Nature: Season 18
Season 18 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Nature Season 17.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 18 Progress Shield
Antarctica: The End of the Earth: Katabatic
Oct 24, 1999 · 53 min
Documentary that explores Antarctica's weather phenomena, its rugged and adaptable wildlife and the powerful dynamics of its ever-changing icecap. Part 1 discusses the effects of t
Antarctica: The End of the Earth: Iceberg
Oct 31, 1999 · 53 min
Part 2 investigates the icebergs, million-ton islands of ice that have broken free of glacial cliffs to become floating platforms of life. Despite the harshness of the environment,
Horses
Nov 14, 1999 · 53 min
Though their glory days may be in the past, these hoofed creatures continue to enthrall us, as the NATURE program HORSES demonstrates in sparkling detail. From the steppes of Mongo
Sled Dogs: An Alaskan Epic
Nov 21, 1999 · 53 min
Ironically, the powerful, dedicated canines profiled in Sled Dogs: An Alaskan Epic are little more than mutts. They are mixed-breed huskies that have endurance.
Wisdom of the Wild
Dec 5, 1999 · 53 min
Human lives have been influenced by animals in matters that reach far beyond the food chain. In surprising ways, animals help teach, heal, and strengthen people -- in body, mind, a
Inside the Animal Mind Part One: Are Animals Intelligent?
Jan 4, 2000 · 53 min
Birds may have a reputation for being less than geniuses, but researchers are discovering that some are remarkably smart. Some birds have the capacity to recognize, count, or name
Humpback Whales
Jan 9, 2000 · 55 min
Spanning the Pacific from the inlets of the Alaskan coast to the Polynesian Islands and the shores of Antarctica, Humpback Whales presents a multi-faceted portrait of this fascinat
Inside the Animal Mind Part Two: Do Animals Have Emotions?
Jan 11, 2000 · 53 min
Happiness, sadness, anger, fear, love, hate — emotions play a pivotal role in our lives. But do they loom large in an animal’s world as well? Part Two of NATURE’s Inside the Animal
Inside the Animal Mind Part Three: Animal Consciousness
Jan 18, 2000 · 53 min
As you read this, you are probably aware of reading this. Indeed, you can also imagine yourself reading this — a sort of picture within a picture in your mind’s eye. But do animals
Cheetahs in a Hot Spot
Feb 6, 2000 · 53 min
Cheetahs in a Hot Spot takes viewers to Namibia, one of the world’s richest cheetah habitats, for a remarkable look at these graceful hunters. It follows six gangly young cheetahs
Showdown at Grizzly River
Feb 13, 2000 · 53 min
NATURE’s Showdown at Grizzly River tells the story of one bold little bear’s coming of age at the falls. It follows an 18-month old cub named Toughie as she spends her last few mon
Jackals of the African Crater
Feb 27, 2000 · 55 min
Jackals of the African Crater documents the dramatic, and sometimes heartrending, stories of these jackal families. One pair of black-backed parents struggles to feed its pups in t
Obsession with Orchids
Apr 16, 2000 · 53 min
No flowering plant has captured the attention of humans, or stirred their passions, in quite the way that orchids have.
Earth Navigators
Apr 23, 2000 · 53 min
NATURE follows the world's most dauntless creatures in their epic migrations in "Earth Navigators."
The Body Changers
May 7, 2000 · 53 min
Many animals have a special ability to transform themselves, for the sake of survival, reproduction, or both.
Springs Eternal: Florida's Fountain of Youth
May 14, 2000 · 53 min
According to legend, Spanish explorers believed that a fountain of eternal youth bubbled up to the surface somewhere in the place we know today as Florida. In a poetic way, they we
The Nature of Sex
Jun 11, 2000 · 53 min
From the sea horse that mates in an hypnotic underwater ballet to the rodent who copulates until he literally drops dead, THE NATURE OF SEX spans the globe to illustrate how an ast
Animal Attractions: Amazing Tales from the San Diego Zoo
Feb 27, 2000 · 53 min
NATURE takes you an a whirlwind tour of the animal kingdom as we explore the World-Famous San Diego Zoo and Animal Park. Every animal has a story…and so does the staff at the San