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Nature Documentaries have the simple power to amaze, astonish, surprise and bewilder us as we discover the incredible natural world in which we live.

Our top nature documentaries have been divided into 8 categories for easy navigation, so we can explore the life of plants, journey into space, climb Mount Everest, witness wildlife on the plains of Africa, explore our humanity and our food, walk with dinosaurs and so much more.

We've sourced hundreds of free nature documentaries from all over the internet, and provided them right here on Nature Documentaries for everyone to enjoy and to watch for free, regardless of age or location in the world. So put your feet up and immerse yourself into our amazing world, with nature documentaries from the BBC, PBS, Nova, ABC Australia and many more quality sources!

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Leonardo Da Vinci

Leonardo Da Vinci

This is the story of one of the greatest minds in history. An artist, scientist, engineer, visionary and all-round genius, Leonardo Da Vinci (1452–1519) was arguably the main ...

Carl Jung: Matter of Heart

Carl Jung: Matter of Heart

The psyche is the greatest of all cosmic wonders and the “sine qua non” of the world as an object. It is in the highest degree ...

Off The Grid

Off The Grid

Thoreau said that if an emergency struck, a man should be able to leave his home with nothing more than the clothing on his back and feel like ...

Jungle Trip

Jungle Trip

Lost in the heart of the Peruvian Amazon, there is a vine that is said to talk to humans, giving an understanding to the secrets of life. The custodians ...

Mystery Of The Jurassic

Mystery Of The Jurassic

For years scientists have been trying to find the mysterious evolutionary master key responsible for transforming the dinosaurs into world-beaters. In the early Jurassic, 200 million years ...

Why Are Thin People Not Fat?

Why Are Thin People Not Fat?

The world is affected by an obesity epidemic, but why is it that not everyone is succumbing? Medical science has been obsessed with this subject ...

Evolution of Life On Other Planets: Even The Gods Have Gods

Evolution of Life On Other Planets: Even the Gods Have Gods

A comprehensive review of scientific findings, published in prestigious scientific journals, is presented to explain how life from other planets ...

The Mystery Of Picasso

The Mystery of Picasso

Henri-Georges Clouzot’s 1956 film, The Mystery of Picasso (Le Mystère Picasso), sets out some lofty goals for itself. In only 75 minutes, Clouzot seeks to uncover nothing ...

Mahatma: Life of Gandhi

Mahatma: Life of Gandhi

This is a film which seeks to tell the life-story of Gandhi the Man and his incessant search for Truth. In this world so full of hatred ...

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A highly sophisticated restoration team is painstakingly reassembling the Parthenon of Athens—a classic Greek building that has suffered from wars, earthquakes, and disastrous previous restoration attempts....
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