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NATURE brings the beauty and wonder of the natural world into your home, becoming in the process the benchmark for natural history programs.

After the drought, the rains finally come. But can Katavi survive the flooding?
A coup by two hippo bulls is out of the ordinary.
A severe drought in Katavi National Park tests the wildlife to their limits.
Major support for NATURE is provided by The Arnhold Family in memory of Henry and Clarisse Arnhold, The Fairweather Foundation, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Charles Rosenblum, Kathy Chiao and Ken Hao, Sarah and Sandra Lyu in memory of Seung and Dorothy Lyu, Colin S. Edwards, Kate W. Cassidy Foundation, Filomen M. D’Agostino Foundation, Lillian Goldman Charitable Trust, Gregg Peters Monsees Foundation, Seton J. Melvin, Koo and Patricia Yuen, Sandra Atlas Bass, Bradley L. Goldberg Family Foundation, Dr. George Stanley and Sandra Caruso, The Hite Foundation, Kitty Hawks and Larry Lederman, Perpetual Kindness Foundation and Sun Hill Renewal Fund, Ruth Mary Einhorn, Arlene and Milton D. Berkman, by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and by Viewers Like You.
Episodes
Brazilian primates face extinction.
These small whales have proved remarkably rugged and intelligent.
Exploration of Puget Sound's ecosystem.
The walls of ice in Glacier Bay surround the most beautiful sights Alaska has to offer.
Researchers and filmmakers produce the first comprehensive film chronicle of the jaguar.
Dogs aid the disabled, do dangerous military work, find humans buried by avalanches
Learn about the incredible wilderness of the Serengeti.
The influence the sun and moon have on the seasons and the tides.
How humans have tried to harness nature, from use of fire to the building of nuclear bombs
Adapting some animal behaviors benefits man in body, mind and spirit.
NATURE follows an extraordinary stallion, whose life has been recorded since his birth.
Explore one of the most sophisticated and intriguing partnerships of human and animal.
Extras
In Madagascar, the next generation is stepping up to safeguard the Greater Bamboo Lemur.
Millions of migrating birds pass through our yards, but glass windows pose a deadly threat.
Lions rarely hunt hippos, but hungry lions can do crazy things.
As a new day dawns on a changed hippo colony, the clan gathers around their fallen leader.
In Madagascar, one woman is rewriting the fate of a lemur species once thought to be lost.
Greater bamboo lemurs, recently thought to be extinct, are critically endangered.
Waterhole crocodiles team up with unlikely allies to trap helpless catfish.
A disturbance from a mischievous Nile monitor sets off a mass hatching event.
Wildlife biologists use a few different techniques to track, count and preserve tiger populations.
Watch beautiful moments between a mother and baby rhino.