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 3s / TV-PG

Peacock Spider Performs Colorful Dance to Attract Mate

3m 31s

The male peacock jumping spider must dance for his life. In order to woo a female and avoid being eaten, he performs an intricate dance using a brilliantly colored fan attached to his abdomen. If the female approves, he is allowed to mate. If not, he becomes her next meal.

Cameraman Discovers Five Baby Cheetahs

2m 41s

On Malilangwe Game Reserve in Zimbabwe a female cheetah has been keeping a secret--she’s the mother of five new cubs. The new mom has just over a year to teach them how to survive in the wilderness without her. Follow this cheetah family through the eyes of conservationist and cameraman Kim Wolhuter.

Cheetah Mom Teaches Cubs to Hunt

2m 9s

Watching mom is the best way for cheetah cubs to learn how to hunt. She stalks and takes down a ram almost twice her weight, but 'down' doesn't always mean ‘out’ with such a powerful opponent.

The Cheetah Children

35s

For nearly two years in the forested hills of Zimbabwe, wildlife cameraman Kim Wolhuter shadowed a wild cheetah family on foot, to reveal in intimate detail the cubs’ remarkable journey to adulthood and their mother’s dedication in raising them.

First Meeting Between Helen Macdonald and Goshawk 'Lupin'

2m 16s

People have trained hawks for thousands of years and a hawk must always be tamed from scratch. Witness a tense first meeting between "H Is for Hawk" author Helen Macdonald and her new trainee--a goshawk she has named Lupin.

Falconer Helen Macdonald Takes Goshawk Out for Test Flight

2m 16s

Author and falconer Helen Macdonald takes her new goshawk Lupin out for a first test flight. As a precaution, the hawk is tethered with a long line of braided cotton called a creance and outfitted with a radio transmitter should it fly out of sight.

H is for Hawk: A New Chapter

42s

Helen Macdonald’s best-selling book H Is for Hawk told the saga of a grieving daughter who found healing in training a goshawk. Now she digs deeper into the world of these raptors by following a family in the wild and raising a goshawk of her own.

Giant River Otters Defeat Large Black Caiman

1m 54s

Giant river otters, with vulnerable young cubs, discover a large black caiman in their territory. Identifying it as a threat they work together, systematically attacking it and eventually defeating it.

Adorable Otter Orphans Learn to Swim

3m 10s

At only eight weeks old, otter cubs need to tackle an essential survival skill; learning to swim. Curiously, baby otters don’t really like water, so their caregiver needs to teach them an most important life lesson--water isn’t something to be afraid of.

Charlie & the Curious Otters

35s

Filmmaker Charlie Hamilton James follows the story of three, curious river otter orphans in Wisconsin and visits otters all over the globe. Join Charlie as he uncovers the secrets to the otter’s survival with innovative experiments, cameras and CGI.

Young Foxes Fight for Social Dominance

3m 3s

From the time they are born, young foxes are full of energy. You can often find them wrestling with and biting their siblings. However, this isn't just innocent play. Pups who are more aggressive edge their littermates out of the best food and sleeping spots, increasing their own chances of survival.

Orphaned Baby Elephant Struggles to Survive

3m 34s

A baby elephant named Naledi has lost her mother to illness. She is able to get a little bit of milk from Cathy, another female in the herd, but without enough to eat she is becoming skinny and weak.

How Not to Feed a Baby Elephant

2m 46s

Naledi, an orphaned baby elephant, has barely eaten anything since her mother passed away. Caregivers at Abu Camp in Botswana go through the frustrating process of getting her to feed from a bottle--sometimes with hilarious results.

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