The Nature of Things - Season 50

The Nature of Things - Season 50

Season 50

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DatesSep 23, 2010 - Mar 24, 2011
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Aliens of the Deep Sea
Season 50Episode 160 min

Aliens of the Deep Sea

The octopus is a close cousin of the oyster and snail. And yet, even by human standards the multi-limbed creature is considered highly intelligent. From Spain to Vancouver Island to Capri, Italy, scientists are testing the brain-power of the mysterious and mythic octopus.
Sep 23, 2010
Changing Your Mind
Season 50Episode 260 min

Changing Your Mind

Once thought to be incapable of fundamental change, our growing awareness of the adult brain's capacity for neuroplasticity is opening new doors to treatments for diseases and disorders once thought incurable.
Sep 30, 2010
For the Love of Elephants
Season 50Episode 360 min

For the Love of Elephants

An intimate look at the bond that is formed between humans and baby orphaned elephants at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust rehabilitation centre just outside of Nairobi, Kenya.
Oct 14, 2010
Geologic Journey 2: Tectonic Europe
Season 50Episode 460 min

Geologic Journey 2: Tectonic Europe

Traverse the Eurasian plate across Europe — from Iceland, where new land is formed - to the Alps, where old land is destroyed.
Oct 21, 2010
Geologic Journey 2: Along the African Rift
Season 50Episode 560 min

Geologic Journey 2: Along the African Rift

For millions of years the East African Rift has been widening at the seams, tearing the African plate in two.
Oct 28, 2010
Geologic Journey 2: The Western Pacific Rim
Season 50Episode 660 min

Geologic Journey 2: The Western Pacific Rim

Focusing on the Asia-Pacific side of The Pacific Rim of Fire, which stands as a living testament to the beauty and danger that powerful geologic forces can deliver. The Pacific Rim is home to half of the world's active volcanoes and ninety percent of the world's earthquakes, yet nearly 800 million people continue to live within its violent edge.
Nov 4, 2010
Geologic Journey 2: The Pacific Rim: Americas
Season 50Episode 760 min

Geologic Journey 2: The Pacific Rim: Americas

Nick Eyles continues to explore the Pacific Rim, this time looking at the west coast of North America.
Nov 18, 2010
Geologic Journey 2: The Collision Zone: Asia
Season 50Episode 860 min

Geologic Journey 2: The Collision Zone: Asia

The fiery unpredictability of Indonesia’s volcanoes at one end, the massive Himalayas at the other and millions of years of tectonic tension in between. The collision zone of the old world is about to be the hub of the new. India, the Himalayas and the island arc of Indonesia - these lands will form the centre of the world’s next supercontinent.
Nov 25, 2010
When North Goes South
Season 50Episode 960 min

When North Goes South

Learning and discussing the consequences of magnetic pole inversion.
Dec 2, 2010
Code Breakers
Season 50Episode 1060 min

Code Breakers

Who were the first peoples of North America? Anthropologist Niobe Thompson embarks on a voyage of scientific discovery, using the latest in DNA analysis techniques to unlock the secrets behind humanity's earliest appearance in the Americas.
Jan 13, 2011
Tipping Point: The Age of the Oil Sands
Season 50Episode 1160 min

Tipping Point: The Age of the Oil Sands

Tipping Point: The Age of the Oil Sands is a two-hour visual tour de force, taking viewers inside the David and Goliath struggle playing out within one of the most compelling environmental issues of our time
Jan 27, 2011
The Last Grizzly
Season 50Episode 1260 min

The Last Grizzly

Filmmaker Jeff Turner documents grizzly bears in the Northern Cascades of British Columbia.
Feb 3, 2011
Return of the Prairie Bandit
Season 50Episode 1360 min

Return of the Prairie Bandit

Revisiting the 2009 release of nearly extinct black-footed ferrets in Saskatchewan to see what happened.
Feb 10, 2011
Raccoon Nation
Season 50Episode 1460 min

Raccoon Nation

Is your garbage can making raccoons smarter? Stunning footage shot in the deep, dark of night combines with groundbreaking research in this fascinating documentary to explore the remarkable ways that city life is changing raccoons.
Feb 24, 2011
The Real Avatar
Season 50Episode 1560 min

The Real Avatar

In James Cameron's film, Avatar, an alien tribe on the distant planet of Pandora fights the human invaders bent on mining their forest home. Instead of Pandora, think Peru.
Mar 3, 2011
Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie
Season 50Episode 1660 min

Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie

David Suzuki, scientist, educator, broadcaster and activist, delivers what he describes as 'a last lecture' interwoven with scenes from his life and lifetime – the major social, scientific, cultural and political events of the past 70 years.
Mar 13, 2011
Save My Lake
Season 50Episode 1760 min

Save My Lake

Save My Lake is a TV documentary episode.
Mar 17, 2011
50 Years of the Nature of Things
Season 50Episode 1860 min

50 Years of the Nature of Things

A celebration of half a century of a landmark science and natural history series, and an unrivaled Canadian institution.
Mar 24, 2011

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