Nature of Things

Available on CBC Gem The Secrets of Friendship Step into the world of “friendship detectives,” who are unravelling the mysteries of social behaviours in humans and other animals. More »

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The Secrets of Friendship
War for the Woods
Bug Sex
Grizzly Rewild
True Survivors
Apocalypse Plan B
Walking with Ancients
Secret Agents of the Underground Railroad

Episodes

Available on CBC Gem The Secrets of Friendship Step into the world of “friendship detectives,” who are unravelling the mysteries of social behaviours in humans and other animals. More »
Available on CBC Gem War for the Woods Thirty years after historic logging protests on Vancouver Island, the battle to protect old growth forests is still raging More »
Available on CBC Gem Bug Sex Broken genitals and cannibalism. Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of how bugs get busy More »
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features How dogs and humans became best friends Our friendship with dogs began deep in the last ice age, says behavioural scientist Clive Wynne More »
features Why do we have friends? What makes dogs our best friends? Scientists decode the mysterious world of friendship Judith Pyke set out to answer these questions and more in new documentary The Secrets of Friendship More »
features 30 years after an historic fight against clear cutting, Indigenous communities are still fighting for forests Two directors tell the story of the people trying to protect some of our last old-growth forests More »
features 38 years after standing up to a logging company, this First Nation is still fighting for old-growth forests The Tla-o-qui-aht took stewardship of their territory back and are protecting it for the future More »
features A ‘penis’ covered in spikes and even one designed to snap off. Bug members will shock you These alien-like appendages may seem outrageous, but they all serve a very important purpose More »
features 6 crazy ways bugs have sex Bug sex can be borderline tender but shockingly brutal. This is how they get it on More »
features Inside a grizzly den: 3 orphaned cubs built this den on their own The cubs would have been born in a den, but didn't have a mother to build one for their first independent winter in B.C.'s coastal rainforest. More »
features These grizzly bear cubs were orphaned. We followed them for a year to see if they could survive in the wild Grizzly Rewild was an ambitious undertaking; rewilded yearlings had never been filmed in North America before More »
features ‘We have an extraordinary ability to adapt and survive’: Sarika Cullis-Suzuki We’ve survived climate changes in the past. Will we rise to the challenge again? More »
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About the Show

The Nature of Things is one of the most successful series in the history of Canadian television. Hosted by the world-renowned geneticist and environmentalist, David Suzuki, the program is in its 61st year, a landmark by any standard.

Every week, the influential program presents stories that are driven by a scientific understanding of the world. Stories full of adventure, drama and insight. Our programs entertain and inspire audiences by engaging with the people and personalities behind the science.

From the search for other life in the universe to the psychology of babies, from the furry animals that invade your backyard to the consequences of human progress, The Nature of Things throws open the door to the wonder and accomplishments of science.