The Nature of Things with David Suzuki - Season 59

The Nature of Things with David Suzuki - Season 59

Season 59

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Episodes18
DatesSept. 20, 2019 - März 13, 2020
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Episodes

She Walks with Apes
Season 59Episode 1120 min

She Walks with Apes

The epic story of three legendary women who fought to save the great apes - and inspired a generation.

Sept. 20, 2019
Grasslands: A Hidden Wilderness
Season 59Episode 260 min

Grasslands: A Hidden Wilderness

Canada's prairies are among the world's most endangered, least protected ecosystems, but there are people working to keep them wild.

Sept. 27, 2019
Takaya: Lone Wolf
Season 59Episode 360 min

Takaya: Lone Wolf

The remarkable story of a solitary wolf living against the odds and his close bond with renowned wildlife photographer Cheryl Alexander.

Okt. 4, 2019
Living Colour
Season 59Episode 460 min

Living Colour

A captivating exploration of the science of colour, including a look at people and animals who experience it in fascinating ways.

Okt. 11, 2019
First Animals
Season 59Episode 560 min

First Animals

For most of its existence, planet Earth has been a brutal, inhospitable, toxic nightmare, until a half billion years ago when – KABOOM! – life suddenly appeared. First Animals, a new documentary from The Nature of Things, takes you back to the Cambrian Explosion through newly-discovered fossils that tell us more about our own origins.

Okt. 25, 2019
BE AFRAID: The Science of Fear
Season 59Episode 660 min

BE AFRAID: The Science of Fear

Why do some people seek out terrifying experiences, while others avoid fear at all costs? Why does fear spur some to fight and leave others frozen? Although the emotion of fear is as old as life itself, scientists are asking new questions and getting new answers about how our brains process it

Nov. 1, 2019
Under Thin Ice
Season 59Episode 760 min

Under Thin Ice

Under Thin Ice follows Canadian extreme divers and cinematographers Jill Heinerth and Mario Cyr on a journey to investigate how Arctic wildlife is adjusting to global warming.

Nov. 8, 2019
Seals of Sable
Season 59Episode 860 min

Seals of Sable

Sable Island, Nova Scotia, is a remote, almost mythical landscape in the northwest Atlantic that's famous for its wild horses. But what many people don't know is that it's also home to the largest breeding colony of grey seals in the world. Every winter, tens of thousands of female seals head to Sable to give birth. In 2016 alone, more than 80,000 pups were born. Huge males arrive too, ready to fight for the right to breed with their chosen female.

Nov. 15, 2019
Dinosaur Cold Case
Season 59Episode 960 min

Dinosaur Cold Case

The accidental discovery in Alberta of one of the best-preserved dinosaurs opens a prehistoric cold case to uncover the secrets of its mysterious death.


 

Jan. 10, 2020
Pass the Salt
Season 59Episode 1060 min

Pass the Salt

Sifting through a mountain of salt science for a grain of truth about the war on sodium declared by health experts in 1977.


 

Jan. 17, 2020
Nature's Cleanup Crew
Season 59Episode 1160 min

Nature's Cleanup Crew

An introduction to the unsung animal heroes who clean up messes in the urban spaces they share with humans.


 

Jan. 31, 2020
Kingdom of the Tide
Season 59Episode 1260 min

Kingdom of the Tide

Sarika Cullis-Suzuki takes us on a personal and intimate journey to discover the spectacular and surprising world of the intertidal zone, and reveal how it holds the key to the health of the world's oceans and our own survival.

Feb. 7, 2020
Accidental Wilderness: The Leslie Street Spit
Season 59Episode 1360 min

Accidental Wilderness: The Leslie Street Spit

One of the world's most incredible urban wildernesses. It offers a fascinatingly vivid account of the push-pull relationship at play in humankind's transformation of natural environments...and a reminder of nature's power when left to it's own devices.

Feb. 14, 2020
Listening to Orcas
Season 59Episode 1460 min

Listening to Orcas

Scientists uncover the complex and emotional lives of the ocean's most intelligent predators.

Feb. 21, 2020
Aging Well Suzuki Style
Season 59Episode 1560 min

Aging Well Suzuki Style

David Suzuki takes us on a journey to learn how to live better and age well.

Feb. 28, 2020
Reef Rescue
Season 59Episode 1660 min

Reef Rescue

Scientists are racing against time to save the world's coral reefs before they're lost forever.

März 6, 2020
A Bee's Diary
Season 59Episode 1760 min

A Bee's Diary

7 weeks, 8,000km, countless adventures...and 1 gram of honey. The life of a single bee, through her own eyes.

März 13, 2020

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