Sep 30, 1990 · 53m
Sharks, rays, squids and blue whales live in the Pacific Ocean off the California coast.


Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy Antarctica. The show's primary focus is on animals and ecosystems around the world. A comic book based on the show, meant to be used an as educational tool for kids, was briefly distributed to museums and schools at no cost in the mid-2000s.
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Sep 30, 1990 · 53m
Sharks, rays, squids and blue whales live in the Pacific Ocean off the California coast.
Oct 7, 1990 · 53m
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 14, 1990 · 53m
A look at how Norway and Sweden are affected by eight months of winter.
Oct 21, 1990 · 53m
A look at the Swedish archipelago and Norway's fjords.
Nov 11, 1990 · 53m
Africa's spotted hyena is a matriarch dominated, efficient predator.
Nov 18, 1990 · 53m
Sight and sound are experienced through animal eyes and ears.
Nov 25, 1990 · 53m
Enhanced olfactory sensitivity; unique animal senses.
Dec 2, 1990 · 53m
Internal clocks guide life rhythms of eating, sleeping, mating, hibernation, birth and death.
Dec 9, 1990 · 53m
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 16, 1990 · 53m
Rangers at Denali National Park in Alaska train hikers for planned encounters with grizzlies; Alaskan grizzly bears are seen salmon fishing at Brooks Falls.
Jan 13, 1991 · 53m
Penguins, maras, guanacos, sea lions and killer whales highlight this portrait of Patagonia.
Feb 17, 1991 · 53m
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 24, 1991 · 53m
The beauty of the African plains and the effects of tourism on the area.
Mar 3, 1991 · 53m
Filmmaker Simon Trevor, a former game warden, records the decimation of African elephants.
Mar 10, 1991 · 53m
The natural and human history of the Grand Tetons and Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
Mar 17, 1991 · 53m
Life within a close-knit golden jackal family on the plains of Lemuta in Africa.
Mar 24, 1991 · 53m
Biologist Lynn Rogers follows the black bear out of hibernation and into the Minnesota woods.
Apr 7, 1991 · 53m
The relationship within a wild dog pack on Africa's Serengeti Plains.
Apr 14, 1991 · 53m
A profile of the albatross examines its traits and habitats, as well as the mysteries and myths surrounding it.
Apr 28, 1991 · 53m
A polecat winters at a working farm in Wales, along with scavenging foxes, rats and birds.
May 12, 1991 · 53m
Grizzlies, wolves and cougars roam Montana's rugged, pristine Glacier National Park.
Quick answers about this season's release timeline and episode lineup.
Nature Season 9 premiered on September 30, 1990.
Nature Season 9 has 21 episodes.
The season opens with Season 9 Episode 1, "Seasons in the Sea". It aired on September 30, 1990.
Go to Season 9 Episode 1