Nature & Ecology TV Documentaries on Netflix
Last updated May 19, 2024
Deadly Dozen: Season 1
2006 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsMeet the planet's most dangerous inhabitants, including toxic spiders, venomous snakes and big cats. This National Geographic series goes face-to-face with the deadliest beasts in every part of the world. Season 1 looks at Bengal tigers and spitting cobras in Asia, lions and buffalos in Africa, the most lethal residents of the Amazon rain forest, and the hungry reptiles and fearsome sea creatures of Central America.
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Deadly Dozen
2006 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsMeet the planet's most dangerous inhabitants, including toxic spiders, venomous snakes and big cats. This National Geographic series goes face-to-face with the deadliest beasts around the world.
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Deadliest Volcanoes: Nova
2011 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsFollow along as scientists probe the world's most powerful volcanoes -- including the colossal supervolcano that slumbers beneath Yellowstone National Park -- searching for clues to their potential destructive power and when they might erupt again.
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Nature: River of No Return
2012 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsThis film is a journey into one of America's best-kept secrets: the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness, with a pair of newlyweds as guides. Not long into their adventure, an extraordinary turn of events will change their lives forever.
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I, Predator: Season 1
2011 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsIt's taken millions of years for predatory animals to develop the skills required to take down their prey. Through dramatic and unprecedented analysis of attack sequences, this series takes viewers inside predators' bodies while they're on the hunt.
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I, Predator
2011 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsIt's taken millions of years for predatory animals to develop the skills required to take down their prey. Through dramatic and unprecedented analysis of attack sequences, this series takes viewers inside predators' bodies while they're on the hunt.
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NATURE: Siberian Tiger Quest
2012 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsConservation ecologist Chris Morgan ("Bears of the Last Frontier") has tracked large predators in some of the wildest and most remote places on earth. He now embarks on a challenge that will fulfill a lifelong dream - to find and film a Siberian tiger living wild and free in Russia's far eastern forests. The film features the work of Korean cameraman Sooyong Park, the first individual ever to film Siberian tigers in the wild. Park spent years in the forest tracking and filming the world's biggest cat. Park's tracking technique was unconventional, but produced more than a thousand hours of wild tiger footage and captured the saga of a Siberian tiger dynasty. Morgan spends time with Park, learning firsthand just how hard it was for him to achieve his remarkable accomplishment.
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Nature: Raccoon Nation
2011 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsThe question being asked in this film is - "Are people, in an effort to outwit raccoons, actually making them smarter and unwittingly contributing to their evolutionary success?" Are the ever more complex obstacles that our fast-paced, urban world throws at them actually pushing the development of raccoon brains?
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Speed of Life: Season 1
2010 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsSo much of nature functions much faster or slower, lighter or darker, than can be appreciated with the naked eye. The subtle nuances of the natural world will now be revealed by using all of modern technology to analyze The Speed of Life.
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Speed of Life
2010 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsSo much of nature functions much faster or slower, lighter or darker, than can be appreciated with the naked eye. The subtle nuances of the natural world will now be revealed by using all of modern technology to analyze The Speed of Life.
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Walking with Prehistoric Beasts
2001 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsPicking up where Walking with Dinosaurs ended, this series takes an up-close and personal look at species that became extinct a few thousand years ago -- just a blink of an eye on history's timeline.
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National Geographic: Super Croc
2002 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsIn the parched Sahara desert, Dr. Paul Sereno joins with reptile expert Dr. Brady Barr for an around-the-globe adventure-packed quest to flesh out this ancient 40-foot croc. Computer animation takes viewers back in time to see how Super Croc might have lived and battled for its food. Narrated by Sam Neill.
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National Geographic: Secret Yosemite
2007 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsYosemite is America's most frequently visited national park, but much of it remains untamed. Thanks to this National Geographic documentary, viewers can venture into Yosemite's spectacular wilderness to marvel at natural wonders tourists never see. The journey through nearly 700,000 acres features breathtaking waterfalls, giant sequoias, the towering El Capitan rock formation and the park's wild denizens, including black bears, bats and foxes.
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Shark Week: 20th Anniversary
1998 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsChurning with great white encounters, unbelievable survival stories, jaw-dropping underwater footage, this "Shark Week 20th Anniversary" collection features 14 of the most exciting episodes from Discovery Channel's "Shark Week" series. The set marks the program's 20th anniversary, a testament to the enduring fascination humans have with these powerful marine predators that both frighten and fascinate us.
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Shark Week: Ocean of Fear
2008 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsFeared, hated and misunderstood, sharks capture the public imagination like no other creature. Come face-to-face with great whites, hear tales of close encounters and fatal attacks, meet a self-proclaimed shark hypnotist and more.
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Shark Week: The Great Bites Collection
2008 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsThe Discovery Channel presents this "Great Bites" collection of memorable moments from its annual Shark Week, when popular shows such as "Mythbusters," "Dirty Jobs" and "Survivorman" feature episodes about those powerful predators of the deep. Join hosts Mike Rowe, Les Stroud, Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman as they study and swim with sharks to explore their habits, reveal where and why sharks attack and much more.
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National Geographic: Bear Island
2007 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsTaking viewers deep into the Alaskan wilderness to a place -- Chichagof Island -- where the brown bear population is the densest on Earth, researcher LaVern Beier deploys cutting-edge technology to learn more about a predator under siege. Using National Geographic's Crittercam, Beier -- who's survived four bear attacks -- hopes that by tracking the mighty brown bear on its own turf, he and his colleagues will learn more about how to protect it.
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Monsters Resurrected
2009 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsGiant beasts, long extinct, are resurrected from Earth's deep history via fossil evidence and other scientific data in this Discovery Channel program that reveals how these exotic victims of evolution once lived and flourished. Video re-creations of each vanished creature spotlighted -- including the great lizard Megalania, the North American hybrid beast Bear Dog and more -- lend vivid detail to the strange world of the extinct monsters.
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Shark Week 2009: Jaws of Steel
2009 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsDive into the planet's deadliest waters with this suspenseful "Shark Week: Jaws of Steel" set, which reveals the true story that inspired the blockbuster movie Jaws, recounts the attack-filled summer of 2001 and investigates great white sharks' feeding habits. Other highlights include "Survivorman's" Les Stroud visiting famous shark hotspots and a fascinating study on the powerful predators' mysterious nocturnal behavior.
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National Geographic: Thunderbeast
2006 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsNational Geographic's documentary television series reveals the American buffalo's keen survival skills, from the all-important mating season, which occurs in late summer, to seemingly larger-than-life encounters with grizzly bears and wolves. The program, which took eight years to create, includes footage of these incredible beasts getting through perilous winters, maintaining their diets and more.
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National Geographic: Ultimate Crocodile
2007 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsThis documentary television series from National Geographic is centered on the mega-predator "saltie," an enormous, ancient saltwater crocodile that boasts considerable heart and brainpower -- found only in Southeast Asia and Australia. Footage includes a croc attacking campers in Queensland, crocodiles adjusting to captivity at a farm in Darwin, the "birth" of baby crocs, crocs' sunbathing habits and more.
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National Geographic: Shark Superhighway
2008 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsNational Geographic explores the evolution and behavior of the hammerhead shark, a bizarre-looking endangered species that first emerged around 20 million years ago and is capable of traveling and navigating great distances. Scientists believe that the key to ensuring the hammerhead's survival may lie in understanding how the sharks live and survive along their "superhighway" routes as well as the function of their distinct shape.
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Shark Week: Restless Fury
2010 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsContinuing its annual summertime tradition of terrifying vacation beachgoers, the Discovery Channel presents a week's worth of shark stories -- plus a couple of grisly bonus episodes -- in this "Restless Fury" collection spotlighting the ocean's fiercest predator.
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Infested: Season 1
2011 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsThis riveting and sometimes creepy nature miniseries focuses on the unwanted animal invaders that have infested human dwellings throughout history and into the 21st century, including spiders, snakes, rats, roaches, raccoons and much more.
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Wild Recon: Season 1
2010 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsWhether harvesting venom from the fangs of a deadly Taipan in Australia or vaccinating cheetahs against a disease that threatens to wipe out the entire population, Donald Schultz is fearless in his quest to ensure the survival of dozens of species.
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