The Nature of Things: Season 17
Season 17 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 The Nature of Things Season 16.
- 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 17 Progress Shield
Noah's Park
Dec 22, 1976
The work of a group of naturalists who are attempting to create a refuge for biblical animals by restocking a park with species inhabited land in Bible times.
The Invisible Reef
Dec 29, 1976
Through the use of micro-photography, viewers are afforded a look at the unique way in which a reef is formed through a complex system of natural recycling.
Newborn
Jan 5, 1977
A study of the capabilities that are innate to a newborn baby in the first week after birth.
The Mind's Eye
Jan 12, 1977
A look at the work of scientists who are exploring regions of the brain by examining its relationship to the visual system.
Children of the Buffalo
Jan 19, 1977
A study of the Todos tribe of India, their polyandrous marriage rituals and their unusual funeral rites. The Todos spend their lives tending the buffalo and everything they do revo
The Gabra
Jan 26, 1977
The Gabra is a tribe of 24,000 people who live in the harsh terrain on both sides of the Kenya-Ethiopia border. They may be the only non-Muslim, camel raising society left in the w
When The Wind Blows
Feb 9, 1977
A look at the uses man has made of the wind, from sailboats to windmills to modern turbines for generating electricity.
Funk Island
Feb 16, 1977
Shows some of the species of seabirds to be found on Funk Island, situated 40 miles east of Newfoundland, which is a breeding ground of more than one million seabirds, and stresses