Education | Feasting on the Salmon Run
Alaskan brown bears struggle to make the most of their last chance to fatten up before winter hibernation.
Education | Urban Bears
How black bears native to Alaska are adapting to the encroaching urban sprawl of Anchorage.
Education | A Global Warming Warning
The challenges faced by polar bears as global warming melts the polar ice cap.
Education | Extreme Measures
A look at extreme measures to protect salmon from predators, as well as efforts to count salmon populations.
Clever Monkeys - Preview
Who are the cleverest monkeys? And how much of human experience do they really share? 9/14/11
Braving Iraq - Preview
Can man and animal live again in what remains one of the most politically troubled and dangerous places on Earth? 9/7/11
Revealing the Leopard - Preview
Leopards are the ultimate cat. They are the most feline, the most intelligent, the most dangerous and, until recently, one of the least understood. 9/4/11
Is That Skunk? - Preview
Intrepid researchers and cameramen track skunks day and night, uncovering how they hunt, forage, mate and raise their young. 8/28/11
Skunk Spray Chemistry
Professor William Wood of Humboldt State University examined the chemical properties of skunk spray samples. He discovered several new compounds in the skunk spray, including a thiol. A thiol is a type of sulfur-based compound found in garlic and onions.
Kilauea: Mountain of Fire - Preview
Kilauea, on Hawaii's Big Island, is the world's most active volcano. Filmmaker Paul Atkins films a sight few have ever beheld - the cataclysmic meeting of 2,000-degree lava and 75-degree ocean water. 8/21/11
Fellowship of the Whales - Preview
The story of the first year in a humpback whale's life as she learns lessons from her mother. 8/14/11
Life in Death Valley - Preview
It's one of the most brutal environments on Earth - so how does life carry on here? 8/7/11
The Cheetah Orphans - Preview
When the mother of two cheetah cubs is killed, a veteran filmmaker becomes their new parent and tries to prepare them to return to the wild. 7/24/11
In the Valley of Wolves - Preview
Three years in the making, this is the dramatic saga of Yellowstone's Druid wolf pack, its turf wars with rival packs and the fate of the wolves' Lamar Valley ecosystem. 7/17/11
Oceans in Glass: Behind the Scenes of the Monterey Bay -...
NATURE visits one of the world's most spectacular aquariums. 7/10/11
"The Gorilla King" - Preview
King among the mountain gorillas of Rwanda, Titus is one of only 700 of his kind alive today. Dian Fossey, the famed primatologist, documents Titus' extraordinary life, from his early days to his rise to power as a silverback. 7/3/2011
Victoria Falls - Preview
Victoria Falls, is the largest waterfall in the world, this awesome force of nature divides two natural worlds - the tranquil meandering river above the cascade and the raging abyss of the gorge below. 6/5/13
"Wild Balkans" - Preview
In the landscape of the Balkans live wild animals that have all but vanished from the rest of Europe. 6/12/11
A Frozen Ocean
When the ocean freezes over in northern Alaska, polar bears head out on the pack ice to hunt.
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