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Super Hummingbirds

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S35 Ep1 | 52m 58s | New technology gives us an intimate look at these magical little birds. (52m 58s)

Animal Homes: Cities

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S33 Ep13 | 52m 55s | Animals congregate in huge colonies partly out of necessity and partly for the security. (52m 55s)

Animal Homes: Location, Location, Location

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S33 Ep12 | 52m 55s | Finding a good base of operations is key to successfully raising a family. (52m 55s)

Animal Homes: The Nest

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S33 Ep11 | 52m 55s | The first in a three-part series about how animals build their remarkable homes. (52m 55s)

The Last Orangutan Eden

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S33 Ep10 | 53m 10s | Ecologist Chris Morgan visits endangered orangutans in Northern Sumatra. (53m 10s)

Snow Monkeys

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S32 Ep16 | 52m 58s | Follow a troop of snow monkeys in Japan to see how they prepare to face the world. (52m 58s)

Parrot Confidential

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S32 Ep9 | 53m 10s | Parrots and the bittersweet world they share with humans. (53m 10s)

The Private Life of Deer

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S31 Ep12 | 53m 10s | Learning about one of our closest neighbors: the white-tailed deer. (53m 10s)

An Original DUCKumentary

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S31 Ep4 | 1h 42s | Take a fascinating look at one of our most familiar birds. (1h 42s)

Animal Odd Couples

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S31 Ep3 | 53m 20s | Love apparently knows no boundaries in the animal kingdom. (53m 20s)

Fortress of the Bears

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S30 Ep6 | 50m 9s | Enter a world shaped by bears, trees, and salmon. (50m 9s)

My Life as a Turkey

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S30 Ep4 | 58m 51s | One man's remarkable experience of raising a group of wild turkey hatchlings to adulthood. (58m 51s)

Dogs That Changed the World: The Rise of the Dog

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S25 Ep11 | 52m 59s | This film explores how the domestication of dogs might have taken place. (52m 59s)

Bears of the Last Frontier: Arctic Wanderers

S29 Ep15 | 50m 9s | The polar bears and arctic grizzlies in the far north of Alaska. (50m 9s)

Bears of the Last Frontier: The Road North

S29 Ep14 | 50m 8s | Ecologist Chris Morgan stops in Anchorage on his way to the north slope. (50m 8s)

Bears of the Last Frontier: City of Bears

S29 Ep13 | 50m 9s | Chris Morgan sets up camp alongside the largest concentration of grizzlies in the world. (50m 9s)

Salmon: Running the Gauntlet

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S29 Ep12 | 53m 19s | Runs of salmon are now conceived in laboratories, raised in tanks, and farmed in pens. (53m 19s)

Elsa's Legacy: The Born Free Story

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S29 Ep6 | 53m 10s | The true story that inspired "Born Free". (53m 10s)

Frogs: The Thin Green Line

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S27 Ep10 | 53m 43s | It is the greatest mass extinction since the dinosaurs. (53m 43s)

Kilauea: Mountain of Fire

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S27 Ep9 | 54m 6s | Kilauea, on Hawaii's Big Island, is the world's most active volcano. (54m 6s)

Why We Love Cats and Dogs

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S27 Ep8 | 53m 30s | Relationships with cats and dogs are some of the longest and most intimate of our lives. (53m 30s)

Drakensberg: Barrier of Spears

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S27 Ep7 | 53m 47s | In the Drakensberg Mountains of South Africa, eland make a remarkable journey of survival. (53m 47s)

Is That Skunk?

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S27 Ep6 | 53m 23s | Skunks seem to know their power as they navigate the margins of our world. (53m 23s)

The Dragon Chronicles

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S27 Ep5 | 52m 55s | Ancient maps and legends tell of dragons in our world. Where did these stories come from? (52m 55s)

The Wolf That Changed America

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S27 Ep4 | 51m 14s | In 1893, a bounty hunter journeyed to New Mexico on a mission to kill a dangerous outlaw. (51m 14s)

Superfish

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S26 Ep12 | 52m 59s | Dive into undersea canyons to observe powerful Marlin, sailfish, spearfish and swordfish. (52m 59s)

What Males Will Do

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S26 Ep10 | 53m 35s | Male animals will stop at nothing for the right to mate with a female. (53m 35s)

What Females Want

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S26 Ep9 | 53m 35s | The behavior of female animals. (53m 35s)

Crash: A Tale of Two Species

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S26 Ep7 | 53m 56s | Horseshoe crab numbers drop as their use as bait by the fishing industry increases. (53m 56s)

Parrots in the Land of Oz

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S26 Ep6 | 53m 30s | The colors, behaviors and habitats of the parrots occupying Australia. (53m 30s)

In the Valley of the Wolves

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S26 Ep2 | 53m 47s | This is the three-year story of the most famous wolf pack in America. (53m 47s)

Dogs That Changed the World: Dogs By Design

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S25 Ep12 | 52m 58s | The explosion of dog types into the roughly 400 breeds and dogs' role in medical care. (52m 58s)

Supersize Crocs

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S25 Ep6 | 53m 43s | Gigantic crocodiles are very, very rare, but still out there in the wild. (53m 43s)

Christmas in Yellowstone

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S25 Ep3 | 54m 36s | A holiday season of a different sort settles in just beyond Jackson Hole. (54m 36s)

Chimpanzees: An Unnatural History

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S25 Ep1 | 53m 53s | Learn about sanctuaries looking to help chimpanzees. (53m 53s)

Crime Scene Creatures

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S24 Ep13 | 54m 21s | NATURE explores the fascinating world of wildlife-related forensics (54m 21s)

True Adventures of the Ultimate Spider Hunter

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S24 Ep8 | 52m 59s | No spider can escape the tireless pursuit of Martin Nicholas. (52m 59s)

Underdogs

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S24 Ep7 | 54m 20s | Extreme doggie makeover! (54m 20s)

OCEANS IN GLASS: BTS of the Monterey Bay Aquarium

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S24 Ep2 | 52m 58s | NATURE visits one of the world's most spectacular aquariums. (52m 58s)

Life in Death Valley

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S24 Ep6 | 54m 19s | It's one of the most brutal environments on Earth - so how does life carry on here? (54m 19s)

Katrina's Animal Rescue

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S24 Ep5 | 54m 24s | Efforts to rescue the thousands of household pets left homeless by Hurricane Katrina. (54m 24s)

Deep Jungle: The Beast Within

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S23 Ep12 | 53m 39s | Explorers unravel the secrets of the many layers in the jungles' fantastic web of life. (53m 39s)

Deep Jungle: Monsters of the Forest

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S23 Ep11 | 53m 40s | Go into the depths of the Amazon, home to millions of marvelous species. (53m 40s)

Deep Jungle: New Frontiers

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S23 Ep10 | 53m 39s | Examples of how the rain forest acts as an engine of evolution. (53m 39s)

The Venom Cure

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S23 Ep9 | 52m 59s | Scientists use poisons from animals to create lifesaving drugs. (52m 59s)

Violent Hawaii

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S23 Ep4 | 54m 6s | Hawaii is a place of beauty. It is also a land of volcanoes, blizzards, and rockslides. (54m 6s)

The Good, the Bad, and the Grizzly

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S23 Ep3 | 54m 32s | After a decades-long comeback, grizzly bears appear to be thriving. (54m 32s)

Shark Mountain

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S23 Ep2 | 54m 7s | Filmmakers take a dive of a lifetime to learn about the location's fantastic creatures. (54m 7s)

Ireland

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S22 Ep12 | 54m 44s | Sculpted millions of years ago, the Emerald Isle harbors a wealth of wildlife. (54m 44s)

Holy Cow

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S22 Ep11 | 55m 2s | The history of the cow and why it is the most influential domestic animal in the world. (55m 2s)

The Real Macaw

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S22 Ep8 | 54m 59s | NATURE takes you to the deepest enclaves of the Amazon for a first-hand look at macaws. (54m 59s)

Diamonds

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S21 Ep16 | 54m 40s | History of diamonds, from their beginnings in the earth's core to mining and acquisition. (54m 40s)

Cloud's Legacy: The Wild Stallion Returns

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S22 Ep6 | 53m 17s | In 1995, while filming wild horses in the mountains of Montana, Ginger Kathrens discovered (53m 17s)

KALAHARI – The Flooded Desert

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S22 Ep4 | 53m 21s | The Kalahari Desert's Okavango Delta from the point of view of crocodiles and eagles. (53m 21s)

KALAHARI – The Great Thirstland

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S22 Ep3 | 52m 59s | Life in the Kalahari includes butterflies, termites, locusts, quelea birds and bullfrogs. (52m 59s)

The Reptiles - Lizards

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S22 Ep19 | 52m 56s | The great escape artists of the wild, with a remarkable bag of tricks. (52m 56s)

The Reptiles: Turtles and Tortoises

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S22 Ep17 | 52m 46s | Moving slowly through the millennia toward an uncertain future. (52m 46s)

The Reptiles: Snakes

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S22 Ep18 | 52m 45s | Generally mistrusted and vilified and yet, in many cultures sacred. (52m 45s)

The Reptiles: Alligators and Crocodiles

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S22 Ep16 | 52m 42s | The ultimate predators at the margins of the water and the land. (52m 42s)

Under Antarctic Ice

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S21 Ep7 | 54m 39s | Below Antarctica's frozen mass, a fantastic environment teems with life. (54m 39s)

Horse and Rider

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S21 Ep2 | 52m 58s | Explore one of the most sophisticated and intriguing partnerships of human and animal. (52m 58s)

Dogs: The Early Years

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S20 Ep2 | 53m 48s | Choosing a puppy isn't child's play, as NATURE illustrates. (53m 48s)

Cloud: Wild Stallion of the Rockies

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S20 Ep1 | 53m 31s | NATURE follows an extraordinary stallion, whose life has been recorded since his birth. (53m 31s)

Wisdom of the Wild

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S18 Ep5 | 53m 49s | Adapting some animal behaviors benefits man in body, mind and spirit. (53m 49s)

Sled Dogs: An Alaskan Epic

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S18 Ep4 | 53m 46s | Learn about the incredible skills of Alaskan huskies. (53m 46s)

Extraordinary Cats

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S17 Ep8 | 53m 57s | Owners relate tales of feline courage, stamina, resourcefulness and loyalty. (53m 57s)

Serengeti Stories

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S17 Ep5 | 53m 54s | Learn about the incredible wilderness of the Serengeti. (53m 54s)

Extraordinary Dogs

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S15 Ep9 | 47m 52s | Dogs aid the disabled, do dangerous military work, find humans buried by avalanches (47m 52s)

Jaguar: Year of the Cat

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S13 Ep1 | 54m 19s | Researchers and filmmakers produce the first comprehensive film chronicle of the jaguar. (54m 19s)

Born to Run

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S13 Ep1213 | 53m 48s | Newborn fawn faces challenges of growing up, learning about life and outwitting predators (53m 48s)

Echoes from the Ice

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S12 Ep3 | 55m 2s | The walls of ice in Glacier Bay surround the most beautiful sights Alaska has to offer. (55m 2s)

Spirit of the Sound

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S10 Ep18 | 54m 29s | Exploration of Puget Sound's ecosystem. (54m 29s)

Dolphins: Close Encounters

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S10 Ep11 | 59m 50s | These small whales have proved remarkably rugged and intelligent. (59m 50s)

Grand Teton Wilderness

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S9 Ep35 | 50m 23s | The human and natural histories of the Grand Tetons and Jackson Hole, Wyoming (50m 23s)

Monkeys on the Edge

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S8 Ep22 | 57m 17s | Brazilian primates face extinction. (57m 17s)

Seasons in the Sea

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S8 Ep21 | 56m 39s | Sharks, rays, squids and blue whales live in Pacific waters off the California coast. (56m 39s)

The Colorado

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S9 Ep14 | 56m 34s | River from Rockies to near Sea of Cortez (56m 34s)

Great Wood of Caledon

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S9 Ep6 | 54m 53s | Emmy-winning filmmaker Hugh Miles presents a lyrical portrait of Scotland's Caledonian For (54m 53s)

Land of Dragons

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S9 Ep7 | 55m 11s | Hong Kong: English Crown Colony history (55m 11s)

Peacock’s War

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S8 Ep3 | 55m 50s | Doug Peacock, wildlife and his conservation crusade. (55m 50s)

Extremadura: Spain's Forgotten Forest

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S8 Ep2 | 55m 59s | European Wolf, Black vulture, Imperial eagles and genets (55m 59s)

Bonebreakers' Mountain

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S8 Ep1 | 56m 46s | Spanish Pyrenees, cranes, fox and marmot (56m 46s)

Perspectives of Paradise

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S7 Ep4 | 55m 47s | The Galapagos Islands and filming by D. Plage (55m 47s)

Galapagos: Ocean Travelers

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S6 Ep5 | 56m 27s | Marine Iguanas, Galapagos Island, Man & wildlife (56m 27s)

Galapagos: Cold on the Equator

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S6 Ep4 | 56m 52s | Wildlife on Galapagos Islands/Pacific Oc (56m 52s)

Galapagos: How They Got There

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S6 Ep3 | 56m 42s | Wildlife of Pacific islands/migration (56m 42s)

Kalahari: Wilderness Without Water

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S5 Ep407 | 57m 4s | Kalahari Desert (South Africa) Adaption. (57m 4s)

Yellowstone in Winter

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S4 Ep2 | 56m 38s | The winter solitude of Yellowstone National Park. (56m 38s)

Krakatoa: Day That Shook the World

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S4 Ep1 | 56m 46s | Eruption of volacno Krakatoa (56m 46s)

Missing Monsoon

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S2 Ep212 | 57m 1s | Late monsoon rains in '79 affect animals (57m 1s)

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