The Nature of Things Season 46

Season 46

Air date: 2005-08-31
Episodes: 29

Episodes


E1: Tarantula: Australia's King of Spiders

The hair-raising journey to discover the secret lives of these ancient crawlers. They have been roaming our planet for more than 350 million years and survived to become the giants of the spider kingdom. And they have a reputation to match – their name alone provokes fear and loathing.

Air date: 2005-08-31
E2: Nature Bites Back: The Case of the Sea Otter
Air date: 2005-09-14
E3: Earth Energy
Air date: 2005-10-19
E4: Change of Heart
Air date: 2005-10-26
E5: The Secret Life of Babies
Air date: 2005-11-02
E6: Tsepong: A Clinic Called Hope
Air date: 2005-11-09
E7: Port Hope: A Question of Power
Air date: 2005-11-16
E8: Everyday Einstein

Everyday Einstein provides a fast-paced and jazzy look at the extraordinary impact Einstein continues to have on our daily lives.

Air date: 2006-06-18
E9: Homo Sapiens: The Rise of Our Species (Pt.1)

Homo Sapiens: The Rise of Our Species will introduce you to the ultimate family tree. This story is the story of each one of us. It's the story of the birth of humanity and civilization.

Air date: 2006-06-25
E10: Homo Sapiens: The Rise of Our Species (Pt. 2)

Homo Sapiens deftly employs both docu-drama and interviews with key scientists to illuminate the remarkable story of the origins and development of our species.

Air date: 2006-07-02
E11: Ghosts of Futures Past: Tom Berger in the North
Air date: 2006-07-09
E12: Blue Buddha: Lost secrets of Tibetan Medicine

A look at the rising interest in the ancient healing arts of traditional Tibetan medicine.

Air date: 2006-07-16
E13: Beetalker: The Secret World of Bees

Examining how bees communicate.

Air date: 2006-07-23
E14: Cuba: The Accidental Revolution (Pt. 1)

Examines Cuba's response to the food crisis created by the collapse of the Soviet Bloc in 1989.

Air date: 2006-07-30
E15: Cuba: The Accidental Revolution (Pt. 2)

In spite of the economic crisis and US embargo, the Cuban health system is an outstanding success story around the world.

Air date: 2006-08-06
E16: When Less Is More
Air date: 2006-08-13
E17: Stephen Lewis: The Man Who Couldn't Sleep
Air date: 2006-12-06
E18: Wild Caribbean: Hurricane Hell

Every year the Caribbean paradise is turned into a hurricane hell. From the beginning of June until the end of November its hurricane season in the islands. With winds of over 150 mph, 5 metre storm surges and torrential rain, the destruction caused by hurricanes makes them one of the most feared forces of nature.

Air date: 2007-06-10
E19: Build Green

In a refreshing hour, Build Green advises making the sun, the wind, and the rain – along with dirt, straw, and sewage – your friends. By building a house using innovative practices and materials, you'll be doing the earth a favour too.

Air date: 2007-06-17
E20: Wild Caribbean: Reefs and Wrecks

The clear blue waters that surround the Caribbean islands are home to some of the world's most stunning underwater treasures. Coral reefs form beautiful underwater gardens visited by angels, horse eye jacks, blue tangs and stingrays.

Air date: 2007-06-24
E21: Wild Caribbean: Treasure Island

Take the island hop of your life. Discover the rich variety of islands that are the Caribbean, and what forces have shaped this violent paradise.

Air date: 2007-07-22
E22: Wild Caribbean: Secret Shores

The Caribbean is not just the islands. We explore the least known Caribbean, that area beyond the Sea. A journey along the greatest Caribbean shoreline of all, that of Central America.

Air date: 2007-07-29
E23: Cuttlefish – The Brainy Bunch

Imagine an alien with three hearts, blue blood and a doughnut shaped brain. In an instant it could become invisible, or switch on electrifying light shows. Then imagine this bizarre creature was real, and somehow connected to us.

Air date: 2007-08-12
E24: Mystery of the Giant Sloths Cave

Today's sloths rank highly among the most surprising creatures of the animal kingdom: living suspended to the Amazon rainforest's trees, they move about extremely slowly, as if from a world where time flows differently.

Air date: 2007-08-19
E25: Geologic Journey: The Great Lakes
Air date: 2007-09-09
E26: Geologic Journey: The Rockies
Air date: 2007-09-16
E27: Geologic Journey: The Canadian Shield
Air date: 2007-09-23
E28: Geologic Journey: The Appalachians
Air date: 2007-09-30
E29: Geologic Journey: The Atlantic Coast
Air date: 2007-10-07
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