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Welcome to the planet of the apes. Primates are called the highest order of animal on the planet. With their big brains, they are smart and adaptable; they use tools, self-medicate, hunt and swim. Get to know the many species of primates, from the familiar chimpanzee and gorilla, to the more obscure species like the owl monkey, the tamarin, and many more in the three-part miniseries.

Meet the scientists making groundbreaking discoveries to safeguard the future of primates.
Family is everything for primates. Meet devoted monkeys' uncles and playmate apes.
Discover the survival strategies used by primates, often in the most unexpected places.
Major support for NATURE is provided by The Arnhold Family in memory of Henry and Clarisse Arnhold, The Fairweather Foundation, Kate W. Cassidy Foundation, Charles Rosenblum, Kathy Chiao and Ken Hao, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Filomen M. D’Agostino Foundation, Lillian Goldman Charitable Trust, Gregg Peters Monsees Foundation, Koo and Patricia Yuen, Sandra Atlas Bass, The Hite Foundation, Sarah and Sandra Lyu in memory of Seung and Dorothy Lyu, Bradley L. Goldberg Family Foundation, Arlene and Milton D. Berkman, Perpetual Kindness Foundation and Sun Hill Renewal Fund, by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and by Viewers Like You.
Episodes
Brazilian primates face extinction.
These small whales have proved remarkably rugged and intelligent.
Exploration of Puget Sound's ecosystem.
The walls of ice in Glacier Bay surround the most beautiful sights Alaska has to offer.
Researchers and filmmakers produce the first comprehensive film chronicle of the jaguar.
Dogs aid the disabled, do dangerous military work, find humans buried by avalanches
Learn about the incredible wilderness of the Serengeti.
The influence the sun and moon have on the seasons and the tides.
How humans have tried to harness nature, from use of fire to the building of nuclear bombs
Adapting some animal behaviors benefits man in body, mind and spirit.
NATURE follows an extraordinary stallion, whose life has been recorded since his birth.
Explore one of the most sophisticated and intriguing partnerships of human and animal.
Extras
Go behind the scenes with Director Anton Ptushkin, as he navigates filming in a war zone.
Two pine marten kits grow up over several months.
The slow worm is neither a snake nor a worm but a legless lizard.
Basking sharks are typically solitary but large groups have recently been found together.
Filmmakers rush to shoot photos of Grizzly 399 and her cubs as they emerge from hibernation.
Ukrainian citizens are coming together to rescue pets left behind by those forced to flee.
Shafa, a cat in Borodyanka, was rescued from a severely war-damaged building.
Meet Patron, the bomb-detecting Jack Russell terrier who has saved countless lives.
See the spectacular wildlife of The Burren in Ireland through the eyes of a pine marten.
As their population expands, some states feel grizzlies should no longer be protected.