The Nature of Things (1960)
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.
Seasons & Episode
The human voice is the most sophisticated communication tool, but most of us don’t know how to unlock its potential.
Sarika Cullis-Suzuki travels back in time to solve the evolutionary mystery of the walking whale.
Anthony Morgan shines a light where the sun doesn’t usually shine. Why we have butts, how they evolved and how to keep yours healthy.
Shark nerds are on a mission to reveal the JAWSOME lives of Canada’s Great White Sharks.
A pristine river in Quebec is granted rights through legal personhood, protecting it and those who call it home.
Find out if science can ease the human conditions of loss, rejection, and unrequited love.
Sound is the difference between finding a meal and becoming one. At night in the deserts of Arizona, the kangaroo rat uses hollow spaces in its skull to amplify the faintest sounds — including the rustle of its deadliest predator, the rattlesnake.
Sound is used to impress, find a mate, and fight off a rival. In the forests of eastern Australia, the male lyrebird, one of the greatest mimics of the natural world, attempts to wow a female with his complex song — including the sounds of other birds and a car alarm.
Baby animals rely on sound to survive the most vulnerable stage of their lives. In Algonquin Provincial Park in Ontario, a group of wolf pups howl to stave off danger and protect the pack.
A hair-raising journey into the salon, the lab, a remote Chinese village, a baby nursery and even a wildlife sanctuary to explore the surprising new research at the root of it all.
Thanks to cutting-edge technology, experts are finally learning the story of prehistoric kids and how they helped shape humans into who we are today.
Mae Martin explores the science of gender and sexual fluidity.
Anthony Morgan joins the fossil dig of a lifetime as palaeontologists discover why a tiny patch of land became a giant dinosaur graveyard.
ISIS destroyed thousands of ancient artefacts and buildings in Mosul. Now, archeologists are making incredible discoveries in the wreckage.
