4320 http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/88 en-us For 25 years, "Nature" has been the benchmark of natural history programs on television, capturing the splendors of the natural world, from the African plains to the Antarctic ice. The series has won nearly 400 honors from the television industry, parent groups, the international wildlife film community and environmental organizations, including eight Emmys, two Peabodys and the first award given to a television program by the Sierra Club. © 2009 Rocky Mountain PBS http://www.rmpbs.org/resources/files/programs/100x100/88.jpg http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/88 100 100 The story of the first year of a humpback whale's life as she learns the lessons of humpback life from her mother. Together, they make the long journey from her birthplace in the suptropical waters in Hawaii to summer feeding grounds in the cold seas off Alaska's southeast coast. The youngster will meet dangerous orcas and sharks, and playful dolphins and seals. She will learn to use her flippers and tail to announce herself and to communicate with other whales. By the time they return to Hawaii for the winter, she will be ready to set out on her own and find her own place in her community of whales. http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/88-2704/rss http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/88-2704/rss Sat, 21 Nov 09 04:00:00 -0700 Veteran filmmaker Simon King takes on the role of mother to two cheetah cubs, Toki and Sambu, orphaned when their mother was killed by a lion. It's a two-year rollercoaster, from terrifying stand-offs with rhinos and leopards to some of the most intimate moments of cheetah life ever captured on film. http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/88-2503/rss http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/88-2503/rss Sun, 22 Nov 09 19:00:00 -0700 As snow falls and Christmas lights glow in Jackson Hole, a holiday season of a different sort settles in just beyond the town, in the great winter world of Yellowstone. Breathtaking landscapes frame intimate scenes of wolves and coyotes, elk and bison, bears and otters as they make their way through their most challenging season of the year. "Nature" journeys in the footsteps of the men who first explored the park, and travels with their modern-day counterpart on his own journey of discovery. From the unique crystals of individual snowflakes to the grand sweep of Yellowstone's Hayden Valley, this is a Christmas like no other. http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/88-2403/rss http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/88-2403/rss Sun, 20 Dec 09 19:00:00 -0700 The Drakensberg Mountains are Southern Africa's Alps, rising more than 11,000 feet into the sky. But beneath their shimmering beauty lies an incredibly hostile environment for the surprising number of creatures that manage to live there. Each spring, drenching rains destroy the grasslands at the base of the mountains, and those who would survive must climb straight up sheer cliffs of volcanic rock, through gauntlets of storms and snow, to reach the carpets of grass on the plateau. The baboons that make this astonishing annual journey may have the advantage of agility, but eland, the world's largest antelope, have long, spindly legs and heavy bodies, which make the climb all but unbelievable. All have babies at their sides while vultures circle overhead. http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/88-2607/rss http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/88-2607/rss Sun, 27 Dec 09 19:00:00 -0700