Episodes
- 1
1. The Great Rift: Footprints in the Valley
8 Oct 1989 · 53 min
The area's evolutionary roots opens this look at the African valley.
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2. The Great Rift: Out of the Ashes
15 Oct 1989 · 53 min
The wildlife that lives on the Great Rift's ash plains.
- 3
3. The Great Rift: Breaking the Continent
22 Oct 1989 · 53 min
Examines the Red Sea, the island of Madagascar and East Africa.
- 4
4. Under the Ice
29 Oct 1989 · 53 min
Soft coral, sponges, tubeworms, anemones and giant cod adapt to life in Antarctica's subzero waters.
- 5
5. Land of Dragons
12 Nov 1989 · 53 min
Profiles the wildlife living within the British crown colony of Hong Kong
- 6
6. The Great Wood of Caledon
19 Nov 1989 · 53 min
An exploration of the Caledonian forest in Scotland, Britain's largest remaining area of ancient woodland.
- 7
7. Gorillas
10 Dec 1989 · 53 min
A portrait of the endangered mountain gorilla in equatorial Africa.
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8. Forest of Fear
17 Dec 1989 · 53 min
A look at the maneating tigers of the Sundarbans delta in India.
- 9
9. Gran Paradiso
7 Jan 1990 · 53 min
Resource management in Italy's alpine Gran Paradiso National Park has consequences beyond the parks boundaries.
- 10
10. Cranes of the Grey Wind
21 Jan 1990 · 53 min
Scientists study sandhill cranes on Nebraskan plains, Alaskan and Siberian coasts and in the Northwest Territories.
- 11
11. King Solomon's Mountains
4 Feb 1990 · 53 min
The forests and waters of Ethiopia's Bale Mountains, may one day renew the country's depleted landscape.
- 12
12. Hunters of the Sky
11 Feb 1990 · 53 min
A look at how Europe's birds of prey have adapted.
- 13
13. A Wolf in the Fold
18 Feb 1990 · 53 min
The relationship between working sheepdogs and flocks of sheep. Selective breeding yields a sheepdog with outstanding abilities to tend the creature other canines prey upon.
- 14
14. The Colorado
4 Mar 1990 · 53 min
Tracing the course of the Colorado River.
- 15
15. The Emerald Isle
11 Mar 1990 · 53 min
Thousands of years of human settlement provide the backdrop by which to discover the wildlife of Ireland.
- 16
16. Giant Otters
18 Mar 1990 · 53 min
The fur trade continues to threaten the South American otter with extinction, despite its status as an endangered species.
- 17
17. The Haida Gwai: Islands of the People
25 Mar 1990 · 53 min
Profiles the Haida Indians who live on British Columbia's Queen Charlotte Island.
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18. Presque Isle: Land in Motion
1 Apr 1990 · 53 min
An exploration of the environmental impact of man's attempts to halt the erosion of Presque Isle beaches.
- 19
19. Yellowstone on Fire
8 Apr 1990 · 53 min
The effect of the 1988 fire on the ecosystem of Yellowstone National Park.
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20. Serpents
15 Apr 1990 · 53 min
A natural history of the snake includes its significance to man as a symbol of fertility, immortality and death.
Nature Season 8: quick answers
How many episodes are in Nature Season 8?
Season 8 of Nature has 20 episodes, about 18 hours in total.
When did Nature Season 8 come out?
Season 8 premiered on 8 Oct 1989.