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.

Watch Latest: S43 E2

53m 31s / TV-14

Penguin Invasion!

2m 6s

The Adélie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) is a species of penguin common along the entire Antarctic coast. During the breeding season, they congregate in large colonies, some over a quarter of a million pairs. Much to the annoyance of the larger Emperor penguin, their breeding grounds overlap.

How Female Emperor Penguins Find Their Chicks

2m 23s

After marching up to 125 miles across the sea ice, female Emperor penguins must locate their chick among the thousands of others in the colony. Unfortunately, the chicks and their dads all look exactly the same. To find her male partner and their chick she issues a unique call which her male partner can identify.

Snow Chick | Preview

40s

During two months of blizzards and frigid temperatures dipping to -80 degrees, each male Emperor penguin who breeds in Antarctica must nurture and protect a single egg that harbors his offspring. But once the eggs hatch by midwinter, these dads are ready to move on to their next stage of parenting. Snow Chick imagines the story of the youngest and last chick of the colony to emerge from his shell.

The 500-Pound Dinosaur Heart

1m 14s

Titanosaurs were the world's largest dinosaurs, weighing as much as 100 tons by some estimates. In order to push blood around such massive bodies, they needed an enormous heart. A yet-to-be named species, found in the deserts of Argentina, may have had a heart that weighed over 500 pounds and was six feet around.

Did This Thighbone Belong to the World's Largest Dinosaur?

54s

Sauropods were long-necked, plant-eating dinosaurs that started off relatively small. However, after 20 million years of evolution, they grew to enormous proportions. Naturalist David Attenborough compares the thighbones of early sauropods to the largest ever found.

Raising the Dinosaur Giant | Preview

41s

Have scientists discovered the biggest animal to have ever walked the planet? Deep in a South American desert, a giant is being awakened after 101 million years of sleep. Paleontologists have discovered a giant femur – the largest dinosaur bone that has ever been unearthed. Sir David Attenborough will guide us through the remarkable journey of waking the giant as it happens.

Moose: Life of a Twig Eater | Preview

41s

In North America, moose populations are declining. One reason is that many of the newborn calves are not surviving their first year. In order to find out why, an intrepid cameraman spends a year documenting the life of a moose calf and its mother to understand what it takes to survive.

Why Do Moose Enjoy Licking Cars?

1m 3s

A mineral lick (also known as a salt lick) is a place where animals can go to lick essential mineral nutrients from a deposit of salts and other minerals. When there isn't a natural lick nearby, moose make due with the closest salty object.

Adorable Baby Moose Learns to Swim

56s

Young moose must learn to swim, so that they can feast on pond weed and other aquatic plants. These plants are the main source of sodium for moose and only available for a short time during the summer months.

Natural Born Hustlers | Episode 1 | Preview

41s

This three-part series reveals the modus operandi of some of nature’s greatest animal con artists as they outwit predators, line up their next meal, and get the girl. The first episode, Staying Alive, offers stories about unusual survival techniques.

PETS Wild at Heart | Episode 2 | Preview

36s

Our pets may seem familiar but they exist alongside us in a secret world of wild behavior and natural abilities that we hardly recognize. This two-part series explores this parallel existence with all the techniques that have been perfected in past “spy” shows, including HD spy cameras, night vision cameras, drones, miniature on-board cameras and digital high-speed cameras.

PETS Wild at Heart | Episode 1 | Preview

37s

Our pets may seem familiar but they exist alongside us in a secret world of wild behavior and natural abilities that we hardly recognize. This two-part series explores this parallel existence with all the techniques that have been perfected in past “spy” shows, including HD spy cameras, night vision cameras, drones, miniature on-board cameras and digital high-speed cameras.

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