Nature: Season 5

Episodes

1. 1. Alyeska: The Great Land

   Oct 19, 1986 · 53m

   Examines how the plants and animals of Alaska’s Alyeska wilderness have adapted to the regions harsh climate.

2. 2. Baja Lagoon

   Oct 26, 1986 · 53m

   An examination of the plants and animals that make their home in a shallow lagoon found on the Western coast of Mexico’s Baja Peninsula.

3. 3. Galapagos: How They Got There

   Nov 2, 1986 · 53m

   This exploration of the Galapagos Islands, located in the Pacific Ocean West of Ecuador, examines theories explaining the arrival of wildlife to the archipelago.

4. 4. Galapagos: Cold on the Equator

   Nov 9, 1986 · 53m

   Marine iguanas, cormorants, green turtles, sea lions, and sperm whales are among the animals that thrive in the cold waters surrounding the equatorially located Galapagos Islands.

5. 5. Galapagos: The Ocean Travelers

   Nov 16, 1986 · 53m

   A look at the Galapagos Islands’ many birds, include the waved albatross, blue-footed booby, frigate bird and the ground finch; also, man’s relationship with the islands’ changing environment.

6. 6. Pantanal: Prairie of the Great Waters

   Nov 23, 1986 · 53m

   A look at how the Pantanal's wildlife species cope with the annual cycle of flood and drought which transforms the marshy prairie from a dry savannah into the world's largest freshwater wetland – a 36,000 square-mile area that encompasses Southwestern Brazil and parts of Bolivia and Paraguay.

7. 7. Cats

   Dec 7, 1986 · 53m

   An examination of the behavior of man’s feline friends.

8. 8. Leopard: A Darkness in the Grass

   Dec 14, 1986 · 53m

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

9. 9. The Elephant Challenge

   Jan 18, 1987 · 53m

   A look at the survival of the African elephants, as ivory and foraging land became more valuable.

10. 10. Ichkeul: Between the Desert and the Deep Blue Sea

    Feb 8, 1987 · 53m

    A freshwater lake in Tunisia that turns salty every summer.

11. 11. In the Shadow of Fujisan: See No Evil

    Feb 22, 1987 · 53m

    The Japanese take efforts to save an indigenous monkey.

12. 12. In the Shadow of Fujisan: Bird of Happiness

    Mar 1, 1987 · 53m

    A look at the crane, Japanese symbol of longevity, true love and happiness.

13. 13. In the Shadow of Fujisan: Long Live the Turtle

    Mar 8, 1987 · 53m

    Hunters and egg poachers threaten the existence of the giant loggerhead turtle.

14. 14. America's Wild Horses

    Mar 15, 1987 · 53m

    Following the wild mustangs of America’s West.

15. 15. Holy Land: A Wilderness Like Eden

    Apr 12, 1987 · 53m

    An exploration of the Rift Valley that sweeps North from Kenya to Turkey, where prophets said their god first planted a garden.

16. 16. Holy Land: Sweet Water, Bitter Sea

    Apr 19, 1987 · 53m

    The unusual life in the salty Dead Sea, where the desert plunges 1,200 feet below sea level.

17. 17. The Forgotten Garden

    Apr 26, 1987 · 53m

    What happens when a finely maintained garden is abandoned.

18. 18. Lords of Hokkaido

    May 10, 1987 · 53m

    A year on a Japanese island following a family of red foxes.

19. 19. Designed for Living

    May 17, 1987 · 53m

    The tunnelers, thatchers, weavers, dam builders, sculptors, potters and spinners of the animal kingdom.

20. 20. Masked Monkeys

    May 24, 1987 · 55m

    Echoing hoots and trills, bandit masks, feathered tufts and orange noses distinguish African forest monkeys called quenons.

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