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NATURE, television's longest-running weekly natural history series, has won more than 200 honors from the television industry, parent groups, the international wildlife film community and environmental organizations, including the only award ever given to a television program by the Sierra Club.

Episodes:

• The Platypus Guardian

  This story is about an extraordinary man and a mysterious animal living on an island at the end of the world Tasmania. Peter Walsh is a Tasmanian with no background in natural history, yet he has become obsessed with one of nature's least understood and most unlikely creature, the platypus. Walsh is on a mission to observe and understand the animals and save them from urban development in the capital city of Hobart. He has befriended one particular female he named Zoom. She lets him into her secretive world and a relationship like no other develops. Walsh will reveal the life of this enigmatic creature, but his time is precious as he manages with his MS diagnosis.

  Next Airing:	Sun, Dec 22nd, 2024 at 12:00 PM on KUED-HD
  Length:	00:56:46
  Usage rights:	10/18/2023 to 10/7/2031

• The Alps: The High Life

  Enjoy the Alps in spring and summertime as newborn animals grow up to face the coming brutal winter.

  Next Airing:	Mon, Dec 23rd, 2024 at 1:00 AM on KUED-HD
  Length:	00:56:46
  Usage rights:	1/13/2021 to 1/12/2025

• The Alps: Winter's Fortress

  Experience the hostile and bitter cold ecosystems of the Alps, shaped by snow blizzards and avalanches.

  Next Airing:	Mon, Dec 23rd, 2024 at 2:00 AM on KUED-HD
  Length:	00:56:46
  Usage rights:	1/27/2021 to 1/26/2025

• Attenborough and the Jurassic Sea Monster

  Follow Sir David Attenborough and a team of forensic experts as they unearth the fossil of a giant Pliosaur, the largest Jurassic predator ever known.

  Next Airing:	Wed, Jan 8th, 2025 at 7:00 PM on KUED-HD
  Length:	00:56:46
  Usage rights:	2/14/2024 to 2/10/2032

• Patrick and the Whale

  For years, Patrick Dykstra has traveled the globe following and diving with whales, learning how whales see, hear and perceive other creatures in the water. In Dominica, Patrick has a life changing experience - a close encounter with a sperm whale he names "Delores." Witness Patrick and the whale attempt to communicate with each other in extraordinary footage.

  Next Airing:	Wed, Jan 15th, 2025 at 7:00 PM on KUED-HD
  Length:	00:56:46
  Usage rights:	2/21/2024 to 2/20/2028

• Big Cats, Small World: Landlords

  Lion, leopard and cheetah parents attempt to co-exist and raise their cubs on the shores of Botswana's Gomoti River. Narrated by David Oyelowo.

  Next Airing:	Wed, Jan 22nd, 2025 at 7:00 PM on KUED-HD
  Length:	01:00:00
  Usage rights:	1/22/2025 to 1/21/2029

• Big Cats, Small World: Outlanders

  The change of seasons brings turmoil and tough choices to the three big cat families. An aging lion challenges younger rivals, cheetah cubs adjust to life on their own and a leopard mother must balance her children's needs.

  Next Airing:	Wed, Jan 29th, 2025 at 7:00 PM on KUED-HD
  Length:	01:00:00
  Usage rights:	1/29/2025 to 1/28/2029

• Attenborough's Life Journey

  As Sir David Attenborough enters his 98th year, this unique and charming film documents the highlights of his incredible life. Follow Attenborough's journey from his boyhood days as a fossil hunter, through his early days as a host on Zoo Quest, to his programs using pioneering technology of the day such as 3D and 4K. This intimate portrait depicts Attenborough's years on the road, from the islands of the Galapagos to the mountains of Canada to the jungles of Borneo. Combining exclusive behind-the-scenes footage, candid interviews with Sir David on location, and stunning excerpts from his ground-breaking documentaries, this episode captures an Attenborough you have never seen before.

  Length:	00:55:59
  Usage rights:	11/21/2024 to 11/19/2028

• Dracula's Hidden Kingdom

  Transylvania - a region in central Romania that most people have heard of but few can place on a map. It is a land of mystery and mythology and home to some of the biggest wolf packs in the world who roam across seemingly endless untouched mountain ranges. It is a sanctuary to vast ancient forests that have never seen a chainsaw and are the realm of the magnificent lynx and European brown bear. It is a land where crumbling medieval villages abandoned by humans long ago have been resettled by elegant storks - the mythical child-bearers of olden times. There are bats in the crumbling castles, and in the Basilica, we follow one family of mouse-eared bats as they struggle to bring up their fragile young in the ruined walls.

  Length:	00:56:46
  Usage rights:	10/30/2024 to 10/29/2028

• Grizzly 399: Queen of the Tetons

  The most famous bear in the Tetons attempts to raise four cubs. But she makes increasingly unexpected and consequential choices to protect her family, Grizzly 399 stands as a symbol of the clash between humans and the wild.

  Length:	00:56:46
  Usage rights:	5/8/2024 to 5/7/2028

• Lions of the Skeleton Coast

  In this captivating tale, lion researcher Dr. Philip Stander follows three orphaned desert lion cubs as they navigate the harsh realities of survival in one of the world's most unforgiving places, Namibia's brutal Skeleton Coast. Stander's passion for these majestic creatures began 40 years ago, when he encountered a lone desert lioness on the Coast shores. But the desert lions soon disappeared from the region, and more than a decade later, he discovers a female cub called "Queen" whose life unlocks the survival secrets of desert lions. One day tragedy strikes the Queen's three granddaughters who become unexpectedly orphaned, and they embark on a harrowing journey through the empty desert facing starvation. Stander documents their every move, revealing the unique and complex relationship between land and marine predators.

  Length:	00:56:30
  Usage rights:	11/13/2024 to 11/12/2028

• Portugal: Wild Land on the Edge

  Discover the wildlife and landscapes of Portugal, impacted by its history as a global trading hub. From forest to coast, witness the majesty of the country's wild horses, storks, monk seals and more.

  Length:	00:56:46
  Usage rights:	4/27/2022 to 4/26/2026

• San Diego: America's Wildest City

  The hidden wonders of the country's most biodiverse urban landscape, where humans and wildlife collide in spectacular fashion. From the dramatic rituals of grebes and the playful antics of ground squirrels to the thrilling hunts of orcas and the moonlit spawning of grunion, this film showcases nature's resilience and beauty amidst the urban sprawl.

  Length:	00:56:30
  Usage rights:	11/6/2024 to 11/5/2028

• Woodpeckers: The Hole Story

  Get an intimate look at what makes woodpeckers so special. With over 240 species of woodpeckers identified, explore their unique evolutionary journey and the powerful role they play in every ecosystem except Antarctica and Australia.

  Length:	00:56:30
  Usage rights:	11/2/2022 to 11/1/2026

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