Nature - Season 19

Nature - Season 19

Season 19

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DatesOct 22, 2000 - May 20, 2001
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Wild Horses of Mongolia with Julia Roberts
Season 19Episode 160 min

Wild Horses of Mongolia with Julia Roberts

Julia Roberts, one of the most famous and beautiful American actresses of today, lives among the nomads of Mongolia and discovers their relationship with the horse.
Oct 22, 2000
The Octopus Show
Season 19Episode 260 min

The Octopus Show

A new age of ocean exploration is lifting the veil of mystery shrouding a creature of legend -- the octopus.
Oct 29, 2000
Extraordinary Birds
Season 19Episode 360 min

Extraordinary Birds

Discover amazing birds -- from hummingbirds and peregrine falcons to parrots and barn owls -- on NATURE's "Extraordinary Birds."
Nov 12, 2000
The Urban Elephant
Season 19Episode 460 min

The Urban Elephant

The enigmatic subjects of NATURE: The Urban Elephant, Asian elephants are losing territory to the inevitable process of deforestation. Industrialization all over Asia has hurt the mahouts, or elephant drivers, so that the trained elephants and their riders are being driven into major cities such as Bangkok to earn a meager living receiving donations and food from curious tourists.
Nov 19, 2000
Intimate Enemies: Lions and Buffalo
Season 19Episode 560 min

Intimate Enemies: Lions and Buffalo

Life on the savannah of southern Tanzania is a study in contrast between rainy and dry seasons. When water is abundant, the wildebeest at the rivers provide food for the lion population, while the buffalo graze contentedly on the succulent grasses in the hills. The two great adversaries -- lion and buffalo -- can keep their distance.
Dec 17, 2000
Polar Bear Invasion
Season 19Episode 660 min

Polar Bear Invasion

Each October, the remote Canadian town of Churchill in Manitoba plays host to some very unusual guests. More than a thousand hungry polar bears gather there to await the refreezing of Hudson Bay and then move out on the ice in pursuit of their traditional winter diet of seal. The world's largest land carnivore, polar bears can be very dangerous for humans as well as sea creatures -- but for tiny Churchill, they also are a tourist-dollar bonanza.
Jan 7, 2001
Triumph of Life: The Four Billion Year War
Season 19Episode 760 min

Triumph of Life: The Four Billion Year War

THE FOUR BILLION YEAR WAR explains how both conflict and cooperation have helped shape the species that today populate our world. And it profiles the winners and losers in this epic evolutionary contest — from the massive dinosaurs who disappeared long ago to the humble bacteria that have survived for billions of years virtually unchanged.
Jan 15, 2001
Triumph of Life: The Mating Game
Season 19Episode 860 min

Triumph of Life: The Mating Game

Gene Swapping Variety is indeed the spice of life. That is the message of THE MATING GAME, Part 2 of NATURE’s six-part TRIUMPH OF LIFE series. It takes a passionate look at the evolution of sex, which allows a species to pass its genes along from generation to generation.
Jan 21, 2001
Triumph of Life: The Eternal Arms Race
Season 19Episode 960 min

Triumph of Life: The Eternal Arms Race

For billions of years, life on Earth has been engaged in its own ETERNAL ARMS RACE, the subject of Part 3 of NATURE’s TRIUMPH OF LIFE. As predators became better hunters, their prey also evolved better defenses.
Jan 28, 2001
Triumph of Life: Winning Teams
Season 19Episode 1060 min

Triumph of Life: Winning Teams

Life may be a contest in which only the fittest individuals survive, but cooperation has also played a key role in evolution. WINNING TEAMS takes a close look at the alliances that animals have forged — with others of their own kind and very different organisms — in a bid to stay alive. In fact, teamwork occurs everywhere, from flocks of birds and herds of wildebeest to colonies of ants and termites.
Feb 4, 2001
Triumph of Life: Brain Power
Season 19Episode 1160 min

Triumph of Life: Brain Power

Hearts, eyes, flippers and wings — evolution has forged many remarkable body structures. But none is more amazing than the brain, that bundle of nerve cells that allows us to sense our surroundings, sort out information, and make decisions. Indeed, the great importance of BRAIN POWER to evolution is the subject of this week’s installment of NATURE’s TRIUMPH OF LIFE series.
Feb 11, 2001
Triumph of Life: The Survivors
Season 19Episode 1260 min

Triumph of Life: The Survivors

This sixth installment focuses on the mass extinctions that have occurred over time. Though attention is paid to the factors that probably led to the demise of the dinosaurs, far more time is devoted to examining a wide variety of land and sea creatures that are continuing to fight off extinction. Climate changes, the birth of more highly evolved life forms, and changes in ocean currents are just a few of the factors that can play a major role in determining which species will prevail. Scientists and historians share their thoughts about which of today's species are most likely to remain triumphant over the coming millennia.
Feb 18, 2001
Baby Tales
Season 19Episode 1360 min

Baby Tales

Who can resist the magnetic allure of a baby? The presence of little ones of any species invariably generates instant attention and concern from onlookers. In fact, it seems that both humans and animals are hard-wired to find youngsters adorable. The practical and essential reasons why the very young have an ability to play on our heart strings are explored in Baby Tales.
Mar 4, 2001
The Panda Baby
Season 19Episode 1460 min

The Panda Baby

The birth and survival of a panda cub signals hope for the world's most cherished endangered animals, in NATURE's The Panda Baby.
Apr 1, 2001
Golden Seals of the Skeleton Coast
Season 19Episode 1560 min

Golden Seals of the Skeleton Coast

The saga of one South African fur seal's adventures and adversities as he matures into a massive bull is captured on GOLDEN SEALS OF THE SKELETON COAST. The saga starts with the male pup's birth along the barren, windswept Skeleton Coast in West Africa. By the time he takes his first breaths, he's already facing danger -- in the form of jackals invading the seal colony.
May 6, 2001
Australia's Little Assassins
Season 19Episode 1660 min

Australia's Little Assassins

When animals are the subject, most people associate Australia with lovable koalas and leaping kangaroos. But an even more distinctive aspect of Australian wildlife is its abundance of animals -- from snakes and spiders to a host of marine life forms and at least one mammal -- that use venom to defend themselves, attack prey, and in some cases help digest food.
May 20, 2001

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