Nature Season 1

Right now you can watch Nature Season 1 on and — and it earns the access it was given. A compact run that never overstays its welcome. 44 people have weighed in on TMDB, and the verdict leans heavily positive. The storytelling serves the subject rather than the other way around. There is no real reason to keep putting it off.

There is a reason Nature Season 1 keeps coming up in conversation. Nature Season 1 resists the urge to oversimplify a subject that deserves better. Season 1 of Nature includes 13 episodes. It aired from October 1982 to January 1983. This season stars Donald C. Donald C. Johanson and George Page lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1982. Documentary work at this level requires access that is hard to get and storytelling that does justice to it — Nature Season 1 has both. It rarely drops the ball, and when it does, it recovers fast.

For viewers who want their entertainment to leave them with something, Nature Season 1 delivers on both counts. It stands on its own even without an obvious comparison point. Best experienced as a single, sustained watch if your schedule allows. The access the production gets is remarkable, and the storytelling does full justice to it. Worth watching in order, from the beginning.

🎬 Nature Season 1 — Episode Guide

The Flight of the Condor: Ice, Wind, and Fire

1982-10-10

Following the path of the condor, whose ten-foot wingspan enables it to soar effortlessly over the peaks of the Andes mountains, this film starts at the storm beaten rocks of Cape Horn at the southern tip of South America and journeys north to the highest peak in the Americas - Aconcagua. Along the ...

The Flight of the Condor: Ocean, Desert, and Thin Air

1982-10-17

While the cold waters of the Pacific Coast of South America are among the richest in the world, the shore is the driest desert in the world. Yet it is not at all devoid of life. Lizards snatch morsels from the waves, and seagulls fly 40 miles into the desert to nest. The condor searches for carrion ...

The Flight of the Condor: Down the Amazon

1982-10-24

The third part of the series is a spectacular visual trip down the fabled river. From the snow-clad summit of the volcano Cotopaxi and others comes the greatest river in the world as melting ice creates a torrent that drops three miles in its first short distance. The river is fed by magnificent wat...

Amate: The Great Fig Tree

1982-10-31

Kopje: A Rock for All Seasons

1982-11-07

On the Edge of Paradise

1982-11-14

Examines the fragile ecology of the Caribbean area in a unique and vivid look at the forces affecting this area's ecological balance, such as hurricanes, volcanoes, the continuing evolution of different wildlife and man's influence. International agreements and commissions created to protect the Car...

Forest in the Clouds

1982-11-21

Surveying Costa Rica's Monte Verde preserve, which contains some 200 varieties of trees, including 300-ft. oaks. Animal life includes deadly scorpions; army ants; and plumed quetzals, sacred bird of the Maya civilization.

The Discovery of Animal Behavior: Natural Mysteries

1982-11-28

The first of the series takes us back to the 13th Century to explore medieval superstitions of ancient "naturalists." Frederick II of Hohenstaufen had a passion for falconry that resulted in his immense illustrated book De Arte Venandi Cum Artibus (On the Art of Hunting With Birds.) Series host is D...

The Discovery of Animal Behavior: In Praise of God

1982-12-05

Theologians and clerics in the 17th and 18th centuries were among the first to study animal behavior. John Ray began in the 1600's to catalog "the work of the Creation," starting with plants and later including birds. Sir Francis Willoughby continued this work. Rev. Gilbert White studied bird songs,...

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The Discovery of Animal Behavior: Search for the Mind

1982-12-12

In 1848, Charles Darwin began the quest to understand the mysteries of the animal mind. Following Darwin's achievement - suggesting a plausible process for evolution: natural selection - Lewis Henry Morgan discovered evidence of cogitation in beavers. George Romanes experimented with fish, cats, and...

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The Discovery of Animal Behavior: A Question of Learning

1982-12-19

First there is a re-creation of Ivan Pavlov's experiments which led to the discovery of the "conditioned reflex." Then we see the investigation by Otto Pfungst of "Kluge Hans" (Clever Hans) a horse whose apparent knowledge of arithmetic was actually response to subtle signals from his trainer. We al...

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The Discovery of Animal Behavior: Signs and Signals

1982-12-26

Continuing with the exploration of animal communication we see recreations of Karl von Frisch unraveling the language of honey bees. Julian Huxley, who discovered a possible language in the ritual movements of great-crested grebes, Konrad Lorenz who recorded the visual language of geese, and Niko Ti...

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The Discovery of Animal Behavior: Living Together

1983-01-02

Scientists have long attempted to discover why animals rarely live alone. Animal society seems to be based on despotic rule by the strongest, tempered by the powerful attractive forces of sex. Portrayals of Thorlief Schjelderup-Ebbe, Solly Zuckerman, Clarence Ray Carpenter, Frank Fraser Darling, Wil...

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