Mike Downie
Director
The Nature of Things (1960)
Season 6
The Nature of Things is a Canadian television series of documentary programs. It debuted on CBC Television on November 6, 1960. Many of the programs document nature and the effect that humans have on it. The program was one of the first to explore environmental issues, such as clear-cut logging. The series is named after an epic poem by Roman philosopher Lucretius: "Dē Rērum Nātūrā" — On the Nature of Things.
Released Nov. 6, 1960
Episode 42 min
10+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: tmdb.nature, tmdb.environment, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.science-and-technology-documentary, imdb.science, imdb.natural-science, imdb.four-word-title
Watch Providers: fuboTV
Network: CBC Television
S6E1 - Animals And Man
A series studying animal kingdom, and man's place in it, through comparisons of anatomy, function, and behavior.
Oct. 3, 1965, midnight
S6E2 - Animals On Land
How animals get from place to place, including burrowing, crawling, climbing trees, running,.
Oct. 10, 1965, midnight
S6E3 - Animals In The Water
"Animals In The Water" studies fish, crocodiles, seals and whales.
Oct. 17, 1965, midnight
S6E4 - Animal Adaptation
A look at how animals have developed special means of coping with environments - long neck of giraffe, coat of polar bear.
Oct. 24, 1965, midnight
S6E5 - Animal Adaptation
A look at process of natural selection by which animals have developed special means of coping with their environments: long neck of giraffe, coat of polar bear.
Oct. 31, 1965, midnight
S6E6 - Animals And Food
How animals locate, obtain, process and eat food using "anatomical tools": beaks, claws etc.
Nov. 7, 1965, midnight
S6E7 - Animals As Engineers
Animals modify their environments in many ways: by building nests, damming streams.
Nov. 14, 1965, midnight
S6E8 - Animals As Engineers
Program shows how animals modify their environments in many ways; by building nests.
Nov. 21, 1965, midnight
S6E9 - Animal Hands And Tools
Man is known as "toolmaker", although certain other animals do use tools.
Nov. 28, 1965, midnight
S6E10 - Animal Vision And Smell
Different combinations of senses are dominant in activities of different animals: vision and smell in insects, smell and hearing in most mammals, vision and touch in higher primates.
Dec. 5, 1965, midnight
S6E11 - Animal Territory And Aggression
A look at various ways animals and man defend their homes and their young.
Dec. 12, 1965, midnight
S6E12 - Animal Social Behavior
Dec. 19, 1965, midnight
S6E13 - Episode 13
Dec. 26, 1965, midnight
S6E14 - Animal Learning
How much of animal behavior is inherent, and how much is learned?
Jan. 2, 1966, midnight
S6E15 - Episode 15
Jan. 9, 1966, midnight
S6E16 - Episode 16
Jan. 16, 1966, midnight
S6E17 - Man And Animals
Man, animal species, as he might be described by an objective zoologist from another planet: what is he.
Jan. 23, 1966, midnight
Network: CBC Television
Episode Runtime: 42 min.
Season Runtime: 40 min.
Released: Nov. 6, 1960
Last Air Date: Nov. 18, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-PG / 10+
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