Nature: Season 9
Season 9 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 8.
- 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 9 Progress Shield
Seasons in the Sea
Sep 30, 1990 · 53 min
Sharks, rays, squids and blue whales live in the Pacific Ocean off the California coast.
Monkeys on the Edge
Oct 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.
Scandinavia: Land of the Midnight Sun
Oct 14, 1990 · 53 min
A look at how Norway and Sweden are affected by eight months of winter.
Scandinavia: Fresh Waters, Salt Seas
Oct 21, 1990 · 53 min
A look at the Swedish archipelago and Norway's fjords.
The Sisterhood
Nov 11, 1990 · 53 min
Africa's spotted hyena is a matriarch dominated, efficient predator.
Supersense: Sight and Sound
Nov 18, 1990 · 53 min
Sight and sound are experienced through animal eyes and ears.
Supersense: Super Scents and Beyond
Nov 25, 1990 · 53 min
Enhanced olfactory sensitivity; unique animal senses.
Supersense: Making Sense
Dec 2, 1990 · 53 min
Internal clocks guide life rhythms of eating, sleeping, mating, hibernation, birth and death.
Monkey Island
Dec 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.
Grizzly Country
Dec 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.
The Wild Shores of Patagonia
Jan 13, 1991 · 53 min
Penguins, maras, guanacos, sea lions and killer whales highlight this portrait of Patagonia.
The Gulf: Portrait of the War Zone
Feb 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 wa
One Man's Kenya
Feb 24, 1991 · 53 min
The beauty of the African plains and the effects of tourism on the area.
The Elephants of Tsavo: Love and Betrayal
Mar 3, 1991 · 53 min
Filmmaker Simon Trevor, a former game warden, records the decimation of African elephants.
Grand Teton Wilderness
Mar 10, 1991 · 53 min
The natural and human history of the Grand Tetons and Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
Year of the Jackal
Mar 17, 1991 · 53 min
Life within a close-knit golden jackal family on the plains of Lemuta in Africa.
Black Bear of the North
Mar 24, 1991 · 53 min
Biologist Lynn Rogers follows the black bear out of hibernation and into the Minnesota woods.
Wild Dogs of Africa
Apr 7, 1991 · 53 min
The relationship within a wild dog pack on Africa's Serengeti Plains.
Marathon Bird
Apr 14, 1991 · 53 min
A profile of the albatross examines its traits and habitats, as well as the mysteries and myths surrounding it.
The Cat That Came in From the Cold
Apr 28, 1991 · 53 min
A polecat winters at a working farm in Wales, along with scavenging foxes, rats and birds.
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.