Attenborough's Life Stories: Understanding the Natural World

January 30, 2013

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Nature - S31 - E6

Attenborough shares his memories of the scientists and the breakthroughs that helped shape his own career in translating these discoveries into film.

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Nature: Season 31 - 13 Episode s

31x1 - Siberian Tiger Quest
October 10, 2012
Conservation ecologist Chris Morgan embarks on a challenge that will fulfill a lifelong dream — to find and film a Siberian tiger living wild and free in Russia’s far eastern forests. To help him, Morgan turns to Korean cameraman Sooyong Park, the first individual ever to film Siberian tigers in the wild.
31x2 - Magic of the Snowy Owl
October 24, 2012
Filmmakers take us deep into the snowy owl’s tundra home on the North Slope of Alaska to observe the daily struggles involved in raising a family of helpless owlets until they’re able to fly.
31x3 - Animal Odd Couples
November 7, 2012
Love apparently knows no boundaries in the animal kingdom. Despite the odds, there are countless stories of the most unlikely cross-species relationships imaginable. Instincts gone awry? NATURE investigates why animals form these special bonds and what these relationships suggest about the nature of animal emotions.
31x4 - An Original DUCKumentary
November 14, 2012
Masters of the water and air, they have conquered the globe. From deft dabblers to great divers, these are one of the Animal Kingdom's ultimate athletes. Take a fascinating look at one of our most familiar birds.
31x5 - Attenborough's Life Stories: Life on Camera
January 23, 2013
Attenborough revisits key places and events in his career and shows how a succession of technical innovations in filmmaking led to remarkable revelations about our planet and the creatures that inhabit it.
31x6 - Attenborough's Life Stories: Understanding the Natural World
January 30, 2013
Attenborough shares his memories of the scientists and the breakthroughs that helped shape his own career in translating these discoveries into film.
31x7 - Attenborough's Life Stories: Our Fragile Planet
February 6, 2013
Attenborough reflects on the dramatic impact that we have had on the natural world during his lifetime.
31x8 - Cold Warriors: Wolves and Buffalo
February 13, 2013
Wildlife filmmaker Jeff Turner captures how wolves and buffalo live together in what seems like a forgotten corner of the world.
31x9 - What Plants Talk About
April 3, 2013
When we think about plants, we don’t often associate a term like “behavior” with them, but experimental plant ecologist JC Cahill wants to change that. The University of Alberta professor maintains that plants do behave and lead anything but solitary and sedentary lives. What Plants Talk About teaches us all that plants are smarter and much more interactive than we thought!
31x10 - The Mystery of Eels
April 17, 2013
Eels can be found all over the globe, in fresh and salt water ecosystems alike. But today, risk of over-fishing and the presence of dams and other obstacles that prevent eels from reaching their oceanic spawning grounds pose new threats to an animal that once roamed the planet alongside the dinosaurs. Artist, writer, and naturalist James Prosek explores the mysterious world of the eel.
31x11 - Legendary White Stallions
May 1, 2013
For 450 years, Lipizzaner stallions have been performing for audiences in Austria's capital. The stallions go through extensive training at the Spanish Riding School, where they learn to perform acrobatic feats and synchronized movements known as high classical dressage.
31x12 - The Private Life of Deer
May 8, 2013
Just a century ago, there were less than a million deer in North America. Today, there are nearly 30 million. The Private Life of Deer looks at how these wild deer interact with one another, and how they adapt to living in a suburban environment.
31x13 - Great Zebra Exodus
May 15, 2013
Great Zebra Exodus explores parenthood and the fragility of young life—from zebras to lapwings to meerkats. It’s a tale of loyalty and sacrifice, of home and exile, of death and new life, set against the backdrop of one of Africa’s most surreal landscapes.

31x1 - Siberian Tiger Quest

31x2 - Magic of the Snowy Owl

31x3 - Animal Odd Couples

31x4 - An Original DUCKumentary

31x5 - Attenborough's Life Stories: Life on Camera

31x6 - Attenborough's Life Stories: Understanding the Natural World

31x7 - Attenborough's Life Stories: Our Fragile Planet

31x8 - Cold Warriors: Wolves and Buffalo

31x9 - What Plants Talk About

31x10 - The Mystery of Eels

31x11 - Legendary White Stallions

31x12 - The Private Life of Deer

31x13 - Great Zebra Exodus

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