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!

Here is a small selection of our Nature Documentaries:

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 odd that Western man, with but very few – and ever fewer – exceptions, apparently pays ... Watch Documentary	Andy Goldsworthy’s Rivers And Tides Documentarian Thomas Riedelsheimer shows us Andy Goldsworthy as he creates art in natural settings using natural materials such as driftwood, ice, mud, leaves, and stones. Goldsworthy comments on his “earthworks” and occasionally responds to off screen questions from Riedelsheimer while he painstaki... Watch Documentary
Inside Nature’s Giants BBC Documentary Inside Nature’s Giants dissects the largest animals on the planet to uncover their evolutionary secrets. Most wildlife documentaries tell you how an animal behaves, but by dissecting the animal and studying its anatomy we can we can see how an anima... Watch Documentary	My Big Breasts And Me This BBC documentary follows the lives of three women who feel uncomfortably defined by their naturally large bust size. One is terrified of having breast reduction surgery but with her breasts causing her chronic back pain she knows it may be her only ... Watch Documentary
Oliver The Chimp In January 1976 news broke of a phenomenon. Pictures showed an upright bald ape called Oliver, who appeared to be a cross between a human and a chimpanzee; What scientists refer to as a humanzee. He had a flatter face than his fel... Watch Documentary	Animal Weapons In the competitive struggle for survival, less powerful animals have developed an ingenious array of strategies to find and kill their targets. Traps, lures and lies may be the best-known tricks to man, but are also skilfully employed by creatures in the ani... Watch Documentary
Pedigree Dogs Exposed BBC Documentary The Kennel Club, the governing body of pedigree dogs in the UK that runs the prestigious dog conformation show Crufts, was criticized for allowing breed standards, judging standards and breeding practices to compromise the health of pedigree dogs. The programme generated ... Watch Documentary	How Does Your Memory Work You might think that your memory is there to help you remember facts, such as birthdays or shopping lists. If so, you would be very wrong. The ability to travel back in time in your mind is, perhaps, your most remarkable a... Watch Documentary
Ape To Man It has long been considered the most compelling question in our history: Where do human beings come from? Although life has existed for millions of years, only in the past century-and-a-half have we begun to use science to explore the ancestral ro... Watch Documentary	Darwin’s Nightmare Forty years ago, a voracious predator was introduced into the waters of Tanzania's Lake Victoria where it quickly extinguished the entire stock of native fish. Its ecological impact aside, the Nile Perch became highly prized for its tender, plump fillets, hardly meeti... Watch Documentary