The BEST episodes of Nature season 8

Every episode of Nature season 8, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Nature season 8!

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: 2/13/2026Network: PBSStatus: Continuing
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#1 - King Solomon's Mountains

Season 8 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/4/1990

The forests and waters of Ethiopia's Bale Mountains, may one day renew the country's depleted landscape.

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#2 - Serpents

Season 8 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/15/1990

A natural history of the snake includes its significance to man as a symbol of fertility, immortality and death.

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#3 - Yellowstone on Fire

Season 8 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/8/1990

The effect of the 1988 fire on the ecosystem of Yellowstone National Park.

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#4 - Presque Isle: Land in Motion

Season 8 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/1/1990

An exploration of the environmental impact of man's attempts to halt the erosion of Presque Isle beaches.

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#5 - The Haida Gwai: Islands of the People

Season 8 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/25/1990

Profiles the Haida Indians who live on British Columbia's Queen Charlotte Island.

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#6 - Giant Otters

Season 8 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/18/1990

The fur trade continues to threaten the South American otter with extinction, despite its status as an endangered species.

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#7 - The Emerald Isle

Season 8 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/11/1990

Thousands of years of human settlement provide the backdrop by which to discover the wildlife of Ireland.

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#8 - The Colorado

Season 8 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/4/1990

A wildlife survey of "The Colorado," the 1700-mile river that originates in the Rockies.

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#9 - A Wolf in the Fold

Season 8 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/18/1990

The relationship between working sheepdogs and flocks of sheep. Selective breeding yields a sheepdog with outstanding abilities to tend the creature other canines prey upon.

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#10 - Hunters of the Sky

Season 8 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/11/1990

A look at how Europe's birds of prey have adapted.

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#11 - The Great Rift: Footprints in the Valley

Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/8/1989

The area's evolutionary roots opens this look at the African valley.

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#12 - Cranes of the Grey Wind

Season 8 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/21/1990

Scientists study sandhill cranes on Nebraskan plains, Alaskan and Siberian coasts and in the Northwest Territories.

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#13 - Gran Paradiso

Season 8 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/7/1990

Resource management in Italy's alpine Gran Paradiso National Park has consequences beyond the parks boundaries.

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#14 - Forest of Fear

Season 8 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/17/1989

A look at the maneating tigers of the Sundarbans delta in India.

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#15 - Gorillas

Season 8 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/10/1989

A portrait of the endangered mountain gorilla in equatorial Africa.

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#16 - The Great Wood of Caledon

Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/19/1989

An exploration of the Caledonian forest in Scotland, Britain's largest remaining area of ancient woodland.

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#17 - Land of Dragons

Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/12/1989

Profiles the wildlife living within the British crown colony of Hong Kong

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#18 - Under the Ice

Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/29/1989

Soft coral, sponges, tubeworms, anemones and giant cod adapt to life in Antarctica's subzero waters.

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#19 - The Great Rift: Breaking the Continent

Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/22/1989

Examines the Red Sea, the island of Madagascar and East Africa.

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#20 - The Great Rift: Out of the Ashes

Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/15/1989

The wildlife that lives on the Great Rift's ash plains.