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Season 9

Season 9

September 30, 1990·21 épisodes·18h 33min
Épisodes · 21
E1

Seasons in the Sea

Sharks, rays, squids and blue whales live in the Pacific Ocean off the California coast.

53min·Sep 30, 1990
E2

Monkeys on the Edge

Three species of monkeys, the muriqui, the golden lion tamarin and the buffy-headed marmoset struggle for survival in Brazil's coastal Atlantic Forest.

53min·Oct 7, 1990
E3

Scandinavia: Land of the Midnight Sun

A look at how Norway and Sweden are affected by eight months of winter.

53min·Oct 14, 1990
E4

Scandinavia: Fresh Waters, Salt Seas

A look at the Swedish archipelago and Norway's fjords.

53min·Oct 21, 1990
E5

The Sisterhood

Africa's spotted hyena is a matriarch dominated, efficient predator.

53min·Nov 11, 1990
E6

Supersense: Sight and Sound

Sight and sound are experienced through animal eyes and ears.

53min·Nov 18, 1990
E7

Supersense: Super Scents and Beyond

Enhanced olfactory sensitivity; unique animal senses.

53min·Nov 25, 1990
E8

Supersense: Making Sense

Internal clocks guide life rhythms of eating, sleeping, mating, hibernation, birth and death.

53min·Dec 2, 1990
E9

Monkey Island

This program travels to the island of Cayo Santiago off Puerto Rico to study the behavioral patterns of a colony of feral Rhesus Macaques.

53min·Dec 9, 1990
E10

Grizzly Country

Rangers at Denali National Park in Alaska train hikers for planned encounters with grizzlies; Alaskan grizzly bears are seen salmon fishing at Brooks Falls.

53min·Dec 16, 1990
E11

The Wild Shores of Patagonia

Penguins, maras, guanacos, sea lions and killer whales highlight this portrait of Patagonia.

53min·Jan 13, 1991
E12

The Gulf: Portrait of the War Zone

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.

53min·Feb 17, 1991
E13

One Man's Kenya

The beauty of the African plains and the effects of tourism on the area.

53min·Feb 24, 1991
E14

The Elephants of Tsavo: Love and Betrayal

Filmmaker Simon Trevor, a former game warden, records the decimation of African elephants.

53min·Mar 3, 1991
E15

Grand Teton Wilderness

The natural and human history of the Grand Tetons and Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

53min·Mar 10, 1991
E16

Year of the Jackal

Life within a close-knit golden jackal family on the plains of Lemuta in Africa.

53min·Mar 17, 1991
E17

Black Bear of the North

Biologist Lynn Rogers follows the black bear out of hibernation and into the Minnesota woods.

53min·Mar 24, 1991
E18

Wild Dogs of Africa

The relationship within a wild dog pack on Africa's Serengeti Plains.

53min·Apr 7, 1991
E19

Marathon Bird

A profile of the albatross examines its traits and habitats, as well as the mysteries and myths surrounding it.

53min·Apr 14, 1991
E20

The Cat That Came in From the Cold

A polecat winters at a working farm in Wales, along with scavenging foxes, rats and birds.

53min·Apr 28, 1991
E21

Crown of the Continent: Waterton/Glacier National Park

Grizzlies, wolves and cougars roam Montana's rugged, pristine Glacier National Park.

53min·May 12, 1991