The BEST episodes of Nature season 36

Every episode of Nature season 36, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Nature season 36!

Transport viewers to faraway places ranging from the steamy plains of Africa to the splendors of cold Antarctica. The main focus is on animals and ecosystems around the world.

Last Updated: 12/14/2024Network: PBSStatus: Continuing
Nature's Miniature Miracles
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8.75
8 votes

#1 - Nature's Miniature Miracles

Season 36 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/22/2017

Uncover nature's biggest little secrets from mini nocturnal monkeys to sand-sculpting puffer fish.

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Natural Born Rebels: Hunger Wars
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8.25
8 votes

#2 - Natural Born Rebels: Hunger Wars

Season 36 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/25/2018

A look at animals that steal, cheat and fight to get food, including kleptomaniac crabs, thieving macaques, con artist spiders, tricky tigers, and cannibalistic lizards.

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Arctic Wolf Pack
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8.15
13 votes

#3 - Arctic Wolf Pack

Season 36 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/17/2018

The white wolf fights for survival in the ice and snow on Ellesmere Island in the Canadian territory of Nunavut.

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Animals with Cameras (2)
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8.14
7 votes

#4 - Animals with Cameras (2)

Season 36 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/7/2018

The cameras capture young cheetahs learning to hunt in Namibia, reveal how fur seals of an Australian island evade the great white sharks offshore, and help solve a conflict between South African farmers and chacma baboons.

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Sex, Lies and Butterflies
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8.13
15 votes

#5 - Sex, Lies and Butterflies

Season 36 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/4/2018

Exploring the abilities of butterflies, including their 360-degree infrared vision, camouflage, chemical weaponry and flight.

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Fox Tales
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8.12
26 votes

#6 - Fox Tales

Season 36 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/11/2017

Discover the secret life of red foxes who can make a home anywhere from cities to the Arctic tundra.

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The Last Rhino
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8.11
9 votes

#7 - The Last Rhino

Season 36 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/21/2018

The story of Sudan, the last male northern white rhino, living in a Kenyan sanctuary under 24-hour armed guard. Trace his harrowing journey as scientists and animal experts race to save the species before it dies out forever.

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Natural Born Rebels: The Mating Game
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8.00
8 votes

#8 - Natural Born Rebels: The Mating Game

Season 36 - Episode 15 - Aired 5/9/2018

Getting ahead in the mating game requires some astonishing behavior—from promiscuous prairie dogs, to backstabbing manakins, kidnapping macaques, and hyenas with a bad case of sibling rivalry.

The Cheetah Children
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7.93
15 votes

#9 - The Cheetah Children

Season 36 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/8/2017

The life of a cheetah family unfolds through the eyes of conservationist-cameraman Kim Wolhuter. The mother is completely on her own, protecting her five newborn cubs and teaching them how to hunt some of the continent's fastest game. Included: the inquisitive cubs explore the world around them and discover their place in the forests of Zimbabwe.

Animals with Cameras (3)
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7.89
9 votes

#10 - Animals with Cameras (3)

Season 36 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/14/2018

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.

Charlie And The Curious Otters
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7.75
24 votes

#11 - Charlie And The Curious Otters

Season 36 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/25/2017

Join filmmaker Charlie Hamilton James as he visits otters around the world to uncover their secrets. Three curious river otter orphans in Wisconsin are followed. The secrets to the otter's survival around the world are uncovered with innovative experiments, cameras and CGI.

Animals with Cameras (1)
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7.73
11 votes

#12 - Animals with Cameras (1)

Season 36 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/31/2018

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.

The World’s Most Wanted Animal
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7.57
7 votes

#13 - The World’s Most Wanted Animal

Season 36 - Episode 16 - Aired 5/23/2018

The Season 36 finale details conservationist Maria Diekmann's efforts to save pangolins, the most trafficked animal in the world. The scaly yet endearing mammal's basic biology remains a mystery, hampering conservation efforts.

Natural Born Rebels: Survival
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7.50
10 votes

#14 - Natural Born Rebels: Survival

Season 36 - Episode 14 - Aired 5/2/2018

A look at animals that steal, cheat and fight to get food, including kleptomaniac crabs, thieving macaques, con artist spiders, tricky tigers, and cannibalistic lizards.

Naledi: One Little Elephant
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7.33
18 votes

#15 - Naledi: One Little Elephant

Season 36 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/4/2017

Meet Naledi, a baby elephant orphan who finds her place in the herd with the help of her caretakers.

H is for Hawk: A New Chapter
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7.27
15 votes

#16 - H is for Hawk: A New Chapter

Season 36 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/1/2017

Helen Macdonald's book "H Is for Hawk" told the story of a grieving daughter who found healing in the form of training Mabel, a goshawk. For the first time after Mabel's death, Macdonald tries again to train another one of these secretive birds of prey and intimately explore their lives in the wild forests they call home.