TV Nature - Season 32 Episode 17 : The Gathering Swarms Nature - Season 32 Episode 17 : The Gathering Swarms 7.8/10 by 39 users A look at some of the planet’s great gatherings, creatures that come together in inconceivable numbers – sometimes in millions, billions, and even trillions. Included are bats and bees, locust and ants, monarch butterflies in Mexico, 17-year cicada hatches, grunion in the Sea of Cortez and carp in the Mississippi River, sardine runs off the coast of South Africa, super flocks of parakeets in the Australian Outback, mayflies on the 4th of July, and even penguins and wildebeest. Some gather to breed or to migrate, some for protection, some simply to keep warm in the cold. But in the process, a kind of super-organism is created in which individual intelligence is superseded by a collective consciousness that shares information and moves with a single purpose for the benefit of all. Check out swarm intelligence, essentially a living embodiment of social media in the natural world. Details Casts Posters Images Title Nature - Season 32 Episode 17 : The Gathering Swarms Alternative Titles Nature with George Page First Air Date 1982-10-10 Last Air Date 2025-10-29 Number of Episodes 683 Number of Seasons 44 Genres Documentary, Family, Networks PBS, Casts Plot Keywords , Episodes List Nature Season 32 :Episode 1 Earthflight Earthflight 2013-09-04 Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy... Nature Season 32 :Episode 2 Earthflight Earthflight 2013-09-11 Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy... Nature Season 32 :Episode 3 Earthflight Earthflight 2013-09-18 Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy... Nature Season 32 :Episode 4 Earthflight Earthflight 2013-09-25 Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy... Nature Season 32 :Episode 5 Earthflight Earthflight 2013-10-02 Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy... Nature Season 32 :Episode 6 Earthflight Earthflight 2013-10-09 Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy... Nature Season 32 :Episode 7 Saving Otter 501 Saving Otter 501 2013-10-16 Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy... Nature Season 32 :Episode 8 Love in the Animal Kingdom Love in the Animal Kingdom 2013-11-06 Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy... Nature Season 32 :Episode 9 Parrot Confidential Parrot Confidential 2013-11-13 Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy... Nature Season 32 :Episode 10 Meet the Coywolf Meet the Coywolf 2014-01-22 Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy... Nature Season 32 :Episode 11 The Funkiest Monkeys The Funkiest Monkeys 2014-01-29 Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy... Nature Season 32 :Episode 12 Honey Badgers: Masters of Mayhem Honey Badgers: Masters of Mayhem 2014-02-19 Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy... Nature Season 32 :Episode 13 Ireland's Wild River Ireland's Wild River 2014-03-05 Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy... Nature Season 32 :Episode 14 My Bionic Pet My Bionic Pet 2014-04-09 Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy... Nature Season 32 :Episode 15 Touching the Wild Touching the Wild 2014-04-16 Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy... Nature Season 32 :Episode 16 Snow Monkeys Snow Monkeys 2014-04-23 Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy... Nature Season 32 :Episode 17 The Gathering Swarms The Gathering Swarms 2014-05-21 Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy... Nature Season 32 :Episode 18 Leave It to Beavers Leave It to Beavers 2014-05-14 Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy... Nature Season 32 :Episode 19 Fabulous Frogs Fabulous Frogs 2014-06-25 Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy...