NATURE - Season 42
Preview: Season 42 | 4m 49sVideo has Closed Captions
Get a sneak peek at a brand new season of NATURE on PBS.
Get a sneak peek at a brand new season of NATURE on PBS, starting October 2023.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
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...
NATURE - Season 42
Preview: Season 42 | 4m 49sVideo has Closed Captions
Get a sneak peek at a brand new season of NATURE on PBS, starting October 2023.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
How to Watch Nature
Nature is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, and Vizio.
Buy Now
Explore More Ways to Watch
Bring the beauty and wonders of wildlife and natural history into your home with classic NATURE episodes.Providing Support for PBS.org
Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship♪ Look around ♪ ♪ Look around ♪ ♪ And drink it in ♪ (thunder crashing) ♪ Don't stop me now ♪ ♪ Don't stop me from singing ♪ - [Narrator] On an Australian island at the end of the world, one man gets a life-shattering diagnosis.
- [Pete] I didn't feel right.
I had a really strong headache for about a year.
A neurosurgeon noticed just a heap of lesions in my brain.
- [Narrator] A nature lover, Pete turns to the stream that runs through his home city for solace.
- [Pete] I think destiny probably drew me to the waterway.
- [Narrator] There, he meets a very special animal.
- I couldn't believe it the first time that this platypus just zoomed right up to me and put a bill out of the water and started wiggling it.
- [Narrator] It was the first of many encounters, so Pete named her Zoom.
- [Pete] It felt like a doorway had opened.
The magical portal into the world of the platypus.
- [Narrator] This egg-laying, duck-billed mammal is perhaps the most unusual creature in the animal kingdom.
- [Pete] But then one day, I came across Zoom, and everything changed.
I saw that there was a plastic ring around her bill.
(camera clicking) I felt helpless.
It was as if the natural world was trying to deliver a message: you have to do something to help the platypus.
♪ You can let in the light ♪ ♪ And let it show ♪ - [Narrator] If you come across a jam of cars in Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park, it's possible you're about to see a very famous wild animal.
- Grizzly Bear 399, she's known as the matriarch or the queen.
- [Narrator] At 27 years old, Bear 399 is believed to have 22 descendants and is thought to be the oldest known female with cubs.
- 399 is on the road to international fame.
- [Narrator] Her rockstar status led photographer Tom Mangelsen to chronicle her life.
- I've been documenting 399 for 15 years.
You think about what this bear has gone through in her 27 years of life, raised all those cubs, all the brutalness of winter, all the lack of food.
- [Narrator] Season after season, this mother and grandmother survives.
- [Tom] She's an extremely incredible bear.
None ever like her and none likely to ever come this way again.
(bright music continues) - [Narrator] Every year, shorebirds take to the sky for a marathon migration.
They follow eight major routes called flyaways.
Along the way, they must stop and refuel, but development and climate change are having an impact on their food source.
- [Speaker] When birds are on migration, little bits of habitat are disappearing, disappearing, disappearing.
(thunder crashing) - And also face hunger and starvation.
- We see a population that is declining because of all kind of problems.
Our studies on birds actually can contribute to making a better world.
We can learn from the birds as canaries in the coal mine, because they tell a global story that the world has troubles.
♪ Don't stop me now ♪ ♪ Don't stop me from sayin' it ♪ - [Narrator] In the African wilderness, there are three rivals whose worlds are about to collide: a lioness on the run with her cubs, a lone leopard possessive of her territory, and a pair of cheetah bachelor brothers looking for mates.
(lion roaring) But in a land where they keep bumping into each other, how will these big cats survive?
♪ You can let in the light ♪ ♪ And let it show ♪ - [Narrator] The world's oceans are still shrouded in mystery.
An alien world with wondrous animals (water sloshing) and strange gatherings.
To unlock these secrets of the deep, the "Spy in the Wild" series continues with perhaps their most ambitious mission yet: 30 new spy creatures will infiltrate almost every ocean on the planet.
Custom made to resemble the animals they're filming, these incognito cameras capture moments of extraordinary intelligence and emotions.
Perhaps, we have more in common with these sea creatures than we think.
(bright music continues) (lions roaring) ♪ See the world in a brand new way ♪
Now PlayingVideo has Closed Captions
Preview: S42 | 4m 49s | Get a sneak peek at a brand new season of NATURE on PBS. (4m 49s)
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: S42 Ep17 | 1m 22s | The slow worm is neither a snake nor a worm but a legless lizard. (1m 22s)
Preview of Wild Ireland: Kingdom of Stone
Video has Closed Captions
Preview: S42 Ep17 | 30s | See the spectacular wildlife of The Burren in Ireland through the eyes of a pine marten. (30s)
Mysterious Gathering of Sharks
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: S42 Ep17 | 2m 53s | Basking sharks are typically solitary but large groups have recently been found together. (2m 53s)
Growing Up as an Irish Pine Marten
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: S42 Ep17 | 3m 19s | Two pine marten kits grow up over several months. (3m 19s)
Filming Ireland's Harsh Landscapes
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: S42 Ep17 | 7m 34s | Director John Murray takes us inside the making of "Wild Ireland: Kingdom of Stone." (7m 34s)
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: S42 Ep16 | 2m 56s | Ukrainian citizens are coming together to rescue pets left behind by those forced to flee. (2m 56s)
Preview of Saving the Animals of Ukraine
Video has Closed Captions
Preview: S42 Ep16 | 30s | Witness a moving view into the effects of war on animals and the humans who help them. (30s)
Meet Patron, the Ukrainian War Hero
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: S42 Ep16 | 3m | Meet Patron, the bomb-detecting Jack Russell terrier who has saved countless lives. (3m)
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: S42 Ep16 | 6m 25s | Go behind the scenes with Director Anton Ptushkin, as he navigates filming in a war zone. (6m 25s)
Director Anton Ptushkin's Vlog | Inside "Saving the Animals of Ukraine"
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: S42 Ep16 | 7m 25s | Director Anton Ptushkin discusses his experience working on "Saving the Animals of Ukraine." (7m 25s)
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: S42 Ep16 | 3m 18s | Shafa, a cat in Borodyanka, was rescued from a severely war-damaged building. (3m 18s)
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: S42 Ep15 | 2m 9s | Filmmakers rush to shoot photos of Grizzly 399 and her cubs as they emerge from hibernation. (2m 9s)
Are Grizzlies Still Endangered?
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: S42 Ep15 | 2m 12s | As their population expands, some states feel grizzlies should no longer be protected. (2m 12s)
Preview of Grizzly 399: Queen of the Tetons
Video has Closed Captions
Preview: S42 Ep15 | 30s | The most famous grizzly bear in the world attempts to raise cubs amid conflicts with people. (30s)
Meet the Most Famous Grizzly in the World
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: S42 Ep15 | 2m 37s | Crowds await the arrival of Grizzly 399, the most famous bear in Grand Teton National Park. (2m 37s)
Why Young Caracaras Form Gangs
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: S42 Ep14 | 3m 4s | Young caracaras band together and join gangs for the first years of their lives. (3m 4s)
This Bird Is Evolving Right in Front of Us
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: S42 Ep14 | 2m 31s | Florida’s snail kites are evolving right in front of us. (2m 31s)
Preview of Raptors: Fistful of Daggers: Extreme Lives
Video has Closed Captions
Preview: S42 Ep14 | 30s | See the extreme ways in which raptors conquer the toughest habitats on Earth. (30s)
Honey Buzzards Feast on Deadly Hornets
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: S42 Ep14 | 3m 1s | Oriental honey buzzards have a deadly diet. (3m 1s)
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: S42 Ep13 | 2m 35s | When hunting a snake, one wrong move could be this red-legged seriema's last. (2m 35s)
Preview of Raptors: Fistful of Daggers: Meet the Family
Video has Closed Captions
Preview: S42 Ep13 | 30s | From giant eagles to miniature falconets, meet the many species of raptors. (30s)
How Great Grey Owls Hunt Hidden Prey
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: S42 Ep13 | 2m 32s | The secret to the great grey owl's hunting success is its enormous facial disk. (2m 32s)
Filming the World's Smartest Raptors
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: S42 Ep13 | 8m 59s | Filmmakers travel to the remote Falkland Islands to meet the world’s smartest raptor. (8m 59s)
What It's Like to be Surrounded by Whales
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: S42 Ep12 | 1m 41s | Can you imagine being surrounded by whales? (1m 41s)
Preview of Patrick and the Whale
Video has Closed Captions
Preview: S42 Ep12 | 30s | Patrick Dykstra has a life-changing encounter with a sperm whale and uncovers their world. (30s)
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: S42 Ep12 | 2m 38s | Witness the first encounter between Patrick and a sperm whale he names “Dolores.” (2m 38s)
T-Rex vs. Jurassic Sea Monster
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: S42 Ep11 | 3m 3s | Who would win in a fight: the Tyrannosaurus Rex or the Pliosaur? (3m 3s)
Preview of Attenborough and the Jurassic Sea Monster
Video has Closed Captions
Preview: S42 Ep11 | 30s | Sir David Attenborough and experts unearth the fossil of the largest Jurassic predator. (30s)
Discovering the Secrets of a Jurassic Sea Monster
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: S42 Ep11 | 3m 2s | Sir David Attenborough uncovers the secrets of the pliosaur, a monstrous marine predator. (3m 2s)
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: S42 Ep10 | 2m 22s | Scientists aren’t the only ones searching for shorebird nests. (2m 22s)
Video has Closed Captions
Preview: S42 Ep10 | 30s | Follow scientists racing against the clock to save the world’s migratory shorebirds. (30s)
The Perilous Life of Shorebird Chicks
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: S42 Ep10 | 2m 59s | Only about a quarter of Red Knot chicks live long enough to journey south. (2m 59s)
Video has Closed Captions
Preview: S42 Ep9 | 30s | Get an intimate look at a silverback family in Gabon’s Loango National Park. (30s)
How Forest Elephants Warn Predators
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: S42 Ep9 | 2m 4s | Forest elephants are shy animals. (2m 4s)
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: S42 Ep9 | 3m 1s | Several weeks have passed since the birth of the baby gorilla. (3m 1s)
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: S42 Ep8 | 2m 39s | In the cold waters beneath her, monsters lurk. (2m 39s)
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: S42 Ep8 | 2m 59s | This could be the last battle of their lives. (2m 59s)
Preview of Big Little Journeys: Bloodlines
Video has Closed Captions
Preview: S42 Ep8 | 30s | A Madagascan chameleon and a Scottish water vole travel to secure their bloodline. (30s)
Filming The Life of a Matchstick-Sized Chameleon
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: S42 Ep8 | 7m 31s | Filmmakers follow the short-lived journey of a matchstick-sized chameleon. (7m 31s)
Female Chameleon Erupts with Color Before Death
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: S42 Ep8 | 3m 2s | In her last moments, this female chameleon's skin erupts with color. (3m 2s)
Preview of Big Little Journeys: Survival
Video has Closed Captions
Preview: S42 Ep7 | 30s | A Taiwanese Pangolin and a Brazilian Lion Tamarin family travel to a strange new world. (30s)
Lion Tamarin Family vs. Harpy Eagle
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: S42 Ep7 | 2m 28s | A monkey-eating Harpy Eagle, 15 times the weight of a Lion Tamarin, circles a family. (2m 28s)
How Pangolins Mate (in Suits of Armor)
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: S42 Ep7 | 2m 47s | Mating in a suit of armor isn’t easy. (2m 47s)
Filming Two Endangered Animals | Inside Big Little Journeys
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: S42 Ep7 | 7m 29s | The filmmakers work with conservationists to follow the journeys of endangered animals. (7m 29s)
Tiny Bush Baby Hunted by Dangerous Genet
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: S42 Ep6 | 2m 35s | For a tiny bush baby, danger lurks around every corner in this forest. (2m 35s)
Preview of Big Little Journeys: Home
Video has Closed Captions
Preview: S42 Ep6 | 30s | A baby turtle in Canada and a young bushbaby in South Africa search for a safe new home. (30s)
How We Film Tiny Animals | Behind the Scenes
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: S42 Ep6 | 7m 32s | Big Little Journeys filmmakers employ various filming techniques to capture two animals. (7m 32s)
How Nocturnal Bush Babies Survive at Night
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: S42 Ep6 | 3m 2s | This bush baby learned from his mother where to find an important winter food: acacia gum. (3m 2s)
This Creature Packs the Most Powerful Punch in the World
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: S42 Ep5 | 2m 53s | Despite its size, the peacock mantis shrimp packs a killer punch. (2m 53s)
Providing Support for PBS.org
Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship
- Science and Nature
Explore scientific discoveries on television's most acclaimed science documentary series.
Support for PBS provided by:
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...