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.

Last Updated: 2/13/2026Network: PBSStatus: Continuing
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#1 - Icebird

Season 7 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/12/1989

The Adelie penguin is observed at the Cape Bird nesting site on Antarctica's Ross Island.

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#2 - The Coral Triangle

Season 6 - Episode 21 - Aired 6/12/1988

An exploration of the coral reefs of the Malay Triangle made up of the Philippines, Malaysia and New Guinea.

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#3 - Bonebreakers' Mountain

Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/9/1988

An exploration of the Spanish Pyrenees mountains and the bearded "bonebreaker" vulture that lives in this harsh environment.

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#4 - Extremadura: Spain's Forgotten Forest

Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/16/1988

Explores Spain's Extremadura, an oak forest and wilderness plain, home to griffin vultures, imperial eagles, genets and other animals native to Africa.

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#5 - Peacock's War

Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/30/1988

Former Vietnam medic Doug Peacock lives as a firewatcher and conservationist in Montana's Glacier National Park.

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#6 - Nature of Australia: A Portrait of the Island Continent: End of Isolation

Season 7 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/18/1988

Modern Australians want to recapture the Aborigines ability to live harmoniously with indigenous plants and animals.

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#7 - Night Hunters

Season 7 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/8/1989

The different types of owls and the characteristics which make them ideal birds of prey.

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#8 - Beyond Timbuktu

Season 7 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/5/1989

Wildlife artist Bruce Pearson sketches the various bird species found in the arid lands of Western Africa's Mali, through which the River Niger flows.

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#9 - Under the Emerald Sea

Season 7 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/19/1989

Explores the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Vancouver, B.C.

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#10 - Wild Waterfalls

Season 7 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/26/1989

Explores the variety of local environments found around waterfalls in Africa, South and North America.

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#11 - Meerkats United / The Bee-Team

Season 7 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/5/1989

Profiles of the Kalahari Desert's gray meerkat or mongoose, and a Kenyan colony of bee-eater birds.

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#12 - The Elephant Challenge

Season 6 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/8/1988

A growing African population threatens elephant survival by farming its foraging land and hunting the beast for ivory.

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#13 - Mozu the Snow Monkey

Season 7 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/19/1989

Chronicling the life of "Mozu the Snow Monkey," a macaque with deformed limbs that's survived harsh winters in Japan's highlands to raise seven offspring. The complex social structure among the primates is documented.

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#14 - The Everglades: Rain Machine

Season 7 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/26/1989

Examines the role computers play in managing the Everglades and whether this vital freshwater marsh will survive the effects of diking, draining and development.

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#15 - Islands in the Sky

Season 7 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/16/1989

Unique animals and plants flourish atop mist-shrouded Venezuelan plateaus thousands of feet above the surrounding jungle.

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#16 - Rulers of the Wind

Season 7 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/30/1989

Scientists study birds of prey, creatures historically admired and hated, as indicators of environmental damage.

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#17 - Kariba: The Lake that Made a Dent

Season 7 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/14/1989

Wildlife flourishes around the manmade lake conservationists denounced 30 years ago at its creation.

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#18 - 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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#19 - 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.

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#20 - 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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#21 - 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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#22 - 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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#23 - Costa Rica: Paradise Reclaimed

Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/10/1988

U.S. scientist Dan Janzen uses innovative conservation plans to create a national park amid a tropical forest.

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#24 - The Forgotten Garden

Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/26/1987

What happens when a finely maintained garden is abandoned.

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#25 - Lords of Hokkaido

Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 5/10/1987

A year on a Japanese island following a family of red foxes.