Season 44 opens with Walrus: Life on Thin Ice, which follows a paleontologist on an Arctic adventure to uncover the hidden lives of walrus and the threats they face as climate change shrinks the sea ice. The Pigeon Hustle uncovers the secret world of New York and London’s feral pigeon flocks. These episodes are part of The WNET Group’s Forces of Nature special collection, exploring issues affecting our natural world and sustainability with community leaders, experts, artists, and viewers. In Jaguar Beach, two unlikely species collide with spectacular consequences. Sir David Attenborough narrates Parenthood, a five-part miniseries on animal parenting. The season culminates in a two-part special on chimpanzees, called Matriarch, featuring Dr. Jane Goodall and her sixty years of chimp research.
“With every story this season, we hope viewers rediscover the awe of the natural world and admire the adaptability of these species,” said Fred Kaufman, executive producer for Nature. “The triumphs and trials of the animal kingdom offer a lens to reflect on our own lives as we also learn to acclimate within an ever-changing world.”
New Nature Season 44 documentaries include:
Nature—Walrus: Life on Thin Ice (Season premiere)
Premieres Wednesday, October 22 at 8/7c on PBS
The walrus is one of the Arctic’s most enigmatic and social animals, relying on sea ice to live. Follow a paleontologist who embarks on an Arctic adventure to see how these mammals are coping in a warming world.
Nature—Willow: Diary of a Mountain Lion
Premieres Wednesday, October 29 at 8/7c on PBS
Never-before-seen behaviors are shown in a decade-long mountain lion study throughout Montana’s Sapphire Mountains. Witness the epic story of a female mountain lion named Willow raising her six kittens.
Nature: The Pigeon Hustle
Premieres Wednesday, November 5 at 8/7c on PBS
Uncover the secret world of New York and London’s resilient pigeon flocks, seeing how they adapt to the challenges of city life and thrive alongside people.
Nature: Jaguar Beach
Premieres Wednesday, November 12 at 8/7c on PBS
On a remote stretch of Costa Rica’s Pacific coast, the lush, volcanic landscape meets a dry tropical forest. Two unlikely creatures, the sea turtle and the jaguar, collide with spectacular consequences for their species and their ecosystems.
Nature—Tusker: Brotherhood of Elephants
Premieres Winter/Spring on PBS
Set against the dramatic backdrop of Mount Kilimanjaro and the open plains of Amboseli, catch a rare glimpse into the complex lives of elephant bulls—towering tuskers whose presence embodies resilience, wisdom, and the legacy of an ancient lineage.
Nature: Parenthood (five-part miniseries)
Premieres Winter/Spring on PBS
Filmed over three years across six continents, witness the amazing stories of dedication, ingenuity and sacrifice as animals embark on the greatest of all challenges: parenthood. Narrated by Sir David Attenborough.
Nature: Legendary Tigers of India
Premieres Winter/Spring on PBS
In the jungles of northwestern India, there is a magical fort that has stood for more than a thousand years. For centuries, rulers battled over its control. Today, it’s home to the most filmed, most studied and most famous tigers on Earth. This is their story, told by the man who’s devoted his life to keeping them alive.
Nature: Matriarch (two-part miniseries)
Premieres Winter/Spring on PBS
Dr. Jane Goodall tells the incredible story of Gremlin, the matriarch of the Kasekela chimpanzee troop, in Gombe, Tanzania. As part of Dr. Goodall’s longest-running primate project ever conducted, witness how Gremlin has transformed our understanding of chimps for more than 60 years in this multi-generational saga of female power and motherhood.
Led by executive producer Fred Kaufman, Nature pioneered a television genre that is now widely emulated in the broadcast industry, bringing the natural world to millions of viewers. Consistently among the most-watched primetime series on PBS, Nature continues to innovate through original digital programming and a commitment to converting viewers into doers. The series has won more than 800 honors from the television industry, the international wildlife film communities and environmental organizations, including 21 Emmys and three Peabodys. Nature received two of the wildlife film industry’s highest honors: the Christopher Parsons Outstanding Achievement Award given by the Wildscreen Festival, and the Grand Teton Award given by the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival. The International Wildlife Film Festival honored Kaufman with its Lifetime Achievement Award for Media.
Nature‘s website, pbs.org/nature, features full episodes, short films, digital series, behind-the-scenes content, news articles, educational resources and an award-winning podcast, Going Wild with Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant. Nature is available for streaming concurrently with broadcast on all station-branded PBS platforms, including PBS.org and the PBS App, available on iOS, Android, Roku streaming devices, Apple TV, Android TV, Amazon Fire TV, Samsung Smart TV, Chromecast and VIZIO. Classic episodes are available on various FAST channel platforms and on PBS Passport.
Nature is a production of The WNET Group. Fred Kaufman is Executive Producer. Bill Murphy is Series Producer. Janet Hess is Series Editor. Danielle Broza is Digital Content & Strategy Lead.
Series funding for Nature is made possible in part by The Arnhold Family in memory of Henry and Clarisse Arnhold, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, The Fairweather Foundation, Charles Rosenblum, Kathy Chiao and Ken Hao, Sarah and Sandra Lyu in memory of Seung and Dorothy Lyu, Lillian Goldman Charitable Trust, Dr. George Stanley and Sandra Caruso, Kate W. Cassidy Foundation, Filomen M. D’Agostino Foundation, Gregg Peters Monsees Foundation, Koo and Patricia Yuen, Seton J. Melvin, Sandra Atlas Bass, and public television viewers.
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