The Nature of Things 1960
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The Nature of Things is a Canadian television series that premiered on CBC Television. It debuted on November 6, 1960, and consists of documentary programs.
- Type
- TV series
- Year
- 1960
- Status
- Returning Series
- Episodes
- 617
- First aired
- Nov 6, 1960
- Last aired
- Mar 4, 2026
- Original language
- EN
- Origin
- CA
- Networks
- CBC Television
- Genres
- Documentary
- Updated
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The Nature of Things is a Canadian television series that premiered on CBC Television. It debuted on November 6, 1960, and consists of documentary programs. The series explores various topics, including nature and the impact of human activities on it. Many of the programs focus on environmental issues, such as clear-cut logging, making it one of the first to delve into these topics. The show's title is derived from an epic poem by Roman philosopher Lucretius, specifically "Dē Rērum Nātūrā", which translates to "On the Nature of Things". This series has been a part of Canadian television for many years, providing viewers with informative and thought-provoking content. The Nature of Things has established itself as a notable documentary series, offering insights into the natural world and human effects on the environment.
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“This long-running Canadian documentary series explores the natural world and humanity's impact on the environment.”
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- explores environmental issues
- historical significance
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- focuses on scientific topics
Watch it if you are interested in documentaries about nature and environmental science.
The series features educational content regarding nature and human impact on the environment.
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Cast
David Suzuki
Self - Presenter
Sarika Cullis-Suzuki
Self - Presenter
Anthony Morgan
Self - Presenter
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Donald Ivey
Self - Host ☻
Dennis Compayre
Self
Salima Ikram
Self
Gordon Pinsent
Dr. Fred Urquhart
Shaun Benson
Ken Brugger
Stephen Bogaert
Middle Age Fred Urquhart
Stephanie Sigman
Catalina Aguado
Sofía Sisniega
Chloe ☻
Connel Bradwell
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Season 1 · 25 episodes
Open the complete Season 1 guide & lore primer →- E1 Why Is It So? Mytharc Nov 6, 1960
- E2 The Roar of the Crowd Core Nov 13, 1960
- E3 The Future of Science Core Nov 20, 1960
- E4 Schizophrenia Core Nov 27, 1960
- E5 Engineering Core Dec 4, 1960
- E6 Man as an Environment Core Dec 11, 1960
- E7 Science Fiction Core Dec 18, 1960
- E8 A special Christmas edition Core Dec 25, 1960
- E9 The Aurora-Borealis Core Jan 1, 1961
- E10 Man as an Environment – Human Body Core Jan 8, 1961
- E11 Kept Alive Core Jan 15, 1961
- E12 Physics and Games – Laws of Probability Core Jan 22, 1961
- E13 The Face of the Moon Core Jan 29, 1961
- E14 Hibernation Core Feb 5, 1961
- E15 Man and His Environment Core Feb 12, 1961
- E16 Eclipse Core Feb 19, 1961
- E17 Animal Communication Core Feb 26, 1961
- E18 The Speed of Light Core Mar 5, 1961
- E19 Monotony Core Mar 12, 1961
- E20 The Chemical Senses Core Mar 19, 1961
- E21 The Mohole: Earth's Crust Core Apr 2, 1961
- E22 Laws of Conservation Core Apr 16, 1961
- E23 Photosynthesis Core Apr 23, 1961
- E24 Physics of Clouds Mytharc Apr 30, 1961
- E25 The Sources of Science Mytharc May 7, 1961
Season 2 · 24 episodes
Open the complete Season 2 guide & lore primer →- E1 Looking Ahead Mytharc Jan 4, 1962
- E2 Photography in Science Core Jan 11, 1962
- E3 To Educate a Scientist Core Jan 18, 1962
- E4 The Situation Is Fluid Core Jan 25, 1962
- E5 Gallstones Core Feb 1, 1962
- E6 The Upper Mantle Project Core Feb 8, 1962
- E7 The Physics of Music Core Feb 22, 1962
- E8 Survival Core Mar 1, 1962
- E9 Man and the Moon Core Mar 8, 1962
- E10 Hibernating Molecules Core Mar 15, 1962
- E11 Monkey Curiosity Core Mar 29, 1962
- E12 Spermatozoa Core Apr 5, 1962
- E13 Animals With Feathers Core Apr 12, 1962
- E14 Getting the Upper Hand Core Apr 26, 1962
- E15 Thinking about Math Core May 3, 1962
- E16 The Plague Core May 10, 1962
- E17 Instant Heat Core May 17, 1962
- E18 A Science Newsreel Core May 24, 1962
- E19 Learning Core Jun 7, 1962
- E20 A Bang-Up Job Core Jun 21, 1962
- E21 Out of Africa Core Jun 28, 1962
- E22 Count on Me Core Jul 5, 1962
- E23 Blood in the Balance Mytharc Jul 19, 1962
- E24 Episode 24 Mytharc Jul 26, 1962
Season 3 · 24 episodes
Open the complete Season 3 guide & lore primer →- E1 Episode 1 Mytharc Jan 6, 1963
- E2 Brainwashing Core Jan 13, 1963
- E3 Tubes To Transistors Core Jan 20, 1963
- E4 From Water To Land Core Jan 27, 1963
- E5 Chemistry Of Salt Core Feb 3, 1963
- E6 Ear Operation Core Feb 10, 1963
- E7 The Way The Ball Bounces Core Feb 17, 1963
- E8 Lie Detectors Core Feb 24, 1963
- E9 Smoking And Lung Cancer Core Mar 3, 1963
- E10 Science Museum Core Mar 10, 1963
- E11 Tornadoes Core Mar 24, 1963
- E12 The Descent of Man Core Mar 31, 1963
- E13 Isaac Newton Core Apr 7, 1963
- E14 New Atoms For Old Core Apr 14, 1963
- E15 Car Crashes Core Apr 21, 1963
- E16 Bird Migration Core May 5, 1963
- E17 Fact & Fiction Core May 12, 1963
- E18 Code of Life Core May 19, 1963
- E19 The Chemistry Of Bread Core May 26, 1963
- E20 The Infra-Red Core Jun 2, 1963
- E21 Human Overpopulation Core Jun 9, 1963
- E22 Mars Core Jun 16, 1963
- E23 Spiders Mytharc Jun 23, 1963
- E24 Hypnosis Mytharc Jun 30, 1963
Season 4 · 11 episodes
Open the complete Season 4 guide & lore primer →- E1 Einstein, Man & Mathematician Mytharc May 5, 1964
- E2 About The Size Of It Core May 12, 1964
- E3 Standards For Comparison Core May 19, 1964
- E4 Excursion Into Hell Core May 26, 1964
- E5 Surgery For Parkinson'S Disease Core Jun 2, 1964
- E6 Science In Sports Core Jun 9, 1964
- E7 Lasers Core Jun 30, 1964
- E8 Blood, Sea And Tears Core Jul 7, 1964
- E9 Cartography Core Jul 14, 1964
- E10 The World Of Water Mytharc Jul 21, 1964
- E11 Immunology Mytharc Jul 28, 1964
Season 5 · 11 episodes
Open the complete Season 5 guide & lore primer →- E1 "Good and Evil" Mytharc Jan 3, 1965
- E2 "Viruses" Core Jan 10, 1965
- E3 "Survival" Core Jan 17, 1965
- E4 Eureka Core Jan 24, 1965
- E5 Flight Core Jan 31, 1965
- E6 "The Quaking Earth" Core Feb 7, 1965
- E7 Pain Core Feb 21, 1965
- E8 "Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics" Core Feb 28, 1965
- E9 Photography Core Mar 14, 1965
- E10 "Bird Strikes on Aircraft" Mytharc Mar 21, 1965
- E11 "The Pacemakers" Mytharc Mar 28, 1965
Season 6 · 17 episodes
Open the complete Season 6 guide & lore primer →- E1 Animals And Man Mytharc Oct 3, 1965
- E2 Animals On Land Core Oct 10, 1965
- E3 Animals In The Water Core Oct 17, 1965
- E4 Animal Adaptation Core Oct 24, 1965
- E5 Animal Adaptation Core Oct 31, 1965
- E6 Animals And Food Core Nov 7, 1965
- E7 Animals As Engineers Core Nov 14, 1965
- E8 Animals As Engineers Core Nov 21, 1965
- E9 Animal Hands And Tools Core Nov 28, 1965
- E10 Animal Vision And Smell Core Dec 5, 1965
- E11 Animal Territory And Aggression Core Dec 12, 1965
- E12 Animal Social Behavior Core Dec 19, 1965
- E13 Episode 13 Core Dec 26, 1965
- E14 Animal Learning Core Jan 2, 1966
- E15 Episode 15 Core Jan 9, 1966
- E16 Episode 16 Mytharc Jan 16, 1966
- E17 Man And Animals Mytharc Jan 23, 1966
Season 7 · 17 episodes
Open the complete Season 7 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Sun Mytharc Jun 20, 1966
- E2 Natural History Of The Niagara Gorge Core Jun 27, 1966
- E3 Air And Water Pollution Core Jul 4, 1966
- E4 The Battle Against Biting Insects Core Jul 11, 1966
- E5 Air Conditioning - Natural And Man-Made Core Jul 18, 1966
- E6 The Physics Of Sailing Core Jul 25, 1966
- E7 Epidemics Core Aug 1, 1966
- E8 Summer Storms Core Aug 8, 1966
- E9 Fishing And The Splake Core Aug 15, 1966
- E10 The Value Of Our Parks Core Aug 22, 1966
- E11 Forest And Fires Core Aug 29, 1966
- E12 Water On The Level Core Sep 5, 1966
- E13 Galapagos: Darwin Core Sep 4, 1966
- E14 Galapagos: The Islands Core Sep 11, 1966
- E15 Galapagos: New Beings Core Sep 18, 1966
- E16 Galapagos: Ways Of Survival Mytharc Sep 25, 1966
- E17 Galapagos: Living Laboratory Mytharc Oct 2, 1966
Season 8 · 4 episodes
Open the complete Season 8 guide & lore primer →- E1 Canadian Wildlife: Retreat to the Rockies Mytharc May 11, 1967
- E2 Canadian Wildlife: A Celebration of Swans Core May 18, 1967
- E3 Canadian Wildlife: Arctic Summer Core May 25, 1967
- E4 Canadian Wildlife: Wild Alberta Mytharc Jun 1, 1967
Season 9 · 14 episodes
Open the complete Season 9 guide & lore primer →- E1 Thomas Edison Mytharc Sep 26, 1968
- E2 Human Engineering Core Oct 3, 1968
- E3 Materials Core Oct 10, 1968
- E4 Structure Core Nov 7, 1968
- E5 Communications Core Nov 14, 1968
- E6 Canals And Tunnels Core Nov 21, 1968
- E7 Central Power Core Nov 28, 1968
- E8 Man And Machines Core Dec 5, 1968
- E9 Land And Water Core Dec 12, 1968
- E10 Man Aloft Core Dec 19, 1968
- E11 Portable Power Core Dec 26, 1968
- E12 Machines And Man: Transportation Core Jan 2, 1969
- E13 Machine And Man: Systems Engineering Mytharc Jan 9, 1969
- E14 Audubon Mytharc Mar 18, 1969
Season 10 · 28 episodes
Open the complete Season 10 guide & lore primer →- E1 Danger: Man At Work - In The Balance Mytharc Sep 24, 1969
- E2 Danger: Man At Work - The Urban Crisis Core Oct 1, 1969
- E3 Danger: Man At Work - Water Core Oct 8, 1969
- E4 Danger: Man At Work - Air Pollution Core Oct 15, 1969
- E5 Danger: Man At Work - Pesticides Core Oct 22, 1969
- E6 Danger: Man At Work - The Global Crisis Core Oct 29, 1969
- E7 The Ages Of Man: A Day In The Life Of A G.P. Core Nov 5, 1969
- E8 The Ages Of Man: A Breath Of Life Core Nov 12, 1969
- E9 The Ages Of Man: The Attack On Cancer Core Nov 26, 1969
- E10 The Ages Of Man: Drugs Core Dec 10, 1969
- E11 The Ages Of Man: The Cell Core Dec 17, 1969
- E12 The Ages Of Man: Arthritis Core Dec 24, 1969
- E13 The Ages of Man: Decade Science Review Core Dec 31, 1969
- E14 The Ages Of Man: Heart Disease Core Jan 7, 1970
- E15 The Ages Of Man: Transplants Core Jan 15, 1970
- E16 The Ages Of Man: A Definition Of Death Core Jan 22, 1970
- E17 Wild Africa: As It Was Core Feb 25, 1970
- E18 A Sense Of Time Core Mar 19, 1970
- E19 Wild Africa: Something New Core Mar 25, 1970
- E20 A Sense Of Time Core Mar 26, 1970
- E21 A Sense Of Time Core Apr 2, 1970
- E22 Oceanography Core May 14, 1970
- E23 Continental Drift Core May 21, 1970
- E24 Sense Substitution Core May 28, 1970
- E25 Physical Sciences: Stellar Evolution Core Jun 4, 1970
- E26 Physical Sciences: Making Waves Core Jun 11, 1970
- E27 Physical Sciences: Energy Conversion Mytharc Jun 18, 1970
- E28 Physical Sciences: Laser Mytharc Jun 25, 1970
Season 11 · 15 episodes
Open the complete Season 11 guide & lore primer →- E1 "The Last Stand: Western Mountain Parks" Mytharc Nov 2, 1970
- E2 "The Last Stand: The Everglades of Florida" Core Nov 9, 1970
- E3 The Last Stand: Point Pelee Core Nov 16, 1970
- E4 The Last Stand: The Southwestern Desert Core Nov 23, 1970
- E5 A Sense Of Time: The Age Of The Universe Core Dec 7, 1970
- E6 A Sense Of Time: The Age Of The Earth Core Dec 14, 1970
- E7 A Sense Of Time: The Age Of Man Core Dec 21, 1970
- E8 The Great Lakes Core Feb 1, 1971
- E9 The Great Lakes Core Feb 8, 1971
- E10 Population Problems: Everybody'S Baby Core Feb 15, 1971
- E11 Population Problems: Tomorrow'S Child Core Mar 1, 1971
- E12 Who Help Themselves Core Mar 15, 1971
- E13 Psychiatry: Heavy Night Core Mar 22, 1971
- E14 Psychiatry: Street Fighting Mad Mytharc Mar 29, 1971
- E15 Psychiatry: Human Potential Mytharc Apr 5, 1971
Season 12 · 10 episodes
Open the complete Season 12 guide & lore primer →- E1 Banting, Best And Insulin Mytharc Oct 4, 1971
- E2 Cancer In Canada Core Oct 11, 1971
- E3 Parkinsonism Core Oct 25, 1971
- E4 The Fur Trade Core Dec 13, 1971
- E5 The Harp Seal Core Jan 3, 1972
- E6 Grouse Country Core Jan 10, 1972
- E7 The Polar Bear Core Jan 17, 1972
- E8 Lobsters and the Sea Core Jan 24, 1972
- E9 Vanishing Peoples: Yanomami Mytharc Jan 31, 1972
- E10 The Blue Holes of Andros Mytharc May 15, 1972
Season 13 · 10 episodes
Open the complete Season 13 guide & lore primer →- E1 Vanishing Peoples: Lacandons, The Mayas Of Mexico Mytharc Nov 6, 1972
- E2 The Sexes, part 1 of 2 Mytharc Nov 20, 1972
- E3 The Sexes, part 2 of 2 Mytharc Nov 27, 1972
- E4 Acupuncture Core Dec 4, 1972
- E5 Think Before You Eat Core Mar 5, 1973
- E6 Stockholm '72: Politics For Survival Core Mar 12, 1973
- E7 Cities for People Core Mar 19, 1973
- E8 Migration: Animals in Cycle Core Mar 26, 1973
- E9 Old Enough Mytharc Apr 2, 1973
- E10 Recycling: The Garbage Ouroboros Mytharc Apr 9, 1973
Season 14 · 10 episodes
Open the complete Season 14 guide & lore primer →- E1 Puffins, Predators And Pirates Mytharc Nov 26, 1973
- E2 The Club Of Rome Core Dec 3, 1973
- E3 Ellesmere Island Core Dec 10, 1973
- E4 Anybody's Child Core Dec 17, 1973
- E5 A Comet's Tale Core Jan 7, 1974
- E6 The First Inch Core Jan 14, 1974
- E7 The Serious Business Of Play Core Jan 21, 1974
- E8 Out Of The Mouths Of Babes Core Jan 28, 1974
- E9 The Joy Of Effort Mytharc Feb 4, 1974
- E10 The Cree of Paint Hills Mytharc Mar 24, 1974
Season 15 · 8 episodes
Open the complete Season 15 guide & lore primer →- E1 And God Created Great Whales Mytharc Oct 9, 1974
- E2 Children's Hospital Core Oct 23, 1974
- E3 The Heimaey Eruption: Iceland 1973 Core Oct 30, 1974
- E4 Traveller From An Antique Land Core Nov 6, 1974
- E5 Mind And Hand Core Nov 20, 1974
- E6 Frogs, Snakes and Turtles Core Dec 4, 1974
- E7 Discovery on Charlton Island Mytharc Dec 11, 1974
- E8 The First Inch Mytharc Dec 18, 1974
Season 16 · 8 episodes
Open the complete Season 16 guide & lore primer →- E1 Out of the Mouths of Babes Pt. 1 Mytharc Oct 22, 1975
- E2 Ears to Hear Core Oct 29, 1975
- E3 Sable Island Core Nov 5, 1975
- E4 Water's Edge (Part 1) Mytharc Nov 12, 1975
- E5 Water's Edge (Part 2) Mytharc Nov 19, 1975
- E6 Prairie Grasslands Core Nov 26, 1975
- E7 The Differences Are Inherited Mytharc Dec 10, 1975
- E8 Shelter: A Question of Control Mytharc Dec 17, 1975
Season 17 · 8 episodes
Open the complete Season 17 guide & lore primer →- E1 Noah's Park Mytharc Dec 22, 1976
- E2 The Invisible Reef Core Dec 29, 1976
- E3 Newborn Core Jan 5, 1977
- E4 The Mind's Eye Core Jan 12, 1977
- E5 Children of the Buffalo Core Jan 19, 1977
- E6 The Gabra Core Jan 26, 1977
- E7 When The Wind Blows Mytharc Feb 9, 1977
- E8 Funk Island Mytharc Feb 16, 1977
Season 18 · 11 episodes
Open the complete Season 18 guide & lore primer →- E1 The People You Never See Mytharc Dec 14, 1977
- E2 The Evolution Of Flight Core Dec 21, 1977
- E3 The Geese Of Wascana Core Dec 28, 1977
- E4 Radiation: In Sickness And In Health Core Jan 4, 1978
- E5 Radiation: Nuclear Power Core Jan 11, 1978
- E6 The Cry Of The Gull Core Jan 18, 1978
- E7 Space Shuttle Core Jan 25, 1978
- E8 Twins: And Then There Were Two Core Feb 1, 1978
- E9 Twins: Matching Genes Core Feb 8, 1978
- E10 When Men Play Gods Mytharc Feb 22, 1978
- E11 Patterns of Pain / The Gannets of Bonaventure Mytharc Mar 11, 1978
Season 19 · 12 episodes
Open the complete Season 19 guide & lore primer →- E1 Evolution Update Mytharc Sep 24, 1978
- E2 Clockwork Atom Core Oct 1, 1978
- E3 This Will Do For Today Core Oct 8, 1978
- E4 Island of Monkeys Core Oct 15, 1978
- E5 The Dogon Core Oct 29, 1978
- E6 Toward The Sun Core Nov 5, 1978
- E7 Portrait Of A Market: Sololá Core Nov 12, 1978
- E8 Sleep (part 1 of 2) Mytharc Nov 26, 1978
- E9 Dreams (part 2 of 2) Mytharc Dec 3, 1978
- E10 Charlie Core Dec 17, 1978
- E11 The Search Mytharc Dec 24, 1978
- E12 The Cajuns Mytharc Dec 31, 1978
Season 20 · 15 episodes
Open the complete Season 20 guide & lore primer →- E1 Flying Circus of Physics / Immune System / Monarch Butterfly / Contact Lenses Mytharc Oct 24, 1979
- E2 Hypnosis / India's Sacred Cows / Ultra Sound Scanne Core Oct 31, 1979
- E3 Madagascar: Island of the Moon Core Nov 7, 1979
- E4 Puppets / One, Two, Three, Zero / New Wave Babies Core Nov 14, 1979
- E5 Contact Core Nov 21, 1979
- E6 Deep Diving / Memory: Come to Think of It Core Nov 28, 1979
- E7 Arctic Oil Core Dec 5, 1979
- E8 Clinical Trials / Folk Medicine / Magnetic Bacteria Core Dec 12, 1979
- E9 Left Brain, Right Brain Core Dec 19, 1979
- E10 Insects / Oyster Culture / Science Fairs Core Dec 26, 1979
- E11 Memories From Eden Core Jan 2, 1980
- E12 Paul Jacobs and the Nuclear Gang Core Feb 6, 1980
- E13 Crocodile City / Spanish Galleons / World's Largest Windmill / Cement Core Feb 20, 1980
- E14 High altitude Physiology / The Vision of Galileo / Dust Storms Mytharc Feb 27, 1980
- E15 Seal Psychology / Chiricahuas / Violins Mytharc Mar 5, 1980
Season 21 · 17 episodes
Open the complete Season 21 guide & lore primer →- E1 Volcanoes / Hovercraft / Curve Balls / Windshear / Xerography Mytharc Oct 8, 1980
- E2 Cystic Fibrosis / Whooping Crane / Cold-Water Survival Core Oct 15, 1980
- E3 Skin – The Bare Necessity / Manatees / Ludhiana Core Oct 22, 1980
- E4 Tar Wars Core Oct 29, 1980
- E5 Going Without Gas / Surface Tension / Science Fair Core Nov 5, 1980
- E6 China Now – Its Roots in the Past (Part 1 of 2) Mytharc Nov 12, 1980
- E7 China Now – The Four Modernizations (Part 2 of 2) Mytharc Nov 19, 1980
- E8 Success Story / Sickle Cell Anemia Core Nov 26, 1980
- E9 Freak Waves / Invisible Astronomy / Hildebrand Core Dec 3, 1980
- E10 Prenatal Diagnosis / Hearing in Chinchillas Core Dec 10, 1980
- E11 AAAS Report / One of the Family / Oyster Culture Core Jan 7, 1981
- E12 Birds' Eggs / Newfoundland Oil / John Polanyi Core Jan 14, 1981
- E13 Poisoned Playgrounds / Charlie Core Jan 28, 1981
- E14 The Moving Still Core Feb 11, 1981
- E15 Sri Lanka: Island of Serendib Core Feb 18, 1981
- E16 Blackfly / Desalination / Memory – Come to think of it / Dr. Karl Illmensee Mytharc Mar 11, 1981
- E17 The Foxes' Earth Mytharc Mar 25, 1981
Season 22 · 16 episodes
Open the complete Season 22 guide & lore primer →- E1 "Reconnective Surgery / Shark Vision / Reclaiming the Desert / The Battery" Mytharc Oct 14, 1981
- E2 "Rabies / Island of Coral / Microwave Ovens" Core Oct 21, 1981
- E3 Edge of the Cold (Part 1 of 2) Mytharc Oct 28, 1981
- E4 Waterproof Frog / The Piano / In the Sub-Nuclear Kitchen / The Record Core Nov 4, 1981
- E5 A Magic Way of Going Core Nov 11, 1981
- E6 Twins – And Then There Were Two Core Nov 18, 1981
- E7 A Natural Turn of Events / Kidney Transplant / Kelp Core Dec 9, 1981
- E8 Microscope: Making It Big / Desert Doctors / Polar Bear Pass Core Jan 6, 1982
- E9 Tipping The Scales Core Jan 13, 1982
- E10 An Island Shall a Monster Make / Philip Morrison on Nuclear War Core Jan 20, 1982
- E11 Aspirin / Windy Bay / Fluorescent Light Core Jan 27, 1982
- E12 Hanuman Langurs: Monkeys of India / A Helping Hand / Formation Flight Core Feb 3, 1982
- E13 Jute Plastic / The Life of the Honeybee / Dr. Joel Hildebrand Core Feb 24, 1982
- E14 Mind's Eye / Tide Mill / Colour It Snake Core Mar 10, 1982
- E15 The Asteroid and the Dinosaur Mytharc Mar 24, 1982
- E16 Waves / The Harp Seal / Blackfly Mytharc Mar 31, 1982
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Frequently asked questions
When did the series debut?
The series debuted on CBC Television on November 6, 1960.
What is the series about?
It is a series of documentary programs focusing on nature and the effects humans have on it.
What is the origin of the title?
The series is named after the epic poem Dē Rērum Nātūrā by the Roman philosopher Lucretius.
Does the show cover environmental issues?
Yes, the program was one of the first to explore environmental issues such as clear-cut logging.
What is the format of the show?
It is a television series consisting of documentary programs.
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