The Nature of Things - Season 57

The Nature of Things - Season 57

Season 57

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DatesSept. 24, 2017 - Apr. 8, 2018
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Episodes

The Wild Canadian Year: Spring
Season 57Episode 160 min

The Wild Canadian Year: Spring

The first days of spring sees Arctic fox pups take their first steps and black bear cubs learn to climb trees after the long cold days of winter, while female caribou make the dangerous trek to reach their calving grounds.

Sept. 24, 2017
The Wild Canadian Year: Summer
Season 57Episode 260 min

The Wild Canadian Year: Summer

Killer whales and blue sharks are on the hunt, while amorous fireflies light up the night forest with their dazzling display, as summer reveals Canada's landscape at the peak of its splendour.

Okt. 1, 2017
The Wild Canadian Year: Fall
Season 57Episode 360 min

The Wild Canadian Year: Fall

Fall chronicles a remarkable season of change: young northern gannets leap off perilous cliffs as chipmunks race to gather winter supplies, and prairie rattlesnakes give birth to live young.

Okt. 8, 2017
The Wild Canadian Year: Winter
Season 57Episode 460 min

The Wild Canadian Year: Winter

Lynx hunt snowshoe hares in the boreal forest and the ancient dance between wolves and caribou on Canada's vast tundra reveal the harshest time of year when landscapes are transformed by the cruel and dramatic beauty of snow and ice.

Okt. 15, 2017
Making the Wild Canadian Year
Season 57Episode 560 min

Making the Wild Canadian Year

Watch the incredible feats of endurance and technical wizardry needed to capture the sequences featured in the landmark series The Wild Canadian Year.

Okt. 22, 2017
Lost Secrets of the Pyramid
Season 57Episode 660 min

Lost Secrets of the Pyramid

Event special fusing dramatic new archaeological discoveries, large-scale engineering experiments, and CGI animation to reveal new secrets about the greatest mysteries of the Egyptian Pyramids - Who built them and how?

Okt. 29, 2017
Into the Fire
Season 57Episode 760 min

Into the Fire

Nature created it. Humans harnessed it. And now, as climate change helps light a flame to our forests, scientists are desperately trying to understand it.

Nov. 5, 2017
Secrets from the Ice
Season 57Episode 860 min

Secrets from the Ice

The climate is changing and the ancient ice of the Yukon's southern mountains is disgorging a missing chapter of human history.

Nov. 19, 2017
What Trees Talk About
Season 57Episode 960 min

What Trees Talk About

A revealing look at the secret life of trees - how they communicate, wage war, and work together to transform our world.

Nov. 26, 2017
Jumbo: The Life of an Elephant Superstar
Season 57Episode 1060 min

Jumbo: The Life of an Elephant Superstar

Forgotten bones of Jumbo the elephant help scientists crack unsolved mysteries surrounding the world's first animal superstar.

Jan. 7, 2018
Ice Bridge
Season 57Episode 1160 min

Ice Bridge

Mysterious new artifacts turning up in Chesapeake Bay bear an inexplicable resemblance to those from Ice Age Europe. Two renowned archaeologists risk it all to prove that brave souls crossed over the Atlantic ocean on an ice bridge to populate North America twenty thousand years ago.

Jan. 14, 2018
Mommy, Wildest
Season 57Episode 1260 min

Mommy, Wildest

Lions, elephants, and baboons: Three sisterhoods of the savannah, where the mothers rule, and the daughters inherit the wilderness.

Jan. 21, 2018
Champions vs. Legends
Season 57Episode 1360 min

Champions vs. Legends

Sport scientist challenges top winter athletes to compete against legends of the past in vintage gear.

Jan. 28, 2018
The Science of Magic
Season 57Episode 1460 min

The Science of Magic

Explore why magic is a unique tool for gaining new insights into human cognition, neurobiology, and behaviour.

März 18, 2018
Myth or Science: The Power of Poo
Season 57Episode 1560 min

Myth or Science: The Power of Poo

Jennifer Gardy lifts the lid on poop to discover if it's myth or science that we're flushing a valuable resource down the toilet.

Apr. 1, 2018
The Kingdom: How Fungi Made Our World
Season 57Episode 1660 min

The Kingdom: How Fungi Made Our World

The evolutionary story of how fungi shaped all terrestrial life - including us.

Apr. 8, 2018

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