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Nature
Season 5
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Episode 153 min1986-10-19
Alyeska: The Great Land
Examines how the plants and animals of Alaska’s Alyeska wilderness have adapted to the regions harsh climate.
Episode 253 min1986-10-26
Baja Lagoon
An examination of the plants and animals that make their home in a shallow lagoon found on the Western coast of Mexico’s Baja Peninsula.
Episode 353 min1986-11-02
Galapagos: How They Got There
This exploration of the Galapagos Islands, located in the Pacific Ocean West of Ecuador, examines theories explaining the arrival of wildlife to the archipelago.
Episode 453 min1986-11-09
Galapagos: Cold on the Equator
Marine iguanas, cormorants, green turtles, sea lions, and sperm whales are among the animals that thrive in the cold waters surrounding the equatorially located Galapagos Islands.
Episode 553 min1986-11-16
Galapagos: The Ocean Travelers
A look at the Galapagos Islands’ many birds, include the waved albatross, blue-footed booby, frigate bird and the ground finch; also, man’s relationship with the islands’ changing environment.
Episode 653 min1986-11-23
Pantanal: Prairie of the Great Waters
A look at how the Pantanal's wildlife species cope with the annual cycle of flood and drought which transforms the marshy prairie from a dry savannah into the world's largest freshwater wetland – a 36,000 square-mile area that encompasses Southwestern Brazil and parts of Bolivia and Paraguay.
Episode 753 min1986-12-07
Cats
An examination of the behavior of man’s feline friends.
Episode 853 min1986-12-14
Leopard: A Darkness in the Grass
The activities of an elusive female leopard are traced over a two-day period on the hot plains of Africa.
Episode 953 min1987-01-18
The Elephant Challenge
A look at the survival of the African elephants, as ivory and foraging land became more valuable.
Episode 1053 min1987-02-08
Ichkeul: Between the Desert and the Deep Blue Sea
A freshwater lake in Tunisia that turns salty every summer.
Episode 1153 min1987-02-22
In the Shadow of Fujisan: See No Evil
The Japanese take efforts to save an indigenous monkey.
Episode 1253 min1987-03-01
In the Shadow of Fujisan: Bird of Happiness
A look at the crane, Japanese symbol of longevity, true love and happiness.
Episode 1353 min1987-03-08
In the Shadow of Fujisan: Long Live the Turtle
Hunters and egg poachers threaten the existence of the giant loggerhead turtle.
Episode 1453 min1987-03-15
America's Wild Horses
Following the wild mustangs of America’s West.
Episode 1553 min1987-04-12
Holy Land: A Wilderness Like Eden
An exploration of the Rift Valley that sweeps North from Kenya to Turkey, where prophets said their god first planted a garden.
Episode 1653 min1987-04-19
Holy Land: Sweet Water, Bitter Sea
The unusual life in the salty Dead Sea, where the desert plunges 1,200 feet below sea level.
Episode 1753 min1987-04-26
The Forgotten Garden
What happens when a finely maintained garden is abandoned.
Episode 1853 min1987-05-10
Lords of Hokkaido
A year on a Japanese island following a family of red foxes.
Episode 1953 min1987-05-17
Designed for Living
The tunnelers, thatchers, weavers, dam builders, sculptors, potters and spinners of the animal kingdom.
Episode 2055 min1987-05-24
Masked Monkeys
Echoing hoots and trills, bandit masks, feathered tufts and orange noses distinguish African forest monkeys called quenons.
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