The Nature of Things

Season 62

2023 · 13 episodes · 8h 48m in all

Episodes

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   1. Last of the Right Whales

   6 Jan 2023

   North Atlantic right whales are on the brink of extinction. Follow the fight to save them.

2. 

   2. Rat City

   13 Jan 2023 · 44 min

   Remarkable superpowers make rats the evolutionary heroes of the animal kingdom.

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   3. Science & Cannabis

   20 Jan 2023 · 44 min

   Is cannabis a medical cure-all or snake oil? Scientists distinguish the medicine from the myths.

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   4. Secret Agents Of The Underground Railroad

   3 Feb 2023 · 44 min

   How staff at a luxury hotel in Niagara Falls, NY helped ferry enslaved people to freedom.

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   5. Walking With Ancients

   10 Feb 2023 · 44 min

   New archaeological discoveries are challenging our understanding of when the first people arrived in North America, rewriting the human story.

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   6. Apocalypse Plan B

   17 Feb 2023 · 44 min

   Some scientists are proposing radical ways to cool our warming planet – but others say it’s time to restore nature on a global scale.

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   7. True Survivors

   24 Feb 2023 · 44 min

   How have humans survived extreme environmental change in the past? And what will it take to survive what’s next?

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   8. Grizzly Rewild

   3 Mar 2023 · 44 min

   Five orphaned grizzly bear cubs get a second chance at life in the wild, but can they survive without their mother? A groundbreaking study follows the bears to find out if rewilding works.

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   9. Bug Sex

   10 Mar 2023 · 44 min

   Broken genitals and cannibalism. Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of how bugs get busy.

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    10. War for the Woods

    17 Mar 2023 · 44 min

    Thirty years after historic logging protests on Vancouver Island, the battle to protect old growth forests is still raging.

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    11. The Secrets of Friendship

    24 Mar 2023 · 44 min

    Step into the world of 'friendship detectives', who are unravelling the mysteries of social behaviours in humans and other animals.

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    12. Woodpeckers: The Hole Story

    31 Mar 2023 · 44 min

    Inside the secret and rhythmic world of one of nature’s best lumberjacks.

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    13. Suzuki Signs Off

    7 Apr 2023 · 44 min

    For 44 years, David Suzuki has taken us around the world to explore science, technology, and nature – and now for something completely different. End of series.