E1 - Aliens of the Deep Sea

Aired: September 23, 2010

The octopus is a close cousin of the oyster and snail. And yet, even by human standards the multi-limbed creature is considered highly intelligent. From Spain to Vancouver Island to Capri, Italy, scientists are testing the brain-power of the mysterious and mythic octopus.

E2 - Changing Your Mind

Aired: September 30, 2010

Once thought to be incapable of fundamental change, our growing awareness of the adult brain's capacity for neuroplasticity is opening new doors to treatments for diseases and disorders once thought incurable.

E3 - For the Love of Elephants

Aired: October 14, 2010

An intimate look at the bond that is formed between humans and baby orphaned elephants at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust rehabilitation centre just outside of Nairobi, Kenya.

E4 - Geologic Journey 2: Tectonic Europe (July 8 1997)

Aired: October 21, 2010

Traverse the Eurasian plate across Europe — from Iceland, where new land is formed - to the Alps, where old land is destroyed.

E5 - Geologic Journey 2: Along the African Rift (September 2, 1997)

Aired: October 28, 2010

For millions of years the East African Rift has been widening at the seams, tearing the African plate in two.

E6 - Geologic Journey 2: The Western Pacific Rim (November 4, 1997)

Aired: November 04, 2010

Focusing on the Asia-Pacific side of The Pacific Rim of Fire, which stands as a living testament to the beauty and danger that powerful geologic forces can deliver. The Pacific Rim is home to half of the world's active volcanoes and ninety percent of the world's earthquakes, yet nearly 800 million people continue to live within its violent edge.

E7 - Geologic Journey 2: The Pacific Rim: Americas (January 13, 1998)

Aired: November 18, 2010

Nick Eyles continues to explore the Pacific Rim, this time looking at the west coast of North America.

E8 - Geologic Journey 2: The Collision Zone: Asia (March 17, 1998)

Aired: November 25, 2010

The fiery unpredictability of Indonesia’s volcanoes at one end, the massive Himalayas at the other and millions of years of tectonic tension in between. The collision zone of the old world is about to be the hub of the new. India, the Himalayas and the island arc of Indonesia - these lands will form the centre of the world’s next supercontinent.

E9 - When North Goes South

Aired: December 02, 2010

Learning and discussing the consequences of magnetic pole inversion.

E10 - Code Breakers

Aired: January 13, 2011

Who were the first peoples of North America? Anthropologist Niobe Thompson embarks on a voyage of scientific discovery, using the latest in DNA analysis techniques to unlock the secrets behind humanity's earliest appearance in the Americas.

E11 - Tipping Point: The Age of the Oil Sands

Aired: January 27, 2011

Tipping Point: The Age of the Oil Sands is a two-hour visual tour de force, taking viewers inside the David and Goliath struggle playing out within one of the most compelling environmental issues of our time

E12 - The Last Grizzly

Aired: February 03, 2011

Filmmaker Jeff Turner documents grizzly bears in the Northern Cascades of British Columbia.

E13 - Return of the Prairie Bandit

Aired: February 10, 2011

Revisiting the 2009 release of nearly extinct black-footed ferrets in Saskatchewan to see what happened.

E14 - Raccoon Nation

Aired: February 24, 2011

Is your garbage can making raccoons smarter? Stunning footage shot in the deep, dark of night combines with groundbreaking research in this fascinating documentary to explore the remarkable ways that city life is changing raccoons.

E15 - The Real Avatar

Aired: March 03, 2011

In James Cameron's film, Avatar, an alien tribe on the distant planet of Pandora fights the human invaders bent on mining their forest home. Instead of Pandora, think Peru.

E16 - Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie

Aired: March 13, 2011

David Suzuki, scientist, educator, broadcaster and activist, delivers what he describes as 'a last lecture' interwoven with scenes from his life and lifetime – the major social, scientific, cultural and political events of the past 70 years.

E17 - Save My Lake

Aired: March 17, 2011

Save My Lake is a TV documentary episode.

E18 - 50 Years of the Nature of Things

Aired: March 24, 2011

A celebration of half a century of a landmark science and natural history series, and an unrivaled Canadian institution.