Nature
Nature: Season 10

Air Date

September 28, 1991

Episodes

21 episodes

Nature

Season 10

Episodes

1. From the Heart of the World: the Elder Brothers' Warning

September 28, 1991
53 min

This program features the Kogi tribe who live in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Columbia. They are pre-Columbian peoples, and consider themselves as the elder brothers of humankind. They insist that it is the modern world, the younger brothers, who are destroying the harmony of life on earth.

2. Vietnam: a Country, Not a War

October 13, 1991
53 min

Vietnam's wildlife is reappearing after the great losses suffered during the war.

3. Kali the Lion

November 3, 1991
53 min

Simon King films a lioness and her pride during winter on Africa's Serengeti plain.

4. Madagascar: Island of Ghosts

November 17, 1991
53 min

A look at the environmental crisis on Madagascar and new conservation efforts being made.

5. Land of the Eagle: the Great Encounter

November 24, 1991
53 min

This first episode in the miniseries explores the European discovery and settlement of the New World. Two views are presented, that of the colonists struggles to survive in their new and unfamiliar setting, as well as the Native Americans success within the same environment.

6. Land of the Eagle: Confronting the Wilderness

November 24, 1991
53 min

A look at the colonization of Canada and the fur trade.

7. Land of the Eagle: Conquering Swamps

November 25, 1991
53 min

A focus on the prospect of gold in the new world, and the Spanish exploration of Florida in search of that alluring metal.

8. Land of the Eagle: Across the Seas of Grass

November 25, 1991
53 min

An exploration of the Great Plains of North American from the Lewis and Clark expedition through to the present day.

9. Land of the Eagle: Into the Shining Mountains

November 26, 1991
53 min

A focus on the Rocky Mountains and Yellowstone National Park.

10. Land of the Eagle: Living on the Edge

November 26, 1991
53 min

A look at life in the Sonoran Desert.

11. Land of the Eagle: the First and Last Frontier

November 27, 1991
53 min

Exploring the people and wildlife of Alaska.

12. Land of the Eagle: Searching for Paradise

November 27, 1991
53 min

This last episode in the miniseries looks at the landscape and wildlife of California.

13. Great Moments with Nature's Filmmakers

December 8, 1991
53 min
Horse Tigers

14. Horse Tigers

January 5, 1992
53 min

This program follows a herd of zebras along their yearly migration route through the African plains.

15. Arctic Wanderers

January 12, 1992
53 min

Follows the yearly migration of the caribou of Alaska and the Yukon Territory in an effort to find suitable birthing grounds, all will trying to avoid wolves and other predators.

16. Ladakh: Kingdom in the Clouds

January 19, 1992
53 min

India's remote Ladakh region in the Himalaya Mountains, home to the snow leopard and other rare wildlife.

17. Tiwai: Island of the Apes

February 9, 1992
53 min

Chimpanzees and other primates survive on Tiwai, an Upper Guinea island where witchcraft and taboos still exist.

18. A Celebration of Birds with Roger Tory Peterson

February 16, 1992
53 min

Roger Tory Peterson's fight to save America's birds and their habitats.

19. Elephant Seals: Those Magnificent Diving Machines

March 1, 1992
53 min

The life cycle of a female northern elephant seal is documented.

Dolphins: Close Encounters

20. Dolphins: Close Encounters

March 8, 1992
53 min

Explores the lives of dolphins all around the world, and the scientists who are trying to communicate with them.

21. Last Stand of the Giants

May 31, 1992
53 min

Loggers and conservationists have conflicting plans for ancient forests of redwoods, Douglas firs, hemlocks and Sitka spruce trees along the Northern Pacific rim.