The Nature of Things

  • Premiered: Nov 1960
  • Episodes: 1046
  • Followers: 14
  • Running
  • CBC
  • Thursday at 20
  • Documentary

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Season 63
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The Secrets of Friendship
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Mar 24, 2023
Step into the world of “friendship detectives,” who are unravelling the mysteries of social behaviours in humans and other animals.
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Woodpeckers: The Hole Story
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Mar 31, 2023
Inside the secret and rhythmic world of one of nature’s best lumberjacks.
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A User's Guide to the Voice
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Jan 04, 2024
The human voice is a very sophisticated communication tool, but most lack knowledge of how to unlock its potential.
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Mystery of the Walking Whale
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Jan 11, 2024
Sarika Cullis-Suzuki travels back in time to solve the evolutionary mystery of the walking whale.
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Butt Seriously
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Jan 18, 2024
Anthony Morgan shines a light where the sun doesn't usually shine; why humans have butts, their evolution and how to keep them healthy.
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Jawsome: Canada's Great White Sharks
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Jan 25, 2024
Shark nerds are on a mission to reveal the JAWSOME lives of Canada's Great White Sharks.
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I Am the Magpie River
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Feb 01, 2024
A pristine river in Quebec is granted rights through legal personhood, protecting it and those who call it home.
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Love Hurts: The Science of Heartbreak
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Feb 08, 2024
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Secret World of Sound: Hunters and Hunted
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Feb 15, 2024
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Secret World of Sound: Love and Rivals
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Feb 22, 2024
Sound is used to impress, find a mate, and fight off a rival. In the forests of eastern Australia, the male lyrebird, one of the greatest mimics of the natural world, attempts to wow a .. show full overview
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Secret World of Sound: Finding a Voice
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Feb 29, 2024
Using the latest technology, "Sounds of Nature" brings viewers to a world beyond their own, discovering secrets hidden until now; director: Bridget Appleby.
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Hairy Tales
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Mar 07, 2024
A hair-raising journey into the salon, the lab, a remote Chinese village, a baby nursery and even a wildlife sanctuary to explore the surprising new research at the root of it all.
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Little Sapiens
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Mar 14, 2024
Sarika Cullis-Suzuki uncovers what it was like to grow up in prehistoric times and how kids once lived, played and learned tens of thousands of years ago.
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Fluid: Life Beyond the Binary
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Mar 28, 2024
Popular nonbinary Canadian comedian and TV sitcom creator Mae Martin explores the science of gender and sexual fluidity.
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Secrets of the Jurassic Dinosaurs
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Apr 04, 2024
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Lost World of the Hanging Gardens
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Apr 11, 2024
ISIS destroyed thousands of ancient artefacts and buildings in Mosul. Now, archeologists are making incredible discoveries in the wreckage.

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