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.

53m 8s / TV-14

Preview of Dogs in the Wild: Secrets of Success

30s

How do wild dogs survive and thrive in the wild? Discover the secrets to their success, from black-backed jackals that leap skywards to catch prey to agile gray foxes that climb high into the trees.

Discovering the Smallest Wild Dog in the Vast Sahara

7m 33s

Over the course of filming "Dogs in the Wild", the filmmakers learned that not all wild dogs are easy to film. Among the most difficult to film was not only the tiniest wild dog but also lives in the Sahara Desert: the fennec fox.

Meet the World's Smallest Wild Dog

2m 59s

No other wild dog can endure the challenges of the Sahara Desert like the world's smallest canid, the fennec fox. The fennec fox is not only built for the harsh desert but has learned to thrive in it.

Dhole Pack Coordinates Attack on Deer

2m 28s

To survive in the forests of southern India, dholes must work together. By working as a team, the pack can take down a deer, which can be twice as tall and many times heavier than a single dhole.

A Dugong's Unlikely Companions

2m 27s

A dugong in the Philippines has two sets of companions, streamlined remoras and striped golden jacks. The golden jacks grab small shrimps that the dugong stirs up and don’t bother the creature. The remoras, on the other hand, are irritating.

The Incredible Mating Ritual of Opalescent Squid

2m 32s

When mating, a male opalescent squid grabs a female and his tentacles flush red. After laying their eggs, all the adults die. Almost everything will eat the dying parents, but the eggs carry toxins.

Dipper Chicks Escape Raging River

3m 4s

Dipper chicks are ready to fledge, but an unseasonal downpour transforms the benign river into a raging torrent. Their parents need to coax the chicks out of the nest as quickly as possible to get them to safety.

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.

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