The Cheetah Children

November 8, 2017

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Nature - S36 - E5

For nearly two years in the forested hills of Zimbabwe, wildlife cameraman Kim Wolhuter shadowed a wild cheetah family on foot, to reveal in intimate detail the cubs’ remarkable journey to adulthood and their mother’s dedication in raising them.

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Nature: Season 36 - 16 Episode s

36x1 - Naledi: One Little Elephant
October 4, 2017
A moving story of how an orphaned baby elephant beat the odds.
36x2 - Fox Tales
October 11, 2017
Discover the red fox, an intelligent and adaptable canid that is thriving in cities and pushing northward into the territory of its arctic cousins.
36x3 - Charlie and the Curious Otters
October 25, 2017
Filmmaker Charlie Hamilton James follows the story of three, curious river otter orphans in Wisconsin and visits otters all over the globe. Join Charlie as he uncovers the secrets to the otter’s survival with innovative experiments, cameras and CGI.
36x4 - H is for Hawk: A New Chapter
November 1, 2017
Helen Macdonald’s best-selling book H Is for Hawk told the saga of a grieving daughter who found healing in training a goshawk. Now she digs deeper into the world of these raptors by following a family in the wild and raising a goshawk of her own.
36x5 - The Cheetah Children
November 8, 2017
For nearly two years in the forested hills of Zimbabwe, wildlife cameraman Kim Wolhuter shadowed a wild cheetah family on foot, to reveal in intimate detail the cubs’ remarkable journey to adulthood and their mother’s dedication in raising them.
36x6 - Nature's Miniature Miracles
November 22, 2017
Great things come in small packages. This film tells the epic survival stories of the world’s smallest animals, from a tiny sengi, the “cheetah” of the shrew world, to a small shark that walks on land. For these animals, size does not matter.
36x7 - Arctic Wolf Pack
January 17, 2018
At the very northern edge of North America is Ellesmere Island, where the unforgiving Arctic winds tear through the tundra, dipping temperatures to 40 below zero. Running through this shifting sea of snow and ice is one of the most hardened predators on the planet, the White Wolf.
36x8 - Animals with Cameras (1)
January 31, 2018
The astonishing collar-camera footage reveals newborn Kalahari Meerkats below ground for the first time, unveils the hunting skills of Magellanic penguins in Argentina, and follows the treetop progress of an orphaned chimpanzee in Cameroon.
36x9 - Animals with Cameras (2)
February 7, 2018
The cameras capture young cheetahs learning to hunt in Namibia, reveal how fur seals off an Australian island evade the great white sharks offshore, and help solve a conflict between South African farmers and chacma baboons.
36x10 - Animals with Cameras (3)
February 14, 2018
Deep-dive with Chilean devil rays in the Azores, track brown bears’ diets in Turkey, and follow dogs protecting flocks of sheep from gray wolves in Southern France.
36x11 - The Last Rhino
February 21, 2018
Follow the story of Sudan, the last male Northern White Rhinoceros. His journey as the last of his kind is given a glimmer of hope from scientists and animal experts who turn to technology to save the Northern White Rhino before it dies out forever.
36x12 - Sex, Lies and Butterflies
April 4, 2018
Explore the astounding abilities of butterflies – deceptive camouflage, chemical weaponry, and fantastic flight. Look beyond their bright colors and fragile beauty as you follow them on one of the greatest migrations on Earth.
36x13 - Natural Born Rebels: Hunger Wars
April 25, 2018
Meet the animals who will steal, cheat and fight to get food, including kleptomaniac crabs, thieving macaques, con artist spiders, tricky tigers and cannibalistic lizards.
36x14 - Natural Born Rebels: Survival
May 2, 2018
Some animals will do whatever it takes to survive. Cockatoos turn to vandalism, boxer crabs hold anemones hostage, sloths become filthy, puff adders have an ‘invisibility cloak’ to hide themselves, and chimps use violence to stay in power.
36x15 - Natural Born Rebels: The Mating Game
May 9, 2018
Getting ahead in the mating game requires some astonishing behavior –from promiscuous prairie dogs to manakin pick-up artists, kidnapping macaques and hyenas with a bad case of sibling rivalry.
36x16 - The World's Most Wanted Animal
May 23, 2018
Join conservationist Maria Diekmann in the crusade to save pangolins, the most trafficked animal in the world. Learn more about these scaly yet endearing mammals whose basic biology remains a mystery, hampering conservation efforts.

36x1 - Naledi: One Little Elephant

36x2 - Fox Tales

36x3 - Charlie and the Curious Otters

36x4 - H is for Hawk: A New Chapter

36x5 - The Cheetah Children

36x6 - Nature's Miniature Miracles

36x7 - Arctic Wolf Pack

36x8 - Animals with Cameras (1)

36x9 - Animals with Cameras (2)

36x10 - Animals with Cameras (3)

36x11 - The Last Rhino

36x12 - Sex, Lies and Butterflies

36x13 - Natural Born Rebels: Hunger Wars

36x14 - Natural Born Rebels: Survival

36x15 - Natural Born Rebels: The Mating Game

36x16 - The World's Most Wanted Animal

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