7.8/1022 votes#1 - The Platypus Guardian
Season 42 Episode 1 - Aired 10/18/2023
Witness the story of Pete Walsh, a Tasmanian man who befriends a platypus he names Zoom. With the help of experts, Pete learns more about the platypus’s secret world in a mission to protect them from the dangers of urban development.
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7.6/1010 votes#2 - Spy in the Ocean: Deep Thinkers
Season 42 Episode 2 - Aired 10/25/2023
Spy creatures reveal an ocean full of startling ways of thinking, including large-brained whales, smart octopi, diving monkeys, creative fish and other intelligent animals.
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7.6/109 votes#3 - Spy in the Ocean: Deep Feelings
Season 42 Episode 3 - Aired 11/1/2023
Spy creatures explore animal emotions and the deep feelings we share. With surfing dolphins, kissing manatees and sensitive cuttlefish, witness the emotional rollercoaster of life in the sea.
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7.8/109 votes#4 - Spy in the Ocean: Deep Relationships
Season 42 Episode 4 - Aired 11/8/2023
Spy creatures uncover surprising undersea relationships as sharks befriend fish, whales play with dolphins, and lobsters do the conga in seas where even spider crabs have friends.
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7.4/108 votes#5 - Spy in the Ocean: Deep Trouble
Season 42 Episode 5 - Aired 11/15/2023
Spy creatures showcase the challenges of ocean life. From a baby whale in danger and marine iguanas battling storms, to a mantis shrimp’s knockout punch, the spies are never far from trouble.
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7.5/1013 votes#6 - Big Little Journeys: Home
Season 42 Episode 6 - Aired 1/10/2024
In Canada, a tiny turtle ventures through a forest of giants in search of the lake where she will spend the next 50 years of her life. In South Africa, a young bushbaby is drawn towards a world of light in his quest to find a new home.
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7.9/1015 votes#7 - Big Little Journeys: Survival
Season 42 Episode 7 - Aired 1/17/2024
In Taiwan, a Formosan pangolin travels through a land of giants to find a mate in a protected forest, while in Brazil's Atlantic Forest, a family of golden-headed lion tamarins journey from the edge of their world into a land of plenty.
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7.8/1014 votes#8 - Big Little Journeys: Bloodlines
Season 42 Episode 8 - Aired 1/24/2024
In Madagascar, a match-stick sized chameleon goes on an epic journey to find a mate and lay eggs before it's too late. A water vole in the Scottish Highlands swims a lake, climbs a waterfall and scales a mountain to find a place to raise her pups.
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7.1/1021 votes#9 - Gorrilla
Season 42 Episode 9 - Aired 1/31/2024
Gabon’s Loango National Park is home to a group of western lowland gorillas that have become accustomed to biologists who have studied them for almost 20 years. This documentary presents an intimate look at a silverback and his family, and features a newborn baby gorilla, brave researchers, forest elephants, buffalos and the last remaining wild coastline in the African tropics.
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7.6/1025 votes#10 - Flyways
Season 42 Episode 10 - Aired 2/7/2024
Shorebirds fly thousands of miles each year along ancient and largely unknown migratory routes called Flyways. Species travel from feeding grounds in the southern hemisphere to breeding grounds in the Arctic regions and back again, flying up to nine days non-stop without food or water. But their populations are crashing. Follow a conservation movement of bird-loving experts and citizen scientists as they mobilize to the challenge of understanding and saving shorebirds.
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7.5/1030 votes#11 - Attenborough and the Jurassic Sea Monster
Season 42 Episode 11 - Aired 2/14/2024
Sir David Attenborough unearths a once in a lifetime discovery: the fossil of a giant Pliosaur, the largest Jurassic predator ever known. Follow a team of forensic experts on a perilous expedition to excavate the skull, uncover the predatory secrets lying deep inside the fossil, and unlock clues about the life of this giant sea beast.
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8.1/1029 votes#12 - Patrick and the Whale
Season 42 Episode 12 - Aired 2/21/2024
For years, Patrick Dykstra has traveled the globe following and diving with whales, learning how whales see, hear and perceive other creatures in the water. In Dominica, Patrick has a life changing experience – a close encounter with a sperm whale he names “Delores.” Witness Patrick and the whale attempt to communicate with each other in extraordinary footage.
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8.1/1040 votes#13 - Raptors - A Fistful of Daggers: Meet the Raptors
Season 42 Episode 13 - Aired 4/10/2024
From giant eagles to miniature falconets, meet the many species of raptors. Explore how they survive winters, learn to hunt, and undergo migrations. Their superpowers of flight, sight, hearing, and smell give them dominance over the skies.
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7.6/1030 votes#14 - Raptors - A Fistful of Daggers: Extreme Lives
Season 42 Episode 14 - Aired 4/17/2024
See the extreme ways in which raptors conquer the toughest habitats on Earth. From snowy owls in the high Arctic to honey buzzards raiding hornet nests in Taiwan, raptors can hunt prey in any climate.
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7.6/1040 votes#15 - Grizzly 399: Queen of the Tetons
Season 42 Episode 15 - Aired 5/8/2024
The most famous bear in the Tetons attempts to raise four cubs. But she makes increasingly unexpected and consequential choices to protect her family, Grizzly 399 stands as a symbol of the clash between humans and the wild.
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7.3/1020 votes#16 - Saving the Animals of Ukraine
Season 42 Episode 16 - Aired 5/15/2024
Ukrainian YouTuber Anton Ptushkin documents the work that Ukrainian citizens have done to rescue and care for the pets and zoo animals abandoned during the war. Before the invasion in February 2022, Ukraine had the second-highest population of pets per capita in the world. In the face of violence, pets and their owners became symbols of resistance, heroes and frontline volunteers. See how a national tragedy transformed into a global story of incredible devotion and love.
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7.7/1015 votes#17 - Wild Ireland: Kingdom of Stone
Season 42 Episode 17 - Aired 5/22/2024
Ireland is renowned worldwide for its lush green landscapes and wild Atlantic coast, but one of its greatest natural treasures is a desert of grey stones called the Burren, which is home to some of Ireland’s most enchanting wildlife. Featuring striking wildlife sequences set in this fantastical otherworld, the documentary follows its lead character, the elusive but charming pine marten, as her story takes us on a delightful journey through this incredible habitat and the lives of its wild birds and animals.
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The Best Episodes of Nature Season 42
Every episode of Nature Season 42 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Nature Season 42!
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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Season 42 Ratings Summary
"The Platypus Guardian" is the best rated episode of "Nature" season 42. It scored 7.8/10 based on 22 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/18/2023. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Spy in the Ocean: Deep Thinkers".