Nature: Katavi – Africa’s Fallen Paradise

Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m.

April 2 - 16

In the heart of Africa’s Great Rift Valley lies Katavi, a little-known national park spanning more than 3,000 square miles of western Tanzania. Here, Nature’s filmmakers capture a once-in-a-lifetime event – a severe drought followed by heavy rains that tests the survival skills of all those that call Katavi home.

The Future of Nature

Wednesdays at 9:00 p.m.

April 2 - 16

Follow a growing number of inspiring people fighting to save nature. Understand the impact of carbon on our planet and how nature is helping to mitigate its effects.

Age of Nature

Wednesdays, April 2 and 9, at 10:00 p.m.

Explore humanity’s relationship with nature and wildlife, as scientists and conservationists from all over the world examine ways we can restore our planet. This documentary series asks whether newfound awareness of nature could bring about a new chapter in the human story.

The Rolling Fork Tornado

Friday, April 4, at 8:00 p.m.

Sunday, April 6, at 4:00 p.m.

For years, the center of tornado activity in America has been shifting east and south, putting more people in the path of more frequent and powerful storms. On the evening of March 24, 2023, the people of Rolling Fork, Mississippi, in the South Delta, were on that path. A tornado wrecked homes, businesses, and churches. And wrecked lives. Rolling Fork is the hometown of filmmaker Willy Bearden. For more than a year after the tornado, Willy and his longtime friend George Larrimore repeatedly returned to Rolling Fork because the stories of the people, stories of courage, compassion, and resilience needed to be told.

NOVA: Secrets of the Forest

Wednesday, April 16

at 8:00 p.m.

Can forests help cool the planet? Follow scientists working in spectacular forest landscapes in Costa Rica, Brazil, Australia and beyond as they try to untangle complex networks of trees, fungi and creatures large and small – all in a quest to tackle the twin threats of climate change and species extinction.

Water for Life

Monday, April 21

at 10:00 p.m.

Meet three extraordinary individuals: Berta Cáceres, a leader of the Lenca people in Honduras; Francisco Pineda, a subsistence farmer in El Salvador; and Alberto Curamil, an Indigenous Mapuche leader in Chile, all of whom refused to let government supported industry and transnational corporations take their water and redirect it to mining, hydroelectric projects or large scale agriculture.

Nature: Peguins — Meet the Family

Wednesday, April 23

at 7:00 p.m.

A celebration of one of Earth’s most iconic and beloved birds, featuring all 18 species of penguins for the first time, from New Zealand, Cape Town, the Galapagos Islands and Antarctica.

NOVA: Arctic Sinkholes

Wednesday, April 23

at 8:00 p.m.

Colossal explosions shake a remote corner of the Siberian tundra, leaving behind massive craters. In Alaska, a huge lake erupts with bubbles of inflammable gas.

Changing Planet

Wednesday, April 23

at 9:00 p.m.

A celebration of one of Earth’s most iconic and beloved birds, featuring all 18 species of penguins for the first time, from New Zealand, Cape Town, the Galapagos Islands and Antarctica.

Upstream, Downriver: Uniting for Water Justice

Wednesday, April 23

at 10:00 p.m.

The 1972 Clean Water Act introduced landmark regulations significantly reducing water pollution in America. However, it did not serve many disadvantaged communities most vulnerable to our climate crisis. From Washington, DC to Los Angeles, "Upstream, Downriver: Uniting for Water Justice" takes you on a journey into the heart of the struggle for water justice and equity.

Nature: Niagara Falls

Wednesday, April 30

at 7:00 p.m.

Embark to Niagara Falls and witness its stunning beauty and a wide variety of wildlife—mammals, birds, and reptiles— that call it home. Through the eyes of passionate scientists, uncover a complex world forged by stone and powered by water.