George Page
Director
Nature (1982)
Season 11
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 is on animals and ecosystems around the world. A comic book based on the show, meant to be used an as educational tool for kids, was briefly distributed to museums and schools at no cost in the mid-2000s.
Released Oct. 10, 1982
Episode 53 min
7+
Genres: Documentary, Family
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Watch Providers: PBS, PBS, Hoopla, YouTube TV, KQED
Production Companies: Thirteen, Coneflower Films Studios, Trebitsch Produktion International GmbH, Rubin Tarrant Productions
Network: PBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S11E1 - Realms of the Russian Bear: Green Jewel of the Caspian
This miniseries starts off by exploring the abundance of wildlife around the Volga Delta in Russia’s Astrakhan region.
Oct. 5, 1992, midnight
S11E2 - Realms of the Russian Bear: the Arctic Frontier
An exploration of the wildlife of the Russian Arctic, and in particular Wrangle Island, featuring polar bears, musk oxen, Ross’s Gulls, reindeer, foxes, walruses, and the Red-breasted Goose.
Oct. 5, 1992, midnight
S11E3 - Realms of the Russian Bear: the Red Deserts
A focus on the wildlife of the Central Asian deserts.
Oct. 6, 1992, midnight
S11E4 - Realms of the Russian Bear: the Celestial Mountains
Between China and Central Asia is the Tian Shan mountain range, home to Marco Polo sheep, white-clawed bears, snow leopards, yaks, and the ibex.
Oct. 6, 1992, midnight
S11E5 - Realms of the Russian Bear: Siberia, the Frozen Forest
A look at the wildlife in the huge Siberia forest reveals bears, elk, wolves, and musk deer among many other creatures in this frozen expanse.
Oct. 7, 1992, midnight
S11E6 - Realms of the Russian Bear: Born of Fire
This last program in the miniseries explores Kamchatka Peninsula where the Russian Arctic meets Southeast Asia. Home to perhaps the highest concentration of volcanoes in the world, this remote region is teeming with life both on land and in the sea, from the Amur Tiger to the Giant Pacific Octopus.
Oct. 7, 1992, midnight
S11E7 - Shadows in a Desert Sea
Fish, bats, birds, whales, giant squids, sharks, dolphins, sea lions and more flourish in and around the Sea of Cortez.
Oct. 18, 1992, midnight
S11E8 - The Tree of Music
The African Blackwood is prized the world over for its wood in the making of musical instruments. Nature takes you on a journey through the history of this “tree of music” and into modern day efforts in Tanzania to save this ever dwindling resource.
Oct. 25, 1992, midnight
S11E9 - Slaves to the Queen
Get right inside the hives of bees and wasps to see the inner workings of these complex societies.
Nov. 29, 1992, midnight
S11E10 - Ice Fox: Struggle for Survival
A look at two separate families of arctic foxes. One living in the frozen, barren tundra of northern Russia, the other living in the slightly more comfortable surroundings of the Norwegian coastline.
Jan. 10, 1993, midnight
S11E11 - Cheetahs in the Land of Lions
A study of cheetah behavior follows a mother and her cubs on the Serengeti plains.
Jan. 24, 1993, midnight
S11E12 - Gorilla: King of the Congo
A gorilla orphanage and a proposed forest reserve may save the lowland gorilla.
Feb. 14, 1993, midnight
S11E13 - American Trickster
As its numbers increase and its natural range diminishes, the coyote moves into populated regions like Los Angeles.
Feb. 21, 1993, midnight
S11E14 - Hebrides: the Secret Islands
Feb. 28, 1993, midnight
S11E15 - Echo of the Elephants
In Kenya’s Amboseli National Park is a family of elephants led by its matriarch Echo. Elephant expert Cynthia Moss, takes us up-close and inside the lives of these magnificent animals.
March 14, 1993, midnight
S11E16 - The Ghosts of Ruby
May 9, 1993, midnight
S11E17 - The Bandit and the Builder
Raccoon and beaver lifestyles in the Canadian wilderness.
May 16, 1993, midnight
S11E18 - Spirit of the Sound
Exploration of Puget Sound's ecosystem.
May 23, 1993, midnight
Network: PBS
Episode Runtime: 53 min.
Season Runtime: 913 min.
Released: Oct. 10, 1982
Last Air Date: Nov. 12, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-G
Common sense age: 7+
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