George Page
Director
Nature (1982)
Season 5
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 52 min
7+
Genres: Documentary, Family
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Watch Providers: PBS, PBS, Hoopla, YouTube TV, KQED + 2 more, WETA+, WETA+
Production Companies: Thirteen, Coneflower Films Studios, Trebitsch Produktion International GmbH, Rubin Tarrant Productions
Network: PBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S5E1 - Alyeska: The Great Land
Examines how the plants and animals of Alaska’s Alyeska wilderness have adapted to the regions harsh climate.
Oct. 19, 1986, midnight
S5E2 - Baja Lagoon
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.
Oct. 26, 1986, midnight
S5E3 - Galapagos: How They Got There
This exploration of the Galapagos Islands, located in the Pacific Ocean West of Ecuador, examines theories explaining the arrival of wildlife to the archipelago.
Nov. 2, 1986, midnight
S5E4 - Galapagos: Cold on the Equator
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.
Nov. 9, 1986, midnight
S5E5 - Galapagos: The Ocean Travelers
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.
Nov. 16, 1986, midnight
S5E6 - Pantanal: Prairie of the Great Waters
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.
Nov. 23, 1986, midnight
S5E7 - Cats
An examination of the behavior of man’s feline friends.
Dec. 7, 1986, midnight
S5E8 - Leopard: A Darkness in the Grass
The activities of an elusive female leopard are traced over a two-day period on the hot plains of Africa.
Dec. 14, 1986, midnight
S5E9 - The Elephant Challenge
A look at the survival of the African elephants, as ivory and foraging land became more valuable.
Jan. 18, 1987, midnight
S5E10 - Ichkeul: Between the Desert and the Deep Blue Sea
A freshwater lake in Tunisia that turns salty every summer.
Feb. 8, 1987, midnight
S5E11 - In the Shadow of Fujisan: See No Evil
The Japanese take efforts to save an indigenous monkey.
Feb. 22, 1987, midnight
S5E12 - In the Shadow of Fujisan: Bird of Happiness
A look at the crane, Japanese symbol of longevity, true love and happiness.
March 1, 1987, midnight
S5E13 - In the Shadow of Fujisan: Long Live the Turtle
Hunters and egg poachers threaten the existence of the giant loggerhead turtle.
March 8, 1987, midnight
S5E14 - America's Wild Horses
Following the wild mustangs of America’s West.
March 15, 1987, midnight
S5E15 - Holy Land: A Wilderness Like Eden
An exploration of the Rift Valley that sweeps North from Kenya to Turkey, where prophets said their god first planted a garden.
April 12, 1987, midnight
S5E16 - Holy Land: Sweet Water, Bitter Sea
The unusual life in the salty Dead Sea, where the desert plunges 1,200 feet below sea level.
April 19, 1987, midnight
S5E17 - The Forgotten Garden
What happens when a finely maintained garden is abandoned.
April 26, 1987, midnight
S5E18 - Lords of Hokkaido
A year on a Japanese island following a family of red foxes.
May 10, 1987, midnight
S5E19 - Designed for Living
The tunnelers, thatchers, weavers, dam builders, sculptors, potters and spinners of the animal kingdom.
May 17, 1987, midnight
S5E20 - Masked Monkeys
Echoing hoots and trills, bandit masks, feathered tufts and orange noses distinguish African forest monkeys called quenons.
May 24, 1987, midnight
Network: PBS
Episode Runtime: 52 min.
Season Runtime: 35880 min.
Released: Oct. 10, 1982
Last Air Date: Nov. 12, 2025, midnight
Next Air Date: Jan. 14, 2026, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-G
Common sense age: 7+
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