Mike Downie
Director
The Nature of Things (1960)
Season 7
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
S7E1 - The Sun
An examination of sun from various points of view. Includes discussion with illustrative film footage of: archeological remains.
June 20, 1966, midnight
S7E2 - Natural History Of The Niagara Gorge
The famous Niagara Falls had their origins at Queenston 12,000 years ago. Since then.
June 27, 1966, midnight
S7E3 - Air And Water Pollution
This program explores serious problem of pollution, which results when more waste materials are poured into air and water than these elements have capacity to deal with.
July 4, 1966, midnight
S7E4 - The Battle Against Biting Insects
An examination of some of most sophisticated methods of pest control such as: unbalancing insects' nutrition.
July 11, 1966, midnight
S7E5 - Air Conditioning - Natural And Man-Made
This program considers many aspects of controlling human environment to regulate pressure, humidity, and temperature.
July 18, 1966, midnight
S7E6 - The Physics Of Sailing
The scientific study of physics of sailing, is a fairly new field. This program looks at scientific efforts to understand why sailing ships do what they do.
July 25, 1966, midnight
S7E7 - Epidemics
Not so many years ago, summer's warmth brought chilling fear of polio and typhus epidemics.
Aug. 1, 1966, midnight
S7E8 - Summer Storms
A look at activities of Stormy Weather Group, scientists at Montreal's McGill University and Macdonald College who study pheonomena of summer storms.
Aug. 8, 1966, midnight
S7E9 - Fishing And The Splake
Science is developing new and better fish, splake for instance, a product of cross-breeding of lake.
Aug. 15, 1966, midnight
S7E10 - The Value Of Our Parks
This program examines Canada's great national parks and their ecological importance in maintaining habitats vital to various plants and animals.
Aug. 22, 1966, midnight
S7E11 - Forest And Fires
This program deals with forest succession. Scientists have recently learned a great deal about way.
Aug. 29, 1966, midnight
S7E12 - Water On The Level
There has been great alarm recently over declining level of water in bodies of water as enormous as Great Lakes.
Sept. 5, 1966, midnight
S7E13 - Galapagos: Darwin
First episode of a five-part series on Galapagos islands. This looks at life and work of Charles Darwin.
Sept. 4, 1966, midnight
S7E14 - Galapagos: The Islands
A survey of animal and plant life of Galapagos archipelago including: a look at geological origins of islands.
Sept. 11, 1966, midnight
S7E15 - Galapagos: New Beings
An exploration of scientific phenomenon known as "adaptive radiation", way in which a small founding group of a plant or animal species can give rise to a number of new species
Sept. 18, 1966, midnight
S7E16 - Galapagos: Ways Of Survival
Apart from their external appearance, animals go through behavioural and physiological changes to adapt themselves to different environments: for example.
Sept. 25, 1966, midnight
S7E17 - Galapagos: Living Laboratory
This final program in series looks at some of endangered species in Galapagos islands, and at impact of human settlement on native creatures.
Oct. 2, 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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