Nature · S8 · E7
Gorillas
A portrait of the endangered mountain gorilla in equatorial Africa.
About this episode
A portrait of the endangered mountain gorilla in equatorial Africa.
Season 8
1The Great Rift: Footprints in the Valley
53 minOct 8, 1989
The area's evolutionary roots opens this look at the African valley.
2The Great Rift: Out of the Ashes
53 minOct 15, 1989
The wildlife that lives on the Great Rift's ash plains.
3The Great Rift: Breaking the Continent
53 minOct 22, 1989
Examines the Red Sea, the island of Madagascar and East Africa.
4Under the Ice
53 minOct 29, 1989
Soft coral, sponges, tubeworms, anemones and giant cod adapt to life in Antarctica's subzero waters.
5Land of Dragons
53 minNov 12, 1989
Profiles the wildlife living within the British crown colony of Hong Kong
6The Great Wood of Caledon
53 minNov 19, 1989
An exploration of the Caledonian forest in Scotland, Britain's largest remaining area of ancient woodland.
7Gorillas
53 minDec 10, 1989Now viewing
A portrait of the endangered mountain gorilla in equatorial Africa.
8Forest of Fear
53 minDec 17, 1989
A look at the maneating tigers of the Sundarbans delta in India.
9Gran Paradiso
53 minJan 7, 1990
Resource management in Italy's alpine Gran Paradiso National Park has consequences beyond the parks boundaries.
10Cranes of the Grey Wind
53 minJan 21, 1990
Scientists study sandhill cranes on Nebraskan plains, Alaskan and Siberian coasts and in the Northwest Territories.
11King Solomon's Mountains
53 minFeb 4, 1990
The forests and waters of Ethiopia's Bale Mountains, may one day renew the country's depleted landscape.
12Hunters of the Sky
53 minFeb 11, 1990
A look at how Europe's birds of prey have adapted.
13A Wolf in the Fold
53 minFeb 18, 1990
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.
14The Colorado
53 minMar 4, 1990
Tracing the course of the Colorado River.
15The Emerald Isle
53 minMar 11, 1990
Thousands of years of human settlement provide the backdrop by which to discover the wildlife of Ireland.
16Giant Otters
53 minMar 18, 1990
The fur trade continues to threaten the South American otter with extinction, despite its status as an endangered species.
17The Haida Gwai: Islands of the People
53 minMar 25, 1990
Profiles the Haida Indians who live on British Columbia's Queen Charlotte Island.
18Presque Isle: Land in Motion
53 minApr 1, 1990
An exploration of the environmental impact of man's attempts to halt the erosion of Presque Isle beaches.
19Yellowstone on Fire
53 minApr 8, 1990
The effect of the 1988 fire on the ecosystem of Yellowstone National Park.
20Serpents
53 minApr 15, 1990
A natural history of the snake includes its significance to man as a symbol of fertility, immortality and death.
