NATURE | PBS
Summary: Now in its 31st season on PBS, NATURE has featured amazingly diverse wildlife and habitats and consistently worked with the world's foremost natural history filmmakers. In the process, the series has won nearly 400 awards, including Peabody and Emmy awards and the first honor ever bestowed on a television program by the Sierra Club. Now, NATURE podcasts offer behind-the-scenes perspectives from filmmakers and producers as well as program excerpts. Produced by Thirteen in association with WNET.ORG New York, NATURE airs on PBS each Sunday night at 8 pm (check local listings). For more information and interactive features including streaming video clips, an RSS feed, and polls, photo slideshows, and more, visit NATURE Online at www.pbs.org/nature.
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Podcasts:
Enter a world shaped by bears, trees, and salmon, and explores the delicate balance of their interconnected lives. "Fortress of the Bears" premieres Wednesday, January 25 at 8 p.m. (check local listings). For more information, visit http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/fortress-of-the-bears/introduction/7475/
Based on his true story, My Life as a Turkey chronicles naturalist and writer Joe Hutto's remarkable and moving experience of raising a group of wild turkey hatchlings to adulthood. "My Life as a Turkey" premieres Wednesday, November 16 at 8 p.m. (check local listings). For more information, visit http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/my-life-as-a-turkey/introduction/7268/
Hummingbirds take extraordinary to a whole new level. They are the smallest warm-blooded creatures on the planet, but they are also among the fastest. With wings that beat up to 200 times every second, they are among nature's most accomplished athletes, the only birds able to hover, fly backwards, and even upside down. Hummingbird metabolisms are set in permanent overdrive, requiring them to consume more than half their body weight in nectar every day, yet even so, they remain in constant threat of starving to death as they sleep. To survive the night, they fluff up their feathers and adjust their thermostats, decreasing their body temperatures by half and reducing their heart rate from 600 beats per minute to a mere 36. Airing on PBS Sunday, September 25 at 8 p.m. (check local listings) the NATURE episode For more information, visit http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/hummingbirds-magic-in-the-air/introduction/5424/
How to Measure a Giant Croc - Crocodiles are too dangerous and too shy to approach with a tape measure. Rom Whitaker and an assistant use precise photography and the help of a computer to make an accurate size comparison between a gharial and Roms own body length. "Supersize Crocs" airs Sunday, September 18 at 8 p.m. (check local listings). For more information, visit http://www.pbs.org/nature/crocs/
Engineer Azzam Alwash recalls his childhood memories of the Mesopotamian marshes, and his feelings upon his return to Iraq when the area had been reduced to an empty desert. Braving Iraq premieres Wednesday, September 7 at 8 p.m. (check local listings). For more information, visit http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/braving-iraq/introduction/5957/.
A baby humpback enters the world and joins the 3,000 or more whales that congregate in the waters off Hawaii each winter. This is the story of her first year of life. "Fellowship of the Whales" airs Sunday, August 14 at 8 p.m. (check local listings). For more information, visit http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/fellowship-of-the-whales/introduction/5263/
It is a visual wonderland, where imposing mountains rise almost two vertical miles above sprawling salt flats, and canyons are painted in strokes of blue, pink, violet, and green from sunrise to sunset. This is Death Valley -- one of the most inhospitable places on the planet. Nowhere else is a landscape so exquisite yet brutal, stunning yet harsh. Here, temperatures spike into the 130s, the earth cracks like broken clay, and when the hot wind blows, all you can taste is dust and salt. But, ironically, it is water that has shaped this super-arid home of true survivors. "Life in Death Valley" airs on airs Sunday, August 7 at 8 p.m (E.T.) on PBS (check local listings). For more information, visit http://wpmu.thirteen.org/wnet/nature/episodes/life-in-death-valley/introduction/5071/
Rabid Cheetah Attack - Acclaimed wildlife filmmaker Simon King is rushed by a rabid wild cheetah in the NATURE film The Cheetah Orphans, airing on PBS Sunday, July 24 at 8 p.m. (check local listings). The documentary charts King's four-year emotional rollercoaster as he hand-rears brothers Toki and Sambu from cuddly cubs to big cats, preparing them to return to the wild. Simon King narrates the film, part of the 28th season of NATURE, the Peabody and Emmy award-winning series produced by Thirteen/WNET New York for PBS. Major corporate support provided by Canon U.S.A. Inc. and Toyota. For more information, visit http://www.pbs.org/nature/cheetahorphans.
Exclusive interview -- In the Valley of the Wolves airs Sunday, July 17 at 8 p.m. (ET) on PBS (check local listings). In this podcast, Emmy Award-winning wildlife cinematographer Bob Landis discusses the making of the film, including the ideal circumstances for filming a predation scene; the importance of spending a vast amount of time in the field; the uniqueness of Yellowstone's Druid wolf pack, and more. Academy Award-winning actor F. Murray Abraham narrates In the Valley of the Wolves, part of the 27th season of NATURE, the Peabody and Emmy award-winning series produced by Thirteen/WNET New York for PBS. Major corporate support provided by Canon U.S.A. Inc. and Toyota. For more information, visit http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/in-the-valley-of-the-wolves/introduction/212/
22-Tentacled Nose - Meet the star-nosed mole, whose 22 fleshy tentacles are super-sensitive to touch and allow it to hunt 14 times faster than its competition. "The Beauty of Ugly" airs Sunday, June 26 at 8 p.m. (check local listings). For more information, visit http://www.pbs.org/nature/beautyofugly/
The Balkan Peninsula is notorious for being one of the great battlegrounds of history. And yet, it possesses another side unknown to many, where ancient forests and vast wetlands harbor pristine wilderness, and sheer cliff walls and desolate plateaus preserve a seemingly unchanged past. Surveying these striking and stark landscapes, one might think they've ventured into the Middle-earth of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. Wild Balkans airs Sunday, June 12 at 8 p.m. (check local listings). For more information, visit http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/wild-balkans/introduction/5485/
Holly, a once hyperactive and destructive bloodhound, takes a final test to see if she can be a competent police dog. From the NATURE episode "Underdogs" airing Sunday, June 5 at 8 p.m. (ET) on PBS (check local listings).
Rhino Horn Lab - By analyzing the chemical "fingerprint" of rhino horns, scientists create a database that they hope will help in the fight against poaching. "Rhinoceros" airs Sunday, May 29 at 8 p.m. (check local listings). For more information, visit http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/rhino/
Ecologist Chris Morgan and filmmaker Joe Pontecorvo decide to head out after an agitated polar bear approaches. "Bears of the Last Frontier: Arctic Wanderers" premieres Sunday, May 22 at 8 p.m. (check local listings). For more information, visit http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/bears-of-the-last-frontier/introduction/6524/
Cutting across the Zambezi River, bridging the countries of Zambia and Zimbabwe, Victoria Falls is the largest waterfall in the world. This awesome force of nature divides two natural worlds -- the tranquil meandering river above the cascade, and the raging abyss of the gorge below. It is a place of epic proportions, with an epic story to tell. "Victoria Falls" airs on Sunday, June 19 at 8 p.m (E.T.) on PBS (check local listings). For more information, visit http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/victoria-falls/introduction/5021/
