The Nature of Things

  • Premiered: Nov 1960
  • Episodes: 1046
  • Followers: 14
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  • CBC
  • Thursday at 20
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Season 52
52x1
The Buffalo Wolves
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 18, 2012
Wolves and Buffalo follows the fortunes of one pack of wolves, the Delta Pack. Will the pups survive their first year? Will the packs alpha animals retain their pack position to breed .. show full overview
52x2
Babies: Born to be Good?
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Air date
Oct 25, 2012
Psychologists have made breakthroughs in our understanding of what babies might be thinking, and what they could possibly know about justice, helping, honesty, fairness. Even before they learn to talk!
52x3
Nuts About Squirrels
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Air date
Nov 08, 2012
Through the use of robotic squirrels, GPS tracked acorns and scientists, the world of urban squirrels is revealed.
52x4
Planet Hunters
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Air date
Nov 15, 2012
Are we alone in the universe? We may be very close to finding out. The Holy Grail of space science is the discovery of a planet just like ours: the right size, the right orbit around .. show full overview
52x5
The Norse: An Arctic Mystery
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Air date
Nov 22, 2012
Buried under the tundra on a windy cape of Baffin Island lies one of the most important archeological finds in Canada. An untrained eye would miss it—but not scientist Pat Sutherland. .. show full overview
52x6
Lights Out!
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Air date
Dec 06, 2012
How the light between dusk and dawn cancels the healthy benefits of the absence of light.
52x7
David Suzuki's Andean Adventure
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Air date
Jan 10, 2013
In unexpected places, David Suzuki finds radical new ideas about energy, the environment, and doing things differently. Will they catch on? UPDATE: Unfortunately in August 2013, Ecuador .. show full overview
52x8
Zapped: The Buzz About Mosquitoes
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Air date
Jan 17, 2013
People struggle to combat a blood-sucking little insect that is both delicate and deadly.
52x9
Shattered Ground
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Air date
Feb 07, 2013
Fracking, while a bonanza for gas and oil production, is caught in a backlash of suspicion and alarm. What’s happening underground it seems can shatter more than just rock.
52x10
Meet the Coywolf
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Air date
Feb 14, 2013
There is a new hybrid species which is part wolf, part coyote.
52x11
The Fruit Hunters (1): Evolution of Desire
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Air date
Feb 21, 2013
A journey through nature, commerce and adventure, The Fruit Hunters takes us from the dawn of humanity to the cutting of edge of modern agriculture — a series that will change not just .. show full overview
52x12
The Fruit Hunters (2): Defenders of Diversity
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Feb 28, 2013
A journey through nature, commerce and adventure, The Fruit Hunters takes us from the dawn of humanity to the cutting of edge of modern agriculture — a series that will change not just .. show full overview
52x13
Billion Dollar Caribou
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Mar 21, 2013
The conservation of the caribou and their environment is much-contested territory.
52x14
The Beaver Whisperers
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Air date
Mar 28, 2013
The national symbol has a new role as an ecological superhero.
52x15
The Beetles Are Coming
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Air date
Apr 04, 2013
In the wake of global warming, a beetle apocalypse is unleashed in the forests of western Canada.
52x16 Season finale
The Man Who Tweeted Earth
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Air date
Apr 25, 2013
Through pictures, music and poetry, Canadian Commander Chris Hadfield brings us a view of earth from space that we’ve never seen before. Chris Hadfield made us love space again. .. show full overview

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