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Season 8
October 8, 1989

Season 8

01. The Great Rift: Footprints in the Valley

The area's evolutionary roots opens this look at the African valley.

53min
October 8, 1989

02. The Great Rift: Out of the Ashes

The wildlife that lives on the Great Rift's ash plains.

53min
October 15, 1989

03. The Great Rift: Breaking the Continent

Examines the Red Sea, the island of Madagascar and East Africa.

53min
October 22, 1989

04. Under the Ice

Soft coral, sponges, tubeworms, anemones and giant cod adapt to life in Antarctica's subzero waters.

53min
October 29, 1989

05. Land of Dragons

Profiles the wildlife living within the British crown colony of Hong Kong

53min
November 12, 1989

06. The Great Wood of Caledon

An exploration of the Caledonian forest in Scotland, Britain's largest remaining area of ancient woodland.

53min
November 19, 1989

07. Gorillas

A portrait of the endangered mountain gorilla in equatorial Africa.

53min
December 10, 1989

08. Forest of Fear

A look at the maneating tigers of the Sundarbans delta in India.

53min
December 17, 1989

09. Gran Paradiso

Resource management in Italy's alpine Gran Paradiso National Park has consequences beyond the parks boundaries.

53min
January 7, 1990

10. Cranes of the Grey Wind

Scientists study sandhill cranes on Nebraskan plains, Alaskan and Siberian coasts and in the Northwest Territories.

53min
January 21, 1990

11. King Solomon's Mountains

The forests and waters of Ethiopia's Bale Mountains, may one day renew the country's depleted landscape.

53min
February 4, 1990

12. Hunters of the Sky

A look at how Europe's birds of prey have adapted.

53min
February 11, 1990

13. A Wolf in the Fold

The relationship between working sheepdogs and flocks of sheep. Selective breeding yields a sheepdog with outstanding abilities to tend the creature other canines prey upon.

53min
February 18, 1990

14. The Colorado

Tracing the course of the Colorado River.

53min
March 4, 1990

15. The Emerald Isle

Thousands of years of human settlement provide the backdrop by which to discover the wildlife of Ireland.

53min
March 11, 1990

16. Giant Otters

The fur trade continues to threaten the South American otter with extinction, despite its status as an endangered species.

53min
March 18, 1990

17. The Haida Gwai: Islands of the People

Profiles the Haida Indians who live on British Columbia's Queen Charlotte Island.

53min
March 25, 1990

18. Presque Isle: Land in Motion

An exploration of the environmental impact of man's attempts to halt the erosion of Presque Isle beaches.

53min
April 1, 1990

19. Yellowstone on Fire

The effect of the 1988 fire on the ecosystem of Yellowstone National Park.

53min
April 8, 1990

20. Serpents

A natural history of the snake includes its significance to man as a symbol of fertility, immortality and death.

53min
April 15, 1990