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The Queen of Trees (#2310)

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Explore the remarkable relationship between the sycamore fig and the tiny wasp that pollinates it.

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NATURE | The Queen of Trees | Wasps Inside the Fig ... (#2310)

Inside the fruit of the sycomore fig, a complex drama plays out in miniature. Male fig wasps cut down the flowers that have ... 01:22
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NATURE | The Queen of Trees | Giving Food and Shelter ... (#2310)

This 100-year-old sycomore fig supports an incredibly diverse array of wildlife. But without the tiny fig wasp, none of ... 02:20
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NATURE | Animals Behaving Worse | Bear League | PBS... (#2309)

Ann from the Bear League uses tough love and intimidation to encourage bears to stay out of human territory. 02:52
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NATURE | A Mystery in Alaska | Are Fisheries Guilty? ... (#2009)

In the 1970s, the pollock industry in Alaska became the largest fishery in the world. Around the same time, sea lions began ... 03:41
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NATURE | A Mystery in Alaska | Blame Killer Whales? ... (#2009)

www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episod... Many fishermen feel they're being framed for declines in Steller sea lions. Pollock ... 01:41
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Program Description: 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.

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Animals Behaving Worse (#2309)

New examples of animal and human conflicts. It's survival of the shrewdest and the most tenacious.
- Sun, September 7, 1:00 AM on IPTV Create/World
The Queen of Trees (#2310)

Explore the remarkable relationship between the sycamore fig and the tiny wasp that pollinates it.
- Sun, September 7, 7:00 PM on IPTV HD
- Sun, September 7, 7:01 PM on IPTV
- Sun, September 7, 10:00 PM on IPTV HD
- Mon, September 8, 8:00 PM on IPTV Create/World
- Tue, September 9, 1:00 AM on IPTV Create/World
- Tue, September 9, 12:00 PM on IPTV HD
- Sat, September 13, 7:00 PM on IPTV Create/World
- Sun, September 14, 1:00 AM on IPTV Create/World
Supersize Crocs (#2406)

World-renowned herpetologist Romulus Whitaker attempts to discover the last of these leviathans.
- Sun, September 14, 7:00 PM on IPTV HD
- Sun, September 14, 7:00 PM on IPTV
- Sun, September 14, 10:00 PM on IPTV HD
- Mon, September 15, 8:00 PM on IPTV Create/World
- Tue, September 16, 1:00 AM on IPTV Create/World
- Tue, September 16, 9:00 AM on IPTV HD
- Sat, September 20, 7:00 PM on IPTV Create/World
- Sun, September 21, 1:00 AM on IPTV Create/World
Raptor Force (#2407)

Armed with powerful beaks and razor-sharp talons, raptors are nature's elite killing force.
- Sun, September 21, 7:00 PM on IPTV HD
- Sun, September 21, 7:00 PM on IPTV
- Sun, September 21, 10:00 PM on IPTV HD
- Mon, September 22, 8:00 PM on IPTV Create/World
- Tue, September 23, 1:00 AM on IPTV Create/World
- Wed, September 24, 12:00 PM on IPTV HD
- Thu, September 25, 10:00 AM on IPTV HD
- Fri, September 26, 11:00 AM on IPTV HD
Dogs That Changed The World, Pt. 1 - The Rise of the Dog (#2411)

Examine the evolution of dogs from their wolf ancestors & learn how they infiltrated human society.
- Sun, September 28, 7:00 PM on IPTV HD
- Sun, September 28, 7:00 PM on IPTV
- Sun, September 28, 10:00 PM on IPTV HD
- Mon, September 29, 10:00 AM on IPTV HD
- Mon, September 29, 8:00 PM on IPTV Create/World
- Tue, September 30, 1:00 AM on IPTV Create/World
- Tue, September 30, 12:00 PM on IPTV HD
- Sat, October 4, 7:00 PM on IPTV Create/World
- Sun, October 5, 1:00 AM on IPTV Create/World
Dogs That Changed The World, Pt. 2 - Dogs by Design (#2412)

As we transform the many breeds of dogs, we change our relationship with them and theirs with us.
- Sun, October 5, 7:00 PM on IPTV HD
- Sun, October 5, 7:00 PM on IPTV
- Sun, October 5, 10:00 PM on IPTV HD
- Mon, October 6, 8:00 PM on IPTV Create/World
- Tue, October 7, 1:00 AM on IPTV Create/World
- Tue, October 7, 12:00 PM on IPTV HD
- Sat, October 11, 7:00 PM on IPTV Create/World
- Sun, October 12, 1:00 AM on IPTV Create/World
The Beauty of Ugly (#2504)

From frogfish and hagfish, learn how and why "ugly" can be beautiful even when it isn't pretty.
- Sun, October 12, 7:00 PM on IPTV HD
- Sun, October 12, 7:00 PM on IPTV
- Mon, October 13, 8:00 PM on IPTV Create/World
- Tue, October 14, 1:00 AM on IPTV Create/World
- Tue, October 14, 12:00 PM on IPTV HD
- Sat, October 18, 7:00 PM on IPTV Create/World
- Sun, October 19, 1:00 AM on IPTV Create/World
Parrots in the Land of Oz (#2506)

Rare and bizarre, colorful and intelligent, they are the most exotic birds on the island continent.
- Sun, October 19, 7:00 PM on IPTV HD
- Sun, October 19, 7:00 PM on IPTV
- Sun, October 19, 10:00 PM on IPTV HD
- Mon, October 20, 8:00 PM on IPTV Create/World
- Tue, October 21, 1:00 AM on IPTV Create/World
- Tue, October 21, 12:00 PM on IPTV HD
- Sat, October 25, 7:00 PM on IPTV Create/World
- Sun, October 26, 1:00 AM on IPTV Create/World
White Falcon, White Wolf (#2601)

The enormous falcons and Arctic wolves raise their families on Canada's remote Ellesmere Island.
- Sun, October 26, 7:00 PM on IPTV HD
- Sun, October 26, 7:00 PM on IPTV
- Sun, October 26, 11:00 PM on IPTV HD
- Mon, October 27, 8:00 PM on IPTV Create/World
- Tue, October 28, 1:00 AM on IPTV Create/World

Past Episodes

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