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EP1 A User's Guide to the Voice Jan 04, 2024

The human voice is the most sophisticated communication tool, but most of us don’t know how to unlock its potential.

EP2 The Mystery of the Walking Whale Jan 11, 2024

Sarika Cullis-Suzuki travels back in time to solve the evolutionary mystery of the walking whale.

EP3 Butt Seriously Jan 18, 2024

Anthony Morgan shines a light where the sun doesn’t usually shine. Why we have butts, how they evolved and how to keep yours healthy.

EP4 Jawsome: Canada’s Great White Sharks Jan 25, 2024

Shark nerds are on a mission to reveal the JAWSOME lives of Canada’s Great White Sharks.

EP5 I am the Magpie River Feb 01, 2024

A pristine river in Quebec is granted rights through legal personhood, protecting it and those who call it home.

EP6 Love Hurts: The Science of Heartbreak Feb 08, 2024

Find out if science can ease the human conditions of loss, rejection, and unrequited love.

EP7 Secret World of Sound: Hunters and Hunted Feb 15, 2024

Sound is the difference between finding a meal and becoming one. At night in the deserts of Arizona, the kangaroo rat uses hollow spaces in its skull to amplify the faintest sounds — including the rustle of its deadliest predator, the rattlesnake.

EP8 Secret World of Sound: Love and Rivals Feb 22, 2024

Sound is used to impress, find a mate, and fight off a rival. In the forests of eastern Australia, the male lyrebird, one of the greatest mimics of the natural world, attempts to wow a female with his complex song — including the sounds of other birds and a car alarm.

EP9 Secret World of Sound: Finding a Voice Feb 29, 2024

Baby animals rely on sound to survive the most vulnerable stage of their lives. In Algonquin Provincial Park in Ontario, a group of wolf pups howl to stave off danger and protect the pack.

EP10 Hairy Tales Mar 07, 2024

A hair-raising journey into the salon, the lab, a remote Chinese village, a baby nursery and even a wildlife sanctuary to explore the surprising new research at the root of it all.

EP11 Little Sapiens Mar 14, 2024

Thanks to cutting-edge technology, experts are finally learning the story of prehistoric kids and how they helped shape humans into who we are today.

EP12 Fluid: Life Beyond the Binary Mar 28, 2024

Mae Martin explores the science of gender and sexual fluidity.

EP13 Secrets of the Jurassic Dinosaurs Apr 04, 2024

Anthony Morgan joins the fossil dig of a lifetime as palaeontologists discover why a tiny patch of land became a giant dinosaur graveyard.

EP14 Lost World of the Hanging Gardens Apr 11, 2024

ISIS destroyed thousands of ancient artefacts and buildings in Mosul. Now, archeologists are making incredible discoveries in the wreckage.

8.4| 0h30m| TV-PG| en| More Info

Released: 06 November 1960 Returning Series

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Country: Canada

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Official Website: http://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/

Synopsis

The Nature of Things is a Canadian television series of documentary programs. It debuted on CBC Television on November 6, 1960. Many of the programs document nature and the effect that humans have on it. The program was one of the first to explore environmental issues, such as clear-cut logging. The series is named after an epic poem by Roman philosopher Lucretius: "Dē Rērum Nātūrā" — On the Nature of Things.

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Sarika Cullis-Suzuki , Anthony Morgan

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