The BEST episodes of Nature season 40
Every episode of Nature season 40, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Nature season 40!
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.
#1 - Born in the Rockies: Growing Up
Season 40 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/17/2021
Young animals face new challenges as winter envelopes the Rocky Mountains, and spring means the end of childhood. A grizzly mom prepares her cubs for hibernation, a mountain lion raises her kittens and a bison calf must learn to survive the snow.
Watch Now:Amazon
#2 - My Garden of a Thousand Bees
Season 40 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/20/2021
Wildlife cameraman Martin Dohrn films more than 60 species of bees in all shapes and sizes in Bristol, England, during the COVID-19 2020 lockdown.
Watch Now:Amazon
#3 - The Elephant and the Termite
Season 40 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/3/2021
Witness the creation of one of Africa's greatest wildlife meeting places and the site of extraordinary drama: the waterhole. From mighty elephants to tiny termites, an entire community of creatures call the waterhole their home.
Watch Now:Amazon
#4 - The Ocean's Greatest Feast
Season 40 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/16/2022
New filming technology brings the story of South Africa's annual sardine run vividly to life like never before. Between May and July each year, the sardine run sees billions of sardines spawning and traveling up the coast, providing a feast for an array of marine predators.
Watch Now:Amazon
#5 - Season of the Osprey
Season 40 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/27/2021
Cameraman Jacob Steinberg captures the struggles, failures, and triumphs of an osprey family over the course of five years.
Watch Now:Apple TV
#6 - Born in the Rockies: First Steps
Season 40 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/10/2021
From early spring to late summer, follow new animal mothers through the trials of raising a family in the Rocky Mountains. Cranes migrate north to give birth, a bison mother protects her lambs from threats and young mountain goats learn to climb.
#7 - American Arctic
Season 40 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/13/2022
Following the planet's longest land-animal migration on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in the northeastern corner of Alaska.
#8 - Animals with Cameras: Oceans
Season 40 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/19/2022
Wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan leads a team using state-of-the-art cameras, offering a fresh look at the lives of some of the animals in our oceans such as sharks, elephant seals, turtles and gannets.
#9 - Animals with Cameras: Australia
Season 40 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/26/2022
Wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan fronts the team helping scientists investigate the lives of some of Australia’s most iconic animals. Koalas, fruit bats and kangaroos take the cameras into their secret worlds.
#10 - Portugal: Wild Land on the Edge
Season 40 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/27/2022
Discover the wildlife and landscapes of Portugal, shaped by its history as a global trading hub. From forest to coast, witness the majesty of the country’s wild horses, storks, monk seals, flamingos and more.
#11 - American Horses
Season 40 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/23/2022
Following the popularity of Equus: Story of the Horse, Nature turns its cameras to the uniquely American horse breeds that helped shape our nation, such as the Mustang, Appaloosa, Morgan and Quarter Horse.
#12 - Penguins: Meet the Family
Season 40 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/9/2022
A celebration of one of Earth's most iconic and beloved birds, featuring footage of all 17 species of penguins for the first time, from New Zealand, Cape Town, the Galapagos Islands and Antarctica.
#13 - Hippo King
Season 40 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/6/2022
Follow the life of an old hippo, a king of its kind, and discover the true character of one of Earth’s largest land mammals.