Nature - Season 9

Nature - Season 9

Season 9

Network
DatesSep 30, 1990 - May 12, 1991
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Episodes

Seasons in the Sea
Season 9Episode 160 min

Seasons in the Sea

Sharks, rays, squids and blue whales live in the Pacific Ocean off the California coast.
Sep 30, 1990
Monkeys on the Edge
Season 9Episode 260 min

Monkeys on the Edge

Three species of monkeys, the muriqui, the golden lion tamarin and the buffy-headed marmoset struggle for survival in Brazil's coastal Atlantic Forest.
Oct 7, 1990
Scandinavia: Land of the Midnight Sun (1)
Season 9Episode 360 min

Scandinavia: Land of the Midnight Sun (1)

A look at how Norway and Sweden are affected by eight months of winter.
Oct 14, 1990
Scandinavia: Fresh Waters, Salt Seas (2)
Season 9Episode 460 min

Scandinavia: Fresh Waters, Salt Seas (2)

A look at the Swedish archipelago and Norway's fjords.
Oct 21, 1990
The Sisterhood
Season 9Episode 560 min

The Sisterhood

Africa's spotted hyena is a matriarch dominated, efficient predator.
Nov 11, 1990
Supersense: Sight and Sound (1)
Season 9Episode 660 min

Supersense: Sight and Sound (1)

Sight and sound are experienced through animal eyes and ears.
Nov 18, 1990
Supersense: Super Scents and Beyond (2)
Season 9Episode 760 min

Supersense: Super Scents and Beyond (2)

Enhanced olfactory sensitivity; unique animal senses.
Nov 25, 1990
Supersense: Making Sense (3)
Season 9Episode 860 min

Supersense: Making Sense (3)

Internal clocks guide life rhythms of eating, sleeping, mating, hibernation, birth and death.
Dec 2, 1990
Monkey Island
Season 9Episode 960 min

Monkey Island

This program travels to the island of Cayo Santiago off Puerto Rico to study the behavioral patterns of a colony of feral Rhesus Macaques.
Dec 9, 1990
Grizzly Country
Season 9Episode 1060 min

Grizzly Country

Rangers at Denali National Park in Alaska train hikers for planned encounters with grizzlies; Alaskan grizzly bears are seen salmon fishing at Brooks Falls.
Dec 16, 1990
The Wild Shores of Patagonia
Season 9Episode 1160 min

The Wild Shores of Patagonia

Penguins, maras, guanacos, sea lions and killer whales highlight this portrait of Patagonia.
Jan 13, 1991
The Gulf: Portrait of the War Zone
Season 9Episode 1260 min

The Gulf: Portrait of the War Zone

In light of the Persian Gulf War and the recent oil spills, PBS airs an update of the 1984 episode of Nature, Treasures of the Gulf, that focused on the effects of the Iran-Iraq war on the fragile ecology of the Persian Gulf.
Feb 17, 1991
One Man's Kenya
Season 9Episode 1360 min

One Man's Kenya

The beauty of the African plains and the effects of tourism on the area.
Feb 24, 1991
The Elephants of Tsavo: Love and Betrayal
Season 9Episode 1460 min

The Elephants of Tsavo: Love and Betrayal

Filmmaker Simon Trevor, a former game warden, records the decimation of African elephants.
Mar 3, 1991
Grand Teton Wilderness
Season 9Episode 1560 min

Grand Teton Wilderness

The natural and human history of the Grand Tetons and Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
Mar 10, 1991
Year of the Jackal
Season 9Episode 1660 min

Year of the Jackal

Life within a close-knit golden jackal family on the plains of Lemuta in Africa.
Mar 17, 1991
Black Bear of the North
Season 9Episode 1760 min

Black Bear of the North

Biologist Lynn Rogers follows the black bear out of hibernation and into the Minnesota woods.
Mar 24, 1991
Wild Dogs of Africa
Season 9Episode 1860 min

Wild Dogs of Africa

The relationship within a wild dog pack on Africa's Serengeti Plains.
Apr 7, 1991
Marathon Bird
Season 9Episode 1960 min

Marathon Bird

A profile of the albatross examines its traits and habitats, as well as the mysteries and myths surrounding it.
Apr 14, 1991
The Cat That Came In From the Cold
Season 9Episode 2060 min

The Cat That Came In From the Cold

A polecat winters at a working farm in Wales, along with scavenging foxes, rats and birds.
Apr 28, 1991
Crown of the Continent: Waterton/Glacier National Park
Season 9Episode 2160 min

Crown of the Continent: Waterton/Glacier National Park

Grizzlies, wolves and cougars roam Montana's rugged, pristine Glacier National Park.
May 12, 1991

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