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The Best Seasons of Nature

Every season of Nature ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best seasons of Nature!

Top season
Season 5
9.3avg
Best episode
S43E13 Hummingbirds of Hollywood
9.167 votes
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#1

Season 5

20 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1986

9.3/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE8 · Leopard: A Darkness in the Grass 9.3
#2

Season 16

16 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1997

9.1/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE1 · Toothwalkers: Giants of the Arctic Ice 9.1
#3

Season 15

14 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1996

9.0/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE2 · The Crater Lions 9.2

Other Seasons

#4

Season 10

21 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1991

8.8/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE1 · From the Heart of the World: the Elder Brothers' Warning 9.4
#5

Season 19

16 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2000

8.7/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE7 · Triumph of Life: The Four Billion Year War 9.2
#6

Season 45

3 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2026

8.7/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE1 · Sesame Street and the Great Elephant Adventure 10.0
#7

Season 14

14 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1995

8.4/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE11 · Jane Goodall's Wild Chimpanzees 8.2
#8

Season 17

16 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1998

8.4/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE10 · John Denver: Let This Be a Voice 8.7
#9

Season 24

13 Episodes

First Aired: Nov 2005

8.3/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE11 · The Queen of Trees 9.2
#10

Season 43

13 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2024

8.3/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE13 · Hummingbirds of Hollywood 9.1
#11

Season 20

17 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2001

8.3/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE9 · Cloud: Wild Stallion of the Rockies 9.0
#12

Season 12

14 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1993

8.3/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE6 · The Nature of Sex: The Sex Contract 9.2
#13

Season 18

18 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1999

8.3/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE4 · Sled Dogs: An Alaskan Epic 9.0
#14

Season 25

16 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2006

8.2/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE5 · Rhinoceros 8.9
#15

Season 11

18 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1992

8.2/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE12 · Gorilla: King of the Congo 8.8
#16

Season 32

19 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2013

8.2/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE19 · Fabulous Frogs 8.4
#17

Season 26

13 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2007

8.1/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE3 · The Cheetah Orphans 8.9
#18

Season 35

17 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2016

8.1/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE4 · The Story of Cats: Asia to Africa 8.5
#19

Season 37

15 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2018

8.1/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE3 · Super Cats: Science and Secrets 8.8
#20

Season 3

18 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1984

8.1/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE5 · The Face of the Deep 9.4
#21

Season 38

18 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2019

8.0/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE12 · The Mighty Weasel 8.2
#22

Season 22

13 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2003

8.0/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE1 · Hippo Beach 9.2
#23

Season 6

21 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1987

8.0/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE7 · The Volcano Watchers 8.0
#24

Season 31

13 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2012

8.0/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE7 · Attenborough's Life Stories: Our Fragile Planet 8.9
#25

Season 33

17 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2014

8.0/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE17 · The Sagebrush Sea 8.6
#26

Season 39

13 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2020

8.0/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE13 · The Bat Man of Mexico 8.6
#27

Season 27

13 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2008

7.9/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE11 · The Loneliest Animals 8.5
#28

Season 41

13 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2022

7.9/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE6 · Soul of the Ocean 8.3
#29

Season 29

16 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2010

7.8/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE5 · Wolverine: Chasing the Phantom 8.2
#30

Season 44

13 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2025

7.8/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE13 · Legendary Tigers of India 8.5
#31

Season 28

10 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2009

7.8/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE5 · Hummingbirds: Magic in the Air 8.6
#32

Season 36

16 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2017

7.8/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE12 · Sex, Lies and Butterflies 8.1
#33

Season 21

14 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2002

7.8/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE10 · The Reptiles: Lizards 8.5
#34

Season 40

13 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2021

7.8/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE1 · My Garden of a Thousand Bees 8.9
#35

Season 34

16 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2015

7.7/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE13 · Animal Reunions 8.2
#36

Season 30

13 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2011

7.7/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE4 · My Life as a Turkey 8.6
#37

Season 23

13 Episodes

First Aired: Nov 2004

7.6/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE4 · Violent Hawaii 8.2
#38

Season 42

17 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2023

7.6/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE12 · Patrick and the Whale 8.4
#39

Season 1

13 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1982

7.6/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE3 · The Flight of the Condor: Down the Amazon 8.1
#40

Season 2

13 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1983

7.4/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE2 · Fungi: The Rotten World About Us 7.4
#41

Season 4

20 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1985

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#42

Season 7

20 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1988

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#43

Season 8

20 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1989

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#44

Season 9

21 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1990

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#45

Season 13

15 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1994

N/A/ 10
Average Rating

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Top-rated Nature episodes

  1. #1Hummingbirds of Hollywood S43E139.1
  2. #2My Garden of a Thousand Bees S40E18.9
  3. #3The Queen of Trees S24E119.2
  4. #4Leopard: A Darkness in the Grass S5E89.3
  5. #5From the Heart of the World: the Elder Brothers' Warning S10E19.4

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