Nature

Science and Nature Series / 38 Seasons

NATURE brings the beauty and wonder of the natural world into your home, becoming in the process the benchmark for natural history programs.

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53m 33s / TV-14

Capercaillies Battle for the Right to Mate

2m 59s

Capercaillies, birds that live and breed amongst the Scots pines, have an intimate relationship with the tree. The males must compete for the right to mate exclusively with all the hen capercaillies.

Preview of WILDHEART

29s

Immerse yourself in Scotland’s wild highland landscape and meet its long-lived forest keeper, a magnificent Scots pine tree. As one of its longest living species, this ancient tree has witnessed the nation’s history across 500 years.

Busy Beavers | Backyard Nature

4m 5s

Cinematographer Jeff Hogan has filmed many animals all over the world, but, to him, nothing compares to filming busy and beautiful beavers in his hometown of Jackson, Wyoming. He's been filming beavers for over 30 years and has perfected capturing these creatures at work. See how he does it and how important beavers are to the local ecosystem and surrounding wildlife in this episode.

Making of "American Ocelot"

5m 39s

Wildlife filmmaker Ben Masters sets out on a years-long mission to capture high-quality video footage of wild ocelots in Texas. In this behind-the-scenes video for the making of the film "American Ocelot," Masters explains the camera trapping process and showcases never before seen footage of wild American ocelots.

Preview of American Ocelot

30s

Dive deep into South Texas to meet one of America’s most endangered cats: the ocelot. With about 120 known ocelots remaining, the future of the U.S. ocelot population relies on ranchers, scientists and government agencies working together.

Ocelot Moms... They're Just Like Us

2m 23s

While filming the ocelot kittens, filmmaker Ben Masters compares his experience as a new parent to the mother ocelot. He later brings his infant into the field to "help" with camera trapping.

Cameraman Reacts to Capturing Rare Ocelot Footage

3m 3s

Camera trapping shows more than just data, it also captures this ocelot family's day-to-day behaviors. These filmmakers became the ﬁrst people ever to see what it takes for a wild American ocelot to raise her young.

Filmmakers Travel to Poland to Capture "Coolest" Woodpeckers

2m 15s

Producer Ann Johnson Prum and cinematographer Mark Carroll travel to western Poland to film the nest of the elusive Black Woodpecker. Working with local Biologist Romuald Mikusek they find a nest over 50 feet high. Using climbing gear Mark ascends the tree to mount cameras to film inside and outside the nest.

How Filmmakers Captured Acorn Woodpeckers

2m 26s

Cinematographer Mark Carroll takes us up in a crane to show us how he was able to capture feeding and caching behavior at the Acorn Woodpecker’s eyeview at the Hastings Natural History preserve in Carmel California.

Acorn Woodpecker Family Guards Their Stash

3m 6s

Acorn woodpeckers love to collect acorns and “tattoo” them into the holes they create in trees. Placing these acorns into trees helps this food last throughout the winter. But acorn woodpeckers aren't the only ones who love acorns, so they need to carefully watch their stash.

Dramatic Vole Escape Caught on Camera

2m 56s

The red-backed vole lives beneath the surface of the snow. But there’s one creature that can hear its every move: the great grey owl. And if the owl were not enough of a threat, another predator lurks within the vole's tunnels.

Preview of Canada: Surviving the Wild North

30s

Journey from Canada’s Arctic to the boreal forest and discover how polar bears, coastal wolves, lynx and more survive in the North. Timing and seizing opportunity can mean the difference between life and death in this wild and rugged outpost.

Making of "Running with the Beest"

6m 8s

Clement Kiragu, a Kenyan trainee cinematographer on "Running with the Beest," recounts the thrills and challenges of working on his first wildlife film. From setting up crucial time-lapses to operating the croc cam, his 64 days in the wilderness are packed with action. Clement also makes the case for Kenyans stepping up to tell the story of their natural world and the wildlife around them.

Wildebeest Cross Crocodile-Infested Water

2m 54s

As the wildebeest migration approaches the river, they know there is danger lurking in the water. Nile crocodiles move towards the herd's crossing points at this time of year and wait for the big arrival.

Tourism is Killing Wildebeest

3m 4s

The wildebeest migration across the river has become a premier tourist attraction in Kenya. While tourism is vital to wildlife conservation, vehicles in these numbers disorient and intimidate the wildebeest’s behavior.

How Wire Snares Threaten the Wildebeest Migration

2m 59s

As the wildebeest herd moves north through the border regions with Tanzania, it faces a human threat: an invisible web of wire snares. Poachers sneak across the fenceless border from Tanzania to hunt animals for bush meat, using wire snares.

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