NATURE Returns for its 41st Season

Discover the Great East African Migration and learn about woodpeckers, ocelots and more

• Christina Zeiders
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  Christina Zeiders is the Communications Specialist at WITF. She helps get the word out about all of WITF's programs, events and community conversations.

The Emmy and Peabody Award-winning series NATURE returns with a new season this Wednesday, October 19, at 8pm on WITF TV and the PBS Video app.

They’re kicking off the 41^st season with Running with the Beest, which showcases the Great Migration in East Africa – a spectacle that can be seen from space and is one of the most impressive mass movements of land animals on Earth. Over a million wildebeest – alongside zebra, gazelle, and elands – journey in a quest to find fresh grass.

Two Maasai guides, Derrick Nabaala and Evalyn Sintoya, have spent the last 10 years tracking the wildebeest as they migrate through Kenya’s Mara ecosystem. The migration is part of their cultural heritage, but it’s being threatened. They’ll expose the modern-day conflict between people and wildlife and share new ideas for co-existence in a changing world.

This fall, NATURE will also take you to Canada’s Wild North, and introduce you to woodpeckers across the globe and to the most endangered wild cat in America – the ocelot.

Watch the newest season of NATURE on WITF TV or the PBS Video app on Wednesdays at 8pm starting October 19. Episodes stream for free for four weeks following their premiere, but you can get more time to watch with WITF Passport.