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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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Episode 1 - Last of the Right Whales
Release Date: 2023-01-06North Atlantic right whales are on the brink of extinction. Follow the fight to save them.
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Episode 2 - Rat City
Release Date: 2023-01-13Remarkable superpowers make rats the evolutionary heroes of the animal kingdom.
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Episode 3 - Science & Cannabis
Release Date: 2023-01-20Is cannabis a medical cure-all or snake oil? Scientists distinguish the medicine from the myths.
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Episode 4 - Secret Agents Of The Underground Railroad
Release Date: 2023-02-03How staff at a luxury hotel in Niagara Falls, NY helped ferry enslaved people to freedom.
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Episode 5 - Walking With Ancients
Release Date: 2023-02-10New archaeological discoveries are challenging our understanding of when the first people arrived in North America, rewriting the human story.
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Episode 6 - Apocalypse Plan B
Release Date: 2023-02-17Some scientists are proposing radical ways to cool our warming planet – but others say it’s time to restore nature on a global scale.
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Episode 7 - True Survivors
Release Date: 2023-02-24How have humans survived extreme environmental change in the past? And what will it take to survive what’s next?
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Episode 8 - Grizzly Rewild
Release Date: 2023-03-03Five orphaned grizzly bear cubs get a second chance at life in the wild, but can they survive without their mother? A groundbreaking study follows the bears to find out if rewilding works.
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Episode 9 - Bug Sex
Release Date: 2023-03-10Broken genitals and cannibalism. Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of how bugs get busy.
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Episode 10 - War for the Woods
Release Date: 2023-03-17Thirty years after historic logging protests on Vancouver Island, the battle to protect old growth forests is still raging.
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Episode 11 - The Secrets of Friendship
Release Date: 2023-03-24Step into the world of 'friendship detectives', who are unravelling the mysteries of social behaviours in humans and other animals.
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Episode 12 - Woodpeckers: The Hole Story
Release Date: 2023-03-31Inside the secret and rhythmic world of one of nature’s best lumberjacks.
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Episode 13 - Suzuki Signs Off
Release Date: 2023-04-07For 44 years, David Suzuki has taken us around the world to explore science, technology, and nature – and now for something completely different. End of series.