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Produced by Thirteen/WNET New York, NATURE is now in its 26th season on PBS. Over a quarter-century, NATURE has traveled the globe working with the world’s foremost natural history filmmakers, becoming the benchmark of natural history programs on television. The series has won more than 400 honors from the television industry, the international wildlife film community, parent groups, and environmental organizations - including 10 Emmy Awards, two Peabody Awards, and the first honor ever given to a program by the Sierra Club.

NATURE Online is the award-winning Web companion to the broadcast series and is spearheading NATURE’s distribution to new media platforms. At NATURE Online, visitors can download behind-the-scenes video podcasts with filmmakers and producers (also available at iTunes), view program excerpts (also available on YouTube), and find fun interactive content, teacher lesson plans, and more. Online social networkers can join the NATURE group at Facebook and keep up with the latest videos, photos, program alerts and more.

Recognizing NATURE’s vast potential as a learning resource, Thirteen produces educational materials available free of charge to every elementary and middle school teacher in America. These include a Teacher’s Guide, classroom poster, DVD of select NATURE episodes, and take-home activities. A NATURE comic book for children ages 10 to 12, also free, is distributed through retail outlets, education centers and museums nationwide, including the American Museum of Natural History.

The executive producer of NATURE is Fred Kaufman; William Grant, director of science, natural history and features programming at Thirteen, is executive-in-charge. Major corporate support for NATURE is provided by Canon U.S.A., Inc. and Toyota. Additional support is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the nation’s public television stations.

NATURE is broadcast closed-captioned for the hearing-impaired and distributed with Descriptive Video Service (DVS) for the sight-impaired.

For press inquiries about NATURE, please refer to the online pressroom.

If you are having problems with the website please contact naturefeedback@thirteen.org.

Thank you,

The NATURE team

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#1

06/21/2008 :: 09:41:06 PM
brian Says:

My second favorite show after “Jeff Corwin”

#2

06/27/2008 :: 10:04:15 AM
barb Says:

NATURE: a beautiful series for building awareness of cultures of animals and peoples.

#3

06/29/2008 :: 09:01:24 PM
marie Says:

What a wonderful show. After my visit to South Africa I fell in love with lions. They are now my second favorite animal, replacing elelphants as my favorite. I wish I could do something to help save these majestice animals.

#4

07/07/2008 :: 02:30:17 AM
Char Says:

I really enjoyed “Cloud”, the show about the stallion!
I even called my son in-law to tell him it was on. He is a rancher, out on the Eastern Plains. Thanks for these great programs!!!!

#5

07/07/2008 :: 02:28:13 PM
olof Says:

I have loved Nature from the first time I saw it. Among my most favorite was the Elephants of Amboseli. I am very grateful for this show as I know it has taught me a great deal. Please keep this show going. It is beautiful and extremely valuable.
Also, does anyone know what the music is?

#6

07/12/2008 :: 10:41:57 AM
Michelle Says:

I really love the show, and usually assign it as extra credit for my students. My one gripe though, is that the Nature Updates aren’t emailed until Friday. So some of my students may know about the extra credit and some won’t, depending on whether or not I read the email before the end of the day. Any chance the Updates can come out earlier? Say Wed?

Thanks for producing such a fantastic show, though!

#7

07/13/2008 :: 09:15:04 PM
Kendall Says:

“Great series!”…Now who is the composer, name of arrangment and orchestra preforming the theme song? Where could I buy?

#8

07/19/2008 :: 10:24:28 PM
Jay Says:

Anyone know the group that does that woo hoo song during the Nature commercial - when the robotic quail is in the field?
Thanks!

#9

07/28/2008 :: 01:17:39 AM
Peter Carl Says:

I too, like Kendall in comment #7, am intrigued by the theme music and would like to know its origin and, if possible, where it might be obtained.

#10

07/30/2008 :: 01:38:29 PM
Stephen Says:

I love the show and seldom miss an episode and I too would be interested to know the origin of the New Age music used during the episodes introduction.

#11

07/30/2008 :: 02:00:22 PM
Stephen Says:

sourced the origing of the theme… written by written by Alex Lasarenko at Tonal New York and not commercially avaliable

#12

08/03/2008 :: 04:54:50 PM
Cary Says:

The theme could be manually recorded (audio and video)to a dvd recorder, which then could be (audio) recorded by a cd recorder. Anything on tv can be recorded as an audio this way.

#13

08/21/2008 :: 04:36:18 PM
Adam Says:

I too love the series, and love the intro music. I have purchased some of the videos, and love them, but I wish I could also purchase the song. Any way the good people of “Nature” could find a way to make that available?

#14

08/24/2008 :: 05:57:31 PM
matt Says:

perfect

#15

08/27/2008 :: 12:21:35 PM
Cosme Lopez Says:

Great show, woul like to know the name of the theme song and if its commercially available and the author.

#16

09/09/2008 :: 06:21:06 PM
Jean Schwalbe Says:

I am looking for the program you did about water our natural resource that is being contaminated. You may have broadcasted it on Public TV quite a few months ago.

#17

09/22/2008 :: 11:17:47 AM
Don White Says:

Is the Nature theme music available for download?

#18

09/27/2008 :: 06:32:21 PM
Carl Says:

Nature makes all other nature shows look amateurish

#19

10/04/2008 :: 08:10:45 PM
alex painter Says:

i too would like to know all about your theme song -artist- if available etc,, thank you

#20

10/06/2008 :: 12:29:04 AM
Larry Scott Says:

Ditto the request on the theme music. I am tech challenged and don’t know how to record it off TV, but I gotta have it. Surely its available somewhere!

#21

10/10/2008 :: 09:29:02 PM
gabriela Says:

i certainly agree with all of you. “Nature” is an authentic program. Even though i am an 11 year old ,my dream is to become a scientist/veterinarian, and i watch Nature whenever i can.:)

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