About this season
Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy Antarctica. The show's primary focus is on animals and ecosystems around the world. A comic book based on the show, meant to be used an as educational tool for kids, was briefly distributed to museums and schools at no cost in the mid-2000s.
Episodes (21)
1. Seasons in the Sea
Aired 30 September 1990 • 53 min
Sharks, rays, squids and blue whales live in the Pacific Ocean off the California coast.
2. Monkeys on the Edge
Aired 7 October 1990 • 53 min
Three species of monkeys, the muriqui, the golden lion tamarin and the buffy-headed marmoset struggle for survival in Brazil's coastal Atlantic Forest.
3. Scandinavia: Land of the Midnight Sun
Aired 14 October 1990 • 53 min
A look at how Norway and Sweden are affected by eight months of winter.
4. Scandinavia: Fresh Waters, Salt Seas
Aired 21 October 1990 • 53 min
A look at the Swedish archipelago and Norway's fjords.
5. The Sisterhood
Aired 11 November 1990 • 53 min
Africa's spotted hyena is a matriarch dominated, efficient predator.
6. Supersense: Sight and Sound
Aired 18 November 1990 • 53 min
Sight and sound are experienced through animal eyes and ears.
7. Supersense: Super Scents and Beyond
Aired 25 November 1990 • 53 min
Enhanced olfactory sensitivity; unique animal senses.
8. Supersense: Making Sense
Aired 2 December 1990 • 53 min
Internal clocks guide life rhythms of eating, sleeping, mating, hibernation, birth and death.
9. Monkey Island
Aired 9 December 1990 • 53 min
This program travels to the island of Cayo Santiago off Puerto Rico to study the behavioral patterns of a colony of feral Rhesus Macaques.
10. Grizzly Country
Aired 16 December 1990 • 53 min
Rangers at Denali National Park in Alaska train hikers for planned encounters with grizzlies; Alaskan grizzly bears are seen salmon fishing at Brooks Falls.
11. The Wild Shores of Patagonia
Aired 13 January 1991 • 53 min
Penguins, maras, guanacos, sea lions and killer whales highlight this portrait of Patagonia.
12. The Gulf: Portrait of the War Zone
Aired 17 February 1991 • 53 min
In light of the Persian Gulf War and the recent oil spills, PBS airs an update of the 1984 episode of Nature, Treasures of the Gulf, that focused on the effects of the Iran-Iraq war on the fragile ecology of the Persian Gulf.
13. One Man's Kenya
Aired 24 February 1991 • 53 min
The beauty of the African plains and the effects of tourism on the area.
14. The Elephants of Tsavo: Love and Betrayal
Aired 3 March 1991 • 53 min
Filmmaker Simon Trevor, a former game warden, records the decimation of African elephants.
15. Grand Teton Wilderness
Aired 10 March 1991 • 53 min
The natural and human history of the Grand Tetons and Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
16. Year of the Jackal
Aired 17 March 1991 • 53 min
Life within a close-knit golden jackal family on the plains of Lemuta in Africa.
17. Black Bear of the North
Aired 24 March 1991 • 53 min
Biologist Lynn Rogers follows the black bear out of hibernation and into the Minnesota woods.
18. Wild Dogs of Africa
Aired 7 April 1991 • 53 min
The relationship within a wild dog pack on Africa's Serengeti Plains.
19. Marathon Bird
Aired 14 April 1991 • 53 min
A profile of the albatross examines its traits and habitats, as well as the mysteries and myths surrounding it.
20. The Cat That Came in From the Cold
Aired 28 April 1991 • 53 min
A polecat winters at a working farm in Wales, along with scavenging foxes, rats and birds.
21. Crown of the Continent: Waterton/Glacier National Park
Aired 12 May 1991 • 53 min
Grizzlies, wolves and cougars roam Montana's rugged, pristine Glacier National Park.