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Silverback

Season 43 Episode 1

Follow filmmaker Vianet Djenguet as he documents a grueling but vital mission to habituate a notoriously protective 500-pound silverback, in a last-ditch effort to save the critically endangered Eastern lowland gorillas from extinction.

Aired: 10/22/24
Major support for NATURE is provided by The Arnhold Family in memory of Henry and Clarisse Arnhold, The Fairweather Foundation, Kate W. Cassidy Foundation, Charles Rosenblum, Kathy Chiao and Ken Hao, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Filomen M. D’Agostino Foundation, Lillian Goldman Charitable Trust, Gregg Peters Monsees Foundation, Koo and Patricia Yuen, Sandra Atlas Bass, The Hite Foundation, Sarah and Sandra Lyu in memory of Seung and Dorothy Lyu, Bradley L. Goldberg Family Foundation, Arlene and Milton D. Berkman, Perpetual Kindness Foundation and Sun Hill Renewal Fund, by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and by Viewers Like You.
Extras
Experience San Diego, where dazzling biodiversity thrives amidst a transformed urban landscape.
Cameraman Vianet Djenguet captures the face of the forest's 500-pound silverback.
Discover the wildlife of Transylvania, a mysterious region hiding some of Europe’s last wilderness.
A mother gorilla feeds her infant within the gaze of the outsiders.
Conservationists put themselves at risk to habituate a notoriously protective 500-pound silverback.
In Congo, filmmaker Vianet Djenguet comes face to face with the forest’s largest gorilla.
Get a sneak peek at a brand new season of NATURE on PBS.
Frogs are going extinct - here's how we can save them.
Director John Murray takes us inside the making of "Wild Ireland: Kingdom of Stone."
Director Anton Ptushkin discusses his experience working on "Saving the Animals of Ukraine."