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1986-10-19 • 20 episodes

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Episodes of this season

1. Alyeska: The Great Land

event 1986-10-19 • schedule 53m

Examines how the plants and animals of Alaska’s Alyeska wilderness have adapted to the regions harsh climate.

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2. Baja Lagoon

event 1986-10-26 • schedule 53m

An examination of the plants and animals that make their home in a shallow lagoon found on the Western coast of Mexico’s Baja Peninsula.

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3. Galapagos: How They Got There

event 1986-11-02 • schedule 53m

This exploration of the Galapagos Islands, located in the Pacific Ocean West of Ecuador, examines theories explaining the arrival of wildlife to the archipelago.

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4. Galapagos: Cold on the Equator

event 1986-11-09 • schedule 53m

Marine iguanas, cormorants, green turtles, sea lions, and sperm whales are among the animals that thrive in the cold waters surrounding the equatorially located Galapagos Islands.

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5. Galapagos: The Ocean Travelers

event 1986-11-16 • schedule 53m

A look at the Galapagos Islands’ many birds, include the waved albatross, blue-footed booby, frigate bird and the ground finch; also, man’s relationship with the islands’ changing environment.

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6. Pantanal: Prairie of the Great Waters

event 1986-11-23 • schedule 53m

A look at how the Pantanal's wildlife species cope with the annual cycle of flood and drought which transforms the marshy prairie from a dry savannah into the world's largest freshwater wetland – a 36,000 square-mile area that encompasses Southwestern Brazil and parts of Bolivia and Paraguay.

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7. Cats

event 1986-12-07 • schedule 53m

An examination of the behavior of man’s feline friends.

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8. Leopard: A Darkness in the Grass

event 1986-12-14 • schedule 53m

The activities of an elusive female leopard are traced over a two-day period on the hot plains of Africa.

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9. The Elephant Challenge

event 1987-01-18 • schedule 53m

A look at the survival of the African elephants, as ivory and foraging land became more valuable.

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10. Ichkeul: Between the Desert and the Deep Blue Sea

event 1987-02-08 • schedule 53m

A freshwater lake in Tunisia that turns salty every summer.

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11. In the Shadow of Fujisan: See No Evil

event 1987-02-22 • schedule 53m

The Japanese take efforts to save an indigenous monkey.

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12. In the Shadow of Fujisan: Bird of Happiness

event 1987-03-01 • schedule 53m

A look at the crane, Japanese symbol of longevity, true love and happiness.

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13. In the Shadow of Fujisan: Long Live the Turtle

event 1987-03-08 • schedule 53m

Hunters and egg poachers threaten the existence of the giant loggerhead turtle.

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14. America's Wild Horses

event 1987-03-15 • schedule 53m

Following the wild mustangs of America’s West.

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15. Holy Land: A Wilderness Like Eden

event 1987-04-12 • schedule 53m

An exploration of the Rift Valley that sweeps North from Kenya to Turkey, where prophets said their god first planted a garden.

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16. Holy Land: Sweet Water, Bitter Sea

event 1987-04-19 • schedule 53m

The unusual life in the salty Dead Sea, where the desert plunges 1,200 feet below sea level.

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17. The Forgotten Garden

event 1987-04-26 • schedule 53m

What happens when a finely maintained garden is abandoned.

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18. Lords of Hokkaido

event 1987-05-10 • schedule 53m

A year on a Japanese island following a family of red foxes.

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19. Designed for Living

End of season • event 1987-05-17 • schedule 53m

The tunnelers, thatchers, weavers, dam builders, sculptors, potters and spinners of the animal kingdom.

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20. Masked Monkeys

event 1987-05-24 • schedule 55m

Echoing hoots and trills, bandit masks, feathered tufts and orange noses distinguish African forest monkeys called quenons.

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