Nature: Season 2
Season 2 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 1.
- 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 2 Progress Shield
Forest in the Sea
Oct 9, 1983 · 53 min
The vast areas of kelp growing on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean provide a vital food source for countless creatures.
Fungi: The Rotten World About Us
Oct 16, 1983 · 53 min
As an agent of decay, fungi performs a function essential to life on earth.
Acacia: Tree of Thorns
Oct 23, 1983 · 53 min
A great variety of wildlife species live in and around the thorny acacia trees on the African plains.
On the Tracks of the Wild Otter
Nov 6, 1983 · 53 min
Wildlife photographer Hugh Miles finds an opportunity to film a female otter on one of the remote Shetland islands.
Secret Weapons
Nov 13, 1983 · 53 min
Insects such as the beetle, firefly and moth make use of their natural chemicals as weapons against their enemies.
Voices in the Forest
Dec 18, 1983 · 53 min
The time-honored and ritualistic relationship of the highland peoples of Papua, New Guinea, to the birds of paradise is examined.
Osprey
Feb 5, 1984 · 53 min
A look at this large bird’s life cycle, from hatching in the Scottish highlands through migration to Africa and its annual return to Scotland.
Big Business in Bees
Feb 12, 1984 · 53 min
Examined is the giant industry of bee cultivation in the U.S. and its relation to the billions of dollars annually at stake in the alfalfa crop.
Jet Set Wildlife
Feb 19, 1984 · 53 min
An examination of the effects of alien plants and animals on Florida’s resident wildlife, agriculture, commerce and health.
The Masterbuilders
Feb 26, 1984 · 53 min
An examination of the nest-building habits of birds in various parts of the world.
Plight of the Bumblebee
Mar 4, 1984 · 53 min
The life cycle of the bumblebee is compared to that of humans in order to explain the “energy crisis” confronting the insects.
The Missing Monsoon
Mar 11, 1984 · 53 min
The will of wildlife to survive is documented by photographers Stanley Breedon and Belinda Wright at the Keola Deo National Park in India during one of the droughts that occurs eve
Resurrection at Truk Lagoon
Mar 25, 1984 · 53 min
An exploration of the sunken Japanese war machinery destroyed by the Allies during World War II in the South Pacific, which provides an environment for underwater plant and animal