21 episodes
Nature - Season 9
First aired Sep 30, 1990Season 9
Browse all 21 episodes in this season, including available images, air dates, runtimes, ratings and episode summaries from TMDB.
Episodes
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Episode 1
Seasons in the Sea
Sep 30, 199053 min
Sharks, rays, squids and blue whales live in the Pacific Ocean off the California coast.
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Episode 2
Monkeys on the Edge
Oct 7, 199053 min
Three species of monkeys, the muriqui, the golden lion tamarin and the buffy-headed marmoset struggle for survival in Brazil's coastal Atlantic Forest.
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Episode 3
Scandinavia: Land of the Midnight Sun
Oct 14, 199053 min
A look at how Norway and Sweden are affected by eight months of winter.
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Episode 4
Scandinavia: Fresh Waters, Salt Seas
Oct 21, 199053 min
A look at the Swedish archipelago and Norway's fjords.
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Episode 5
The Sisterhood
Nov 11, 199053 min
Africa's spotted hyena is a matriarch dominated, efficient predator.
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Episode 6
Supersense: Sight and Sound
Nov 18, 199053 min
Sight and sound are experienced through animal eyes and ears.
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Episode 7
Supersense: Super Scents and Beyond
Nov 25, 199053 min
Enhanced olfactory sensitivity; unique animal senses.
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Episode 8
Supersense: Making Sense
Dec 2, 199053 min
Internal clocks guide life rhythms of eating, sleeping, mating, hibernation, birth and death.
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Episode 9
Monkey Island
Dec 9, 199053 min
This program travels to the island of Cayo Santiago off Puerto Rico to study the behavioral patterns of a colony of feral Rhesus Macaques.
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Episode 10
Grizzly Country
Dec 16, 199053 min
Rangers at Denali National Park in Alaska train hikers for planned encounters with grizzlies; Alaskan grizzly bears are seen salmon fishing at Brooks Falls.
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Episode 11
The Wild Shores of Patagonia
Jan 13, 199153 min
Penguins, maras, guanacos, sea lions and killer whales highlight this portrait of Patagonia.
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Episode 12
The Gulf: Portrait of the War Zone
Feb 17, 199153 min
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.
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Episode 13
One Man's Kenya
Feb 24, 199153 min
The beauty of the African plains and the effects of tourism on the area.
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Episode 14
The Elephants of Tsavo: Love and Betrayal
Mar 3, 199153 min
Filmmaker Simon Trevor, a former game warden, records the decimation of African elephants.
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Episode 15
Grand Teton Wilderness
Mar 10, 199153 min
The natural and human history of the Grand Tetons and Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
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Episode 16
Year of the Jackal
Mar 17, 199153 min
Life within a close-knit golden jackal family on the plains of Lemuta in Africa.
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Episode 17
Black Bear of the North
Mar 24, 199153 min
Biologist Lynn Rogers follows the black bear out of hibernation and into the Minnesota woods.
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Episode 18
Wild Dogs of Africa
Apr 7, 199153 min
The relationship within a wild dog pack on Africa's Serengeti Plains.
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Episode 19
Marathon Bird
Apr 14, 199153 min
A profile of the albatross examines its traits and habitats, as well as the mysteries and myths surrounding it.
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Episode 20
The Cat That Came in From the Cold
Apr 28, 199153 min
A polecat winters at a working farm in Wales, along with scavenging foxes, rats and birds.
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Episode 21
Crown of the Continent: Waterton/Glacier National Park
May 12, 199153 min
Grizzlies, wolves and cougars roam Montana's rugged, pristine Glacier National Park.