, and even trillions. Included are bats and bees, locust and ants, monarch butterflies in Mexico, 17-year cicada hatches, grunion in the Sea of Cortez and carp in the Mississippi River, sardine runs off the coast of South Africa, super flocks of parakeets in the Australian Outback, mayflies on the 4th of July, and even penguins and wildebeest. Some gather to breed or to migrate, some for protection, some simply to keep warm in the cold. But in the process, a kind of super-organism is created in which individual intelligence is superseded by a collective consciousness that shares information and moves with a single purpose for the benefit of all. Check out swarm intelligence, essentially a living embodiment of social media in the natural world.
Director: John Downer
Writer: John Downer
7.2/1084 votes#18 - Leave It to Beavers
Season 32 Episode 18 - Aired 5/14/2014
A growing number of scientists, conservationists and grass-roots environmentalists have come to regard beavers as overlooked tools when it comes to reversing the disastrous effects of global warming and world-wide water shortages. Once valued for their fur or hunted as pests, these industrious rodents are seen in a new light through the eyes of this novel assembly of beaver enthusiasts and “employers” who reveal the ways in which the presence of beavers can transform and revive landscapes. Using their skills as natural builders and brilliant hydro-engineers, beavers are being recruited to accomplish everything from finding water in a bone-dry desert to recharging water tables and coaxing life back into damaged lands.
Director: Jari Osborne
Writer: Jari Osborne
8.4/10139 votes#19 - Fabulous Frogs
Season 32 Episode 19 - Aired 6/25/2014
Sir David Attenborough hosts an exploration of the weird and wonderful world of frogs. Firsthand stories, the latest science and cutting-edge technology are used to demonstrate the wide variety of frog anatomy, appearance and behavior.
Director: Sally Thomson
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The Best Episodes of Nature Season 32
Every episode of Nature Season 32 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Nature Season 32!
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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Network:PBS
Season 32 Ratings Summary
"Earthflight" is the best rated episode of "Nature" season 32. It scored 7.9/10 based on 14 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/4/2013. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "Earthflight".