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NATURE brings the beauty and wonder of the natural world into your home, becoming in the process the benchmark for natural history programs.

In northern Kenya, a remarkable conservation experiment is unfolding at Reteti Sanctuary.
Go behind the scenes of our miniseries "Parenthood."
A boxer crab mother relies on living anemones for defense.
Major support for NATURE is provided by The Arnhold Family in memory of Henry and Clarisse Arnhold, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, The Fairweather Foundation, Charles Rosenblum, Kathy Chiao and Ken Hao, Sarah and Sandra Lyu in memory of Seung and Dorothy Lyu, The Lillian Goldman Charitable Trust, Dr. George Stanley and Sandra Caruso, Colin S. Edwards, Kate W. Cassidy Foundation, Filomen M. D’Agostino Foundation, Gregg Peters Monsees Foundation, Koo and Patricia Yuen, Seton J. Melvin, Sandra Atlas Bass, George D. Smith Fund, Inc., Dr. Coralyn W. Whitney Program Fund for Science and Nature, Bradley L. Goldberg Family Foundation, The Hite Foundation, Arlene and Milton D. Berkman, Paul H. Klingenstein and Kathleen R. Bole, Perpetual Kindness Foundation and Sun Hill Renewal Fund, and by Viewers Like You.
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This spider mother provides one last meal for her brood: herself.
A langur mother climbs dangerous cliffs to protect her baby from rival males.
This isn’t a prison. It’s a carefully built nursery, sealed for protection.
Sharing a tree hole, two unlikely allies protect their families in very different ways.
An unlikely partnership in East Lombok turns shark hunting into a ecotourism venture.
For an octopus mother, mating marks the beginning of the end.
Otter triplets are extremely rare, and raising them pushes a mother to her limits.
This fish dad doesn’t eat for a month to protect his young.
Parenthood is the ultimate journey, full of danger.
This frog dad goes to extreme heights to find the safest home for his tadpoles.