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  • How humans have tried to harness nature, from use of fire to the building of nuclear bombs
  • See the spectacular wildlife of The Burren in Ireland through the eyes of a pine marten.
  • Travel to the Northern Hemisphere, where the spies learn how animals move, feed and fight.
  • The spy creatures infiltrate a hippo pod, a gorilla sanctuary and the world of elephants.
  • NATURE follows an extraordinary stallion, whose life has been recorded since his birth.
  • From penguin chicks to elephant seals to polar bears, the spies meet polar animals.
  • Hurricanes can be disastrous and Florida sticks out like a sore thumb directly in the path of many hurricanes. It’s the heat of the sun and curvature and spinning of the Earth on its axis that initiate the movement of air over ocean and land. And its summer heat that warms surface water that creates the humid air and water-laden clouds that come with a hurricane. The juxtaposition of Florida’s land mass and the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico – the northern end of which is in a subtropical climate – makes us a target for hurricanes – many of which move north through the Gulf of Mexico, feeding on the warm waters there.
  • Hurricanes can be disastrous and Florida sticks out like a sore thumb directly in the path of many hurricanes. It’s the heat of the sun and curvature and spinning of the Earth on its axis that initiate the movement of air over ocean and land. And its summer heat that warms surface water that creates the humid air and water-laden clouds that come with a hurricane. The juxtaposition of Florida’s land mass and the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico – the northern end of which is in a subtropical climate – makes us a target for hurricanes – many of which move north through the Gulf of Mexico, feeding on the warm waters there.
  • These descendants of wild boars were brought over from Europe decades ago. They're highly invasive and hugely destructive — threatening native bears and deer in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
  • From the election results to the the charges against President-elect Donald Trump, here are the numbers that defined 2024 in politics.
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