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

Puffins Reunite with Their Lifelong Mates

2m 7s

Spy puffin is surrounded by males waiting for their long-lost partners to return. Puffins mate for life but only spend time together in the breeding season, so it can be difficult to identify their mates again.

King Penguins Tiptoe Around Elephant Seals

3m 21s

In South Georgia, a spy King penguin watches on as penguin parents, home from hunting, must tiptoe their way through a barrier of 6,000 elephant seals in order to feed their chicks.

Preview of Spy in the Wild 2 - Episode Four: The Poles

35s

From penguin chicks to elephant seals and wolf cubs to polar bears, the spy creatures meet and observe the hardiest and most charismatic animals in the Arctic and Antarctic circles.

Preview of Spy in the Wild 2 - Episode Three: The Islands

35s

Explore the islands of the South Pacific with creatures like the spy koala, who captures breeding behavior in Australia, or the spy crab, who joins an army of red crabs on their march to the sea to deposit their eggs.

Watch a Breathtaking Monarch Butterfly Swarm

2m 52s

In the mountains of Mexico, a spy hummingbird ventures into the heart of a breathtaking monarch butterfly swarm. Few filmmakers have been able to capture the spectacle this closely.

Mobula Rays "Vortex Feeding" Caught on Camera

2m 16s

From both above and below the water, the spies capture the phenomenon of Mobula rays “vortex feeding.” Spy Mobula ray and spy pelican got up close to the event in the seas of Baja California.

Preview of Spy in the Wild 2 - Episode Two: The North

35s

Travel to the Northern Hemisphere, where the spy creatures learn how animals move, feed and fight. A spy hummingbird films millions of butterflies, and a spy squirrel winds up in a battle. A spy beaver observes other beavers building dams.

Did You Know Gorillas Can Sing?

1m 21s

After being accepted as a member of the gorilla family, spy gorilla witnessed some of the family's most intimate moments like eating, singing and flatulating. This is the first time that wild mountain gorillas have been caught singing on camera.

Preview: Spy in the Wild 2 - Episode 1: The Tropics

35s

The spy creatures investigate the wildlife that thrives in the tropics. They infiltrate a hippo pod, a nursery of red flying foxes, a gorilla sanctuary and the secret world of pygmy forest elephants.

Remarkable Rabbits - Preview

35s

There are more than 100 types of rabbits and hares, both domestic and wild, from snowshoe hares to Flemish giants. Despite their extraordinary ability to reproduce, many wild rabbits are in danger of being eradicated.

Swimming Rabbits Caught on Camera

3m

For the first time caught on camera, swamp bunnies are captured using their unique "superpower:" swimming. Their large size gives them increased buoyancy and musculature, allowing them to swim easily through flood plains and swamps.

Meet The Smallest Bird On Earth

2m 57s

The very smallest bird on Earth is the Bee Hummingbird, which can be found in the Zapata in Cuba. The remarkable hummingbird is barely larger than the bee it is named after and beats its tiny wings an incredible 80 times a second.

Watch Tiny Turtles Tumble Towards the Sea

2m 59s

Two months after the mother Green Turtle laid her eggs, the new hatchlings begin their journey to the sea. The newborn turtles hurdle over obstacles as they tumble over the sand toward their new home, as dangerous predators eye their every move.

Inside NATURE – Cuba's Wild Revolution

6m 1s

Cuba piqued the interest of filmmakers who hoped to capture the wildlife of an island widely unknown. To capture intimate details of the nation's wildlife, filmmakers had to explore dark caves full of bats, cockroaches and boas.

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