Overview
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.
Created by: George Page, Thomas Lovejoy
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Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1: The Flight of the Condor: Ice, Wind, and Fire
Oct 10, 1982
Following the path of the condor, whose ten-foot wingspan enables it to soar effortlessly over the peaks of the Andes mountains, this film starts at t...
Episode 2: The Flight of the Condor: Ocean, Desert, and Thin Air
Oct 17, 1982
While the cold waters of the Pacific Coast of South America are among the richest in the world, the shore is the driest desert in the world. Yet it is...
Episode 3: The Flight of the Condor: Down the Amazon
Oct 24, 1982
The third part of the series is a spectacular visual trip down the fabled river. From the snow-clad summit of the volcano Cotopaxi and others comes th...
Episode 4: Amate: The Great Fig Tree
Oct 31, 1982
Episode 5: Kopje: A Rock for All Seasons
Nov 07, 1982
Episode 6: On the Edge of Paradise
Nov 14, 1982
Examines the fragile ecology of the Caribbean area in a unique and vivid look at the forces affecting this area's ecological balance, such as hur...
Episode 7: Forest in the Clouds
Nov 21, 1982
Surveying Costa Rica's Monte Verde preserve, which contains some 200 varieties of trees, including 300-ft. oaks. Animal life includes deadly scor...
Episode 8: The Discovery of Animal Behavior: Natural Mysteries
Nov 28, 1982
The first of the series takes us back to the 13th Century to explore medieval superstitions of ancient "naturalists." Frederick II of Hohens...
Episode 9: The Discovery of Animal Behavior: In Praise of God
Dec 05, 1982
Theologians and clerics in the 17th and 18th centuries were among the first to study animal behavior. John Ray began in the 1600's to catalog &qu...
Episode 10: The Discovery of Animal Behavior: Search for the Mind
Dec 12, 1982
In 1848, Charles Darwin began the quest to understand the mysteries of the animal mind. Following Darwin's achievement - suggesting a plausible p...
Episode 11: The Discovery of Animal Behavior: A Question of Learning
Dec 19, 1982
First there is a re-creation of Ivan Pavlov's experiments which led to the discovery of the "conditioned reflex." Then we see the inves...
Episode 12: The Discovery of Animal Behavior: Signs and Signals
Dec 26, 1982
Continuing with the exploration of animal communication we see recreations of Karl von Frisch unraveling the language of honey bees. Julian Huxley, wh...
Episode 13: The Discovery of Animal Behavior: Living Together
Jan 02, 1983
Scientists have long attempted to discover why animals rarely live alone. Animal society seems to be based on despotic rule by the strongest, tempered...
Trailers & Videos
Flyways | Official Trailer | NATURE | PBS
Treasure of the Caribbean | Official Trailer | NATURE | PBS
SPY IN THE WILD on NATURE | Official Trailer | PBS
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