The BEST episodes of Nature season 5
Every episode of Nature season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Nature season 5!
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 - Designed for Living
Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 5/17/1987
The tunnelers, thatchers, weavers, dam builders, sculptors, potters and spinners of the animal kingdom.
#2 - Ichkeul: Between the Desert and the Deep Blue Sea
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/8/1987
A freshwater lake in Tunisia that turns salty every summer.
#3 - Masked Monkeys
Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/24/1987
Echoing hoots and trills, bandit masks, feathered tufts and orange noses distinguish African forest monkeys called quenons.
#4 - Lords of Hokkaido
Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 5/10/1987
A year on a Japanese island following a family of red foxes.
#5 - The Forgotten Garden
Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/26/1987
What happens when a finely maintained garden is abandoned.
#6 - Holy Land: Sweet Water, Bitter Sea
Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/19/1987
The unusual life in the salty Dead Sea, where the desert plunges 1,200 feet below sea level.
#7 - Holy Land: A Wilderness Like Eden
Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 4/12/1987
An exploration of the Rift Valley that sweeps North from Kenya to Turkey, where prophets said their god first planted a garden.
#8 - America's Wild Horses
Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/15/1987
Following the wild mustangs of America’s West.
#9 - In the Shadow of Fujisan: Long Live the Turtle
Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/8/1987
Hunters and egg poachers threaten the existence of the giant loggerhead turtle.
#10 - In the Shadow of Fujisan: Bird of Happiness
Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/1/1987
A look at the crane, Japanese symbol of longevity, true love and happiness.
#11 - In the Shadow of Fujisan: See No Evil
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/22/1987
The Japanese take efforts to save an indigenous monkey.
#12 - The Elephant Challenge
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/18/1987
A look at the survival of the African elephants, as ivory and foraging land became more valuable.
Watch Now:Apple TV#13 - Leopard: A Darkness in the Grass
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/14/1986
The activities of an elusive female leopard are traced over a two-day period on the hot plains of Africa.
Watch Now:Apple TV#14 - Cats
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/7/1986
An examination of the behavior of man’s feline friends.
#15 - Pantanal: Prairie of the Great Waters
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/23/1986
A look at how the Pantanal's wildlife species cope with the annual cycle of flood and drought which transforms the marshy prairie from a dry savannah into the world's largest freshwater wetland – a 36,000 square-mile area that encompasses Southwestern Brazil and parts of Bolivia and Paraguay.
Watch Now:Apple TV#16 - Galapagos: The Ocean Travelers
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/16/1986
A look at the Galapagos Islands’ many birds, include the waved albatross, blue-footed booby, frigate bird and the ground finch; also, man’s relationship with the islands’ changing environment.
Watch Now:Apple TV#17 - Galapagos: Cold on the Equator
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/9/1986
Marine iguanas, cormorants, green turtles, sea lions, and sperm whales are among the animals that thrive in the cold waters surrounding the equatorially located Galapagos Islands.
Watch Now:Apple TV#18 - Galapagos: How They Got There
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/2/1986
This exploration of the Galapagos Islands, located in the Pacific Ocean West of Ecuador, examines theories explaining the arrival of wildlife to the archipelago.
Watch Now:Apple TV#19 - Baja Lagoon
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/26/1986
An examination of the plants and animals that make their home in a shallow lagoon found on the Western coast of Mexico’s Baja Peninsula.
Watch Now:Apple TV#20 - Alyeska: The Great Land
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/19/1986
Examines how the plants and animals of Alaska’s Alyeska wilderness have adapted to the regions harsh climate.
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