The WORST episodes of Nature
Every episode of Nature ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Nature!
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 - Spirits of the Forest
Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/1987
The lemur, an agile nocturnal primate of Madagascar, so-named because of its secretive habits and haunting cries.
#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 - 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.
#4 - 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.
#5 - 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.
#6 - America's Wild Horses
Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/15/1987
Following the wild mustangs of America’s West.
#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 - 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.
#9 - The Forgotten Garden
Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/26/1987
What happens when a finely maintained garden is abandoned.
#10 - Lords of Hokkaido
Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 5/10/1987
A year on a Japanese island following a family of red foxes.
#11 - Amazonia: A Burning Question
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/1987
Attempts to protect the unique animals and plants of Brazil threatened by development of the Amazon jungle.
#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.
#13 - Perspectives of Paradise
Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/18/1987
The process of wildlife filmmaking as chronicled by a crew during their three-year study of the Galapagos Islands.
#14 - A Season in the Sun
Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/15/1987
The tremendous difference in animal lifestyle and in landscape during East Africa's dry season and its wet season.
#16 - The Volcano Watchers
Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/29/1987
Scientists Katia and Maurice Krafft seek to uncover the mystery of volcanoes by studying them on location as they erupt.
#17 - Tiger!
Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/6/1987
International endeavors to protect the endangered Indian tiger are highlighted by scenes of a mother raising her cubs in the wild.
#18 - Land of the Kiwi
Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/3/1988
Unusual wildlife inhabitants, beautiful terrain and natural wonders grace the Pacific islands comprising New Zealand.
#20 - 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.
#21 - In-Flight Movie: Birds of the Sun God
Season 6 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/24/1988
Close-up film captures birds in-flight; tiny hummingbirds draw nectar while hovering above flowers.
#22 - Okavango, Jewel of the Kalahari: The Search for the Jewel
Season 6 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/21/1988
The first of a three-part survey of "Okavango: Jewel of the Kalahari" describes how earthquakes diverted the Okavango River into Botswana's Kalahari Desert. Observed: elephants, zebras, buffaloes, vultures, ostriches, bush babies and bat-eared foxes.
#23 - The Gooneys of Midway
Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 5/11/1986
Wildlife cinematographer Wolfgang Bayer focuses on the Laysan Albatross of the Hawaiian Islands.
#25 - The Feathered Swarm
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/26/1986
The huge mating flocks of the East African quelea, feared by farmers almost as much as they fear locusts.