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How NYC Pigeons Survive the City That Never Sleeps

Season 44 Episode 3 | 2m 22s

Times Square never shuts down, and neither do its pigeons. Discover how these urban specialists adapt to constant light, noise, and action… even sleeping with one eye open.

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, 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, Perpetual Kindness Foundation and Sun Hill Renewal Fund, and by Viewers Like You.
Extras
On Costa Rica’s Pacific coast, turtles and jaguars collide in unexpected ways.
Uncover the secret world of New York and London’s resilient pigeon flocks.
Who rules the streets -- and skies -- of the city?
Discover how pigeons find a mate for life.
Follow a female mountain lion in the Montana mountains over the course of a decade.
A mother mountain lion risks her life to feed her six kittens.
Mountain lions risk everything to hunt elk, prey more than twice their size.
Discover how rapidly declining sea ice is reshaping the future for walruses.
An orphaned baby walrus, just a week old, gets a second chance.
It was once believed that walruses dug for clams with their tusks, but the truth is even stranger.