Nature's Great Events

S1 · E1 — The Great Melt

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The Great MeltE1 · 50 min

The summer melt of Arctic ice provides opportunities for millions of animals.

The Great Salmon RunE2 · 50 min

Every year, the survival of grizzly bears in North America depends on a spectacular natural event: the return of hundreds of millions of salmon from the Pacific Ocean to the mountain streams where they were born. This great return provides food not only for bears, but for killer whales, wolves, bald eagles and the very forest itself. Will the salmon return in time to keep the hungry bears alive?

The Great MigrationE3 · 50 min

The story of a lion family's struggle to survive until the return of the great migration.

The Great TideE4 · 50 min

A look at the sardine run, which happens each winter along the South African coast.

The Great FloodE5 · 50 min

Millions of animals time their migration across the Kalahari Desert to coincide with the the annual flooding of Botswana's Okavango Delta.

The Great FeastE6 · 50 min

The summer plankton bloom in the north-east Pacific draws in animals in great numbers, from the billion-strong shoals of herring to migratory humpback whales.

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The Great Salmon Run

Every year, the survival of grizzly bears in North America depends on a spectacular natural event: the return of hundreds of millions of salmon from the Pacific Ocean to the mountain streams where they were born. This great return provides food not only for bears, but for killer whales, wolves, bald eagles and the very forest itself. Will the salmon return in time to keep the hungry bears alive?

Continue the story

Episodes

Now playing
The Great MeltE1 · 50 min

The summer melt of Arctic ice provides opportunities for millions of animals.

The Great Salmon RunE2 · 50 min

Every year, the survival of grizzly bears in North America depends on a spectacular natural event: the return of hundreds of millions of salmon from the Pacific Ocean to the mountain streams where they were born. This great return provides food not only for bears, but for killer whales, wolves, bald eagles and the very forest itself. Will the salmon return in time to keep the hungry bears alive?

The Great MigrationE3 · 50 min

The story of a lion family's struggle to survive until the return of the great migration.

The Great TideE4 · 50 min

A look at the sardine run, which happens each winter along the South African coast.

The Great FloodE5 · 50 min

Millions of animals time their migration across the Kalahari Desert to coincide with the the annual flooding of Botswana's Okavango Delta.

The Great FeastE6 · 50 min

The summer plankton bloom in the north-east Pacific draws in animals in great numbers, from the billion-strong shoals of herring to migratory humpback whales.