About this season
The Nature of Things is a Canadian television series of documentary programs. It debuted on CBC Television on November 6, 1960. Many of the programs document nature and the effect that humans have on it. The program was one of the first to explore environmental issues, such as clear-cut logging. The series is named after an epic poem by Roman philosopher Lucretius: "Dē Rērum Nātūrā" — On the Nature of Things.
Episodes (13)
1. Last of the Right Whales
Aired 6 January 2023
North Atlantic right whales are on the brink of extinction. Follow the fight to save them.
2. Rat City
Aired 13 January 2023 • 44 min
Remarkable superpowers make rats the evolutionary heroes of the animal kingdom.
3. Science & Cannabis
Aired 20 January 2023 • 44 min
Is cannabis a medical cure-all or snake oil? Scientists distinguish the medicine from the myths.
4. Secret Agents Of The Underground Railroad
Aired 3 February 2023 • 44 min
How staff at a luxury hotel in Niagara Falls, NY helped ferry enslaved people to freedom.
5. Walking With Ancients
Aired 10 February 2023 • 44 min
New archaeological discoveries are challenging our understanding of when the first people arrived in North America, rewriting the human story.
6. Apocalypse Plan B
Aired 17 February 2023 • 44 min
Some scientists are proposing radical ways to cool our warming planet – but others say it’s time to restore nature on a global scale.
7. True Survivors
Aired 24 February 2023 • 44 min
How have humans survived extreme environmental change in the past? And what will it take to survive what’s next?
8. Grizzly Rewild
Aired 3 March 2023 • 44 min
Five orphaned grizzly bear cubs get a second chance at life in the wild, but can they survive without their mother? A groundbreaking study follows the bears to find out if rewilding works.
9. Bug Sex
Aired 10 March 2023 • 44 min
Broken genitals and cannibalism. Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of how bugs get busy.
10. War for the Woods
Aired 17 March 2023 • 44 min
Thirty years after historic logging protests on Vancouver Island, the battle to protect old growth forests is still raging.
11. The Secrets of Friendship
Aired 24 March 2023 • 44 min
Step into the world of 'friendship detectives', who are unravelling the mysteries of social behaviours in humans and other animals.
12. Woodpeckers: The Hole Story
Aired 31 March 2023 • 44 min
Inside the secret and rhythmic world of one of nature’s best lumberjacks.
13. Suzuki Signs Off
Aired 7 April 2023 • 44 min
For 44 years, David Suzuki has taken us around the world to explore science, technology, and nature – and now for something completely different. End of series.