Nature
Nature: Season 9

Air Date

September 30, 1990

Episodes

21 episodes

Nature

Season 9

Episodes

1. Seasons in the Sea

September 30, 1990
53 min

Sharks, rays, squids and blue whales live in the Pacific Ocean off the California coast.

2. Monkeys on the Edge

October 7, 1990
53 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.

3. Scandinavia: Land of the Midnight Sun

October 14, 1990
53 min

A look at how Norway and Sweden are affected by eight months of winter.

4. Scandinavia: Fresh Waters, Salt Seas

October 21, 1990
53 min

A look at the Swedish archipelago and Norway's fjords.

5. The Sisterhood

November 11, 1990
53 min

Africa's spotted hyena is a matriarch dominated, efficient predator.

6. Supersense: Sight and Sound

November 18, 1990
53 min

Sight and sound are experienced through animal eyes and ears.

7. Supersense: Super Scents and Beyond

November 25, 1990
53 min

Enhanced olfactory sensitivity; unique animal senses.

8. Supersense: Making Sense

December 2, 1990
53 min

Internal clocks guide life rhythms of eating, sleeping, mating, hibernation, birth and death.

9. Monkey Island

December 9, 1990
53 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.

10. Grizzly Country

December 16, 1990
53 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.

11. The Wild Shores of Patagonia

January 13, 1991
53 min

Penguins, maras, guanacos, sea lions and killer whales highlight this portrait of Patagonia.

12. The Gulf: Portrait of the War Zone

February 17, 1991
53 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.

13. One Man's Kenya

February 24, 1991
53 min

The beauty of the African plains and the effects of tourism on the area.

14. The Elephants of Tsavo: Love and Betrayal

March 3, 1991
53 min

Filmmaker Simon Trevor, a former game warden, records the decimation of African elephants.

15. Grand Teton Wilderness

March 10, 1991
53 min

The natural and human history of the Grand Tetons and Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

16. Year of the Jackal

March 17, 1991
53 min

Life within a close-knit golden jackal family on the plains of Lemuta in Africa.

17. Black Bear of the North

March 24, 1991
53 min

Biologist Lynn Rogers follows the black bear out of hibernation and into the Minnesota woods.

18. Wild Dogs of Africa

April 7, 1991
53 min

The relationship within a wild dog pack on Africa's Serengeti Plains.

19. Marathon Bird

April 14, 1991
53 min

A profile of the albatross examines its traits and habitats, as well as the mysteries and myths surrounding it.

20. The Cat That Came in From the Cold

April 28, 1991
53 min

A polecat winters at a working farm in Wales, along with scavenging foxes, rats and birds.

21. Crown of the Continent: Waterton/Glacier National Park

May 12, 1991
53 min

Grizzlies, wolves and cougars roam Montana's rugged, pristine Glacier National Park.