S56 | Myth or Science: The Senses

Jennifer Gardy takes a bizarre trip to the edge of perception as she attempts to make sense of our senses.

January 25, 2017

Myth or Science: The Senses

S56 | The Great Wild Indoors

The hidden wild world of insect life in our homes is revealed when a family lets a team of bug experts explore their home.

February 8, 2017

The Great Wild Indoors

S56 | Body Language Decoded

How we move our bodies can speak louder than our words, and the information we unknowingly share can be surprising.

February 15, 2017

Body Language Decoded

Season 56

S57 | The Wild Canadian Year: Spring

The first days of spring sees Arctic fox pups take their first steps and black bear cubs learn to climb trees after the long cold days of winter, while female caribou make the dangerous trek to reach their calving grounds.

September 23, 2017

The Wild Canadian Year: Spring

S57 | The Wild Canadian Year: Summer

Killer whales and blue sharks are on the hunt, while amorous fireflies light up the night forest with their dazzling display, as summer reveals Canada’s landscape at the peak of its splendour.

September 30, 2017

The Wild Canadian Year: Summer

S57 | The Wild Canadian Year: Fall

Fall chronicles a remarkable season of change: young northern gannets leap off perilous cliffs as chipmunks race to gather winter supplies, and prairie rattlesnakes give birth to live young.

October 7, 2017

The Wild Canadian Year: Fall

S57 | The Wild Canadian Year: Winter

Lynx hunt snowshoe hares in the boreal forest and the ancient dance between wolves and caribou on Canada’s vast tundra reveal the harshest time of year when landscapes are transformed by the cruel and dramatic beauty of snow and ice.

October 12, 2017

The Wild Canadian Year: Winter

S57 | Making the Wild Canadian Year

Watch the incredible feats of endurance and technical wizardry needed to capture the sequences featured in the landmark series The Wild Canadian Year.

October 19, 2017

Making the Wild Canadian Year

S57 | Lost Secrets of the Pyramid

Event special fusing dramatic new archaeological discoveries, large-scale engineering experiments, and CGI animation to reveal new secrets about the greatest mysteries of the Egyptian Pyramids - Who built them and how?

October 28, 2017

Lost Secrets of the Pyramid

S57 | Into the Fire

Nature created it. Humans harnessed it. And now, as climate change helps light a flame to our forests, scientists are desperately trying to understand it.

November 2, 2017

Into the Fire

S57 | What Trees Talk About

A revealing look at the secret life of trees - how they communicate, wage war, and work together to transform our world.

November 25, 2017

What Trees Talk About

S57 | Jumbo: The Life of an Elephant Superstar

Forgotten bones of Jumbo the elephant help scientists crack unsolved mysteries surrounding the world’s first animal superstar.

January 4, 2018

Jumbo: The Life of an Elephant Superstar

S57 | Ice Bridge

Mysterious new artifacts turning up in Chesapeake Bay bear an inexplicable resemblance to those from Ice Age Europe. Two renowned archaeologists risk it all to prove that brave souls crossed over the Atlantic ocean on an ice bridge to populate North America twenty thousand years ago.

January 13, 2018

Ice Bridge

S57 | Mommy, Wildest

Lions, elephants, and baboons: Three sisterhoods of the savannah, where the mothers rule, and the daughters inherit the wilderness.

January 18, 2018

Mommy, Wildest

S57 | Champions vs. Legends

Sport scientist challenges top winter athletes to compete against legends of the past in vintage gear.

January 25, 2018

Champions vs. Legends

S57 | The Science of Magic

Explore why magic is a unique tool for gaining new insights into human cognition, neurobiology, and behaviour.

March 17, 2018

The Science of Magic

S57 | Myth or Science: The Power of Poo

Jennifer Gardy lifts the lid on poop to discover if it’s myth or science that we’re flushing a valuable resource down the toilet.

March 31, 2018

Myth or Science: The Power of Poo

S57 | The Kingdom: How Fungi Made Our World

The evolutionary story of how fungi shaped all terrestrial life - including us.

April 5, 2018

The Kingdom: How Fungi Made Our World

Season 57

S58 | Equus: The Story of the Horse - Origins

We built the world around us with horsepower. But what is it that makes humans and horses so perfect for each other? And how have we transformed the wild horse we tamed 6,000 years ago into over 400 specialized breeds today? To answer these questions, anthropologist-turned-filmmaker Niobe Thompson takes viewers on an epic journey across eleven countries on three continents and back in time to the mysterious beginnings of the horse-human relationship.

September 22, 2018

Equus: The Story of the Horse - Origins

S58 | Equus: The Story of the Horse - First Riders

Travel back to the moment humans tamed the horse, and learn how horsepower made history.

September 28, 2018

Equus: The Story of the Horse - First Riders

S58 | Equus: The Story of the Horse - Chasing the Wind

How did humans save the wild horse from extinction?  And how did we create over four hundred specialized breeds today?

October 5, 2018

Equus: The Story of the Horse - Chasing the Wind

S58 | A Day in the Life of Earth

From volcanoes to earthquakes & dust migration to meteorites — scientists reveal how much the Earth changes in 24 hours.

October 12, 2018

A Day in the Life of Earth

S58 | The Real T.Rex

Join an investigative journey around the world to uncover the mysteries of the most famous dinosaur super-predator: the Tyrannosaurus Rex.

October 19, 2018

The Real T.Rex

S58 | The Memory Mirage

Can we trust what we remember about our own lives? Memory scientists say most memories are full of distortions and errors.

October 26, 2018

The Memory Mirage

S58 | Spying on Animals

A look at how innovations in remote unmanned cameras let us bear witness to animal behaviour 24/7 - almost anywhere on earth.

November 2, 2018

Spying on Animals

S58 | The Genetic Revolution

Trailblazing scientists are making ground-breaking discoveries in the rapidly evolving world of genetic engineering.

November 10, 2018

The Genetic Revolution

S58 | Stay-at-Home Animal Dads

From emus to penguins, meet some of the most devoted stay-at-home animal dads on the planet.

November 30, 2018

Stay-at-Home Animal Dads

S58 | Food for Thought

When it comes to diet, we swallow a lot of advice. Food for Thought sorts through the latest science to create a new recipe for health.

January 4, 2019

Food for Thought

S58 | The Wonder of the Northern Lights

The aurora borealis delights and amazes us, but we’re just beginning to understand its beauty.

January 11, 2019

The Wonder of the Northern Lights

S58 | The Power of Play

Researchers studying the play behavior in animals and humans. They are trying to answer big questions in a long overlooked field. Mother Nature doesn't do anything just for fun, so how and why did play evolve?

January 18, 2019

The Power of Play

S58 | The Nature of Invention

Inventors are as diverse as their inventions, and they are changing our world.

January 25, 2019

The Nature of Invention

S58 | Something in the Air

Air pollution is a major killer, even in places we think of as ‘safe,’ so scientists are using new technology to measure it and study its effects on our bodies

February 16, 2019

Something in the Air

S58 | Laughing and Crying

Scientists around the world are learning new things about the unmistakable behaviours behind the soundtrack of our lives’ most memorable moments.

March 1, 2019

Laughing and Crying

S58 | Aging in the Wild

Go on a journey around the globe to meet the world's animal elders and discover their secrets to survival.

March 8, 2019

Aging in the Wild

S58 | Turtle Beach

Scientists explore the extraordinary mass nesting behaviour of the olive ridley sea turtle, and reveal the hidden world inside a turtle nest.

March 22, 2019

Turtle Beach

S58 | Remarkable Rabbits

From playful mating rituals to cunning survival strategies, there’s remarkable diversity among the world’s rabbits and hares.

March 29, 2019

Remarkable Rabbits

Season 58

S59 | She Walks with Apes

The epic story of three legendary women who fought to save the great apes - and inspired a generation.

September 20, 2019

She Walks with Apes

S59 | Grasslands: A Hidden Wilderness

Canada’s prairies are among the world’s most endangered, least protected ecosystems, but there are people working to keep them wild.

September 27, 2019

Grasslands: A Hidden Wilderness

S59 | Takaya: Lone Wolf

The remarkable story of a solitary wolf living against the odds, and his close bond with renowned wildlife photographer Cheryl Alexander.

October 4, 2019

Takaya: Lone Wolf

S59 | Living Colour

A captivating exploration of the science of colour, including a look at people and animals who experience it in fascinating ways.

October 11, 2019

Living Colour

S59 | First Animals

Earth's very first animals, 500-million-years-old, are just being uncovered.

October 25, 2019

First Animals

S59 | BE AFRAID: The Science of Fear

There’s still so much we don’t know about fear. Could it be good for you? What would life be like without it?

October 18, 2019

BE AFRAID: The Science of Fear

S59 | Under Thin Ice

In the Arctic, life thrives on the ice and under it. But for how long? Extreme diver Jill Heinerth investigates.

November 8, 2019

Under Thin Ice

S59 | Seals of Sable

On the remote shores of Sable Island, N.S., we meet the world’s largest breeding colony of grey seals and the people who study them.

November 15, 2019

Seals of Sable

S59 | Pass the Salt

Pass the Salt is an investigation into the mysteries of one of our most fundamental elements. It’s a search for the real answers regarding the mounting debate about the benefits and dangers of sodium chloride (salt).

January 17, 2020

Pass the Salt

S59 | Dinosaur Cold Case

An excavator operator working in a pit in the oil sands discovers a perfectly preserved dinosaur corpse. It's like a crime scene and the world's paleontologists are on the case.

January 10, 2020

Dinosaur Cold Case

S59 | Reef Rescue

Scientists are racing against time to save the world's coral reefs before they are lost forever.

March 6, 2020

Reef Rescue

S59 | Nature's Cleanup Crew

Nature’s Cleanup Crew is a look at the various species who clean up our mess and the scientists who are looking at ways to make their methods even more efficient and beneficial to humans and the rest of the natural world.

January 31, 2020

Nature's Cleanup Crew

S59 | Kingdom of the Tide

Sarika Cullis-Suzuki takes us on a personal and intimate journey to discover the spectacular and surprising world of the intertidal zone, and reveal how it holds the key to the health of the world’s oceans and our own survival.

February 7, 2020

Kingdom of the Tide

S59 | Accidental Wilderness: The Leslie Street Spit

There is a hidden natural world in the unlikeliest of places — in the heart of Canada’s largest city.

February 14, 2020

Accidental Wilderness: The Leslie Street Spit

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