Season 15
(1996)
Cast
Episodes
Sperm Whales: the Real Moby Dick 0.0
October 13, 1996
In the NATURE program SPERM WHALES: THE REAL MOBY DICK, the efforts of Jonathan Gordon and other researchers to study t…
The Crater Lions 0.0
October 20, 1996
Charting the declining fortunes of a pride of "Crater Lions" that lives in Tanzania's Ngorongoro Crater. Included: lion…
Mask of the Mandrill 0.0
November 10, 1996
Delving into the mysteries of the colorful monkeys called mandrills, as a troupe of the creatures are followed through …
The Joy of Pigs 0.0
November 17, 1996
Exploring pigs, described by host George Page as “the world's most cosmopolitan characters,” with a focus on their adap…
Echo of the Elephants: The Next Generation 0.0
December 8, 1996
Following a family of elephants in Kenya's Amboseli National Park. Included: the family's matriarch giving birth, rescu…
Wolves and Buffalo: The Last Frontier 0.0
January 12, 1997
Observing wild buffaloes and gray wolves in the Canadian wilderness. Jeff and Sue Turner spent two years filming the ri…
The Elephant Men 0.0
February 16, 1997
Profiling the mahouts of southern India, who are skilled in the art of training wild elephants. Included: a journey nor…
A Lemur's Tale 0.0
February 23, 1997
Deep in the thorn forests of Madagascar live troops of ring-tailed lemurs, the most beautiful and most social of Madaga…
Extraordinary Dogs 0.0
March 9, 1997
Tales of canine loyalty to humans, including segments illustrating how dogs detect people buried by avalanches, enhance…
Bower Bird Blues 0.0
April 13, 1997
Profiling the bowerbird, an ingenious "architect" of the Australian rain forest that builds elaborate bowers of sticks …
Spirits of the Jaguar: The Forging of a New World 0.0
May 11, 1997
The four-part "Spirits of the Jaguar" explores the human and natural histories of Central America and the Caribbean. Pa…
Spirits of the Jaguar: The Forests of Maya 0.0
May 12, 1997
Part 2 of "Spirits of the Jaguar" explores the "Forests of the Maya," where 1200 years ago an extraordinary civilizatio…
Spirits of the Jaguar: Hunters of the Caribbean Sea 0.0
May 13, 1997
Part 3 of “Spirits of the Jaguar” recounts the evolution of the Taino civilization. The Taino were the first inhabitant…
Spirits of the Jaguar: The World of Aztecs 0.0
May 14, 1997
"Spirits of the Jaguar" concludes with the story of the Aztec empire, which in the 1500s stretched from the Atlantic to…