NOVA · SEASON 45
World's Fastest Animal
Episode 16 · 2018-11-21

- Documentary
Episode overview
See the world through the eyes of nature’s fastest animal: the peregrine falcon. Though once perilously endangered in the U.S., this spectacular predator is now thriving again in American cities and on every continent but Antarctica. What is the secret to its predatory prowess? Join expert falconer Lloyd Buck as he trains a captive peregrine and puts its hunting skills to the test.
55 minutes
Season 45 episodes
1. Black Hole Apocalypse2018-01-10
2. The Impossible Flight2018-01-31
3. First Face of America2018-02-07
4. Great Escape at Dunkirk2018-02-14
5. Prediction by the Numbers2018-02-28
6. Decoding the Weather Machine2018-04-18
7. Rise of the Superstorms2018-06-27
8. Transplanting Hope2018-09-26
9. Operation Bridge Rescue2018-10-03
10. Volatile Earth: Volcano on Fire2018-10-10
11. Volatile Earth: Volcano on the Brink2018-10-10
12. Addiction2018-10-17
13. Flying Supersonic2018-10-24
14. Last B-242018-11-07
15. Thai Cave Rescue2018-11-14
16. World's Fastest Animal2018-11-21
17. Apollo's Daring Mission2018-12-26
101. NOVA Wonders What Are Animals Saying?2018-04-25
102. NOVA Wonders What's Living in You?2018-05-02
103. NOVA Wonders Are We Alone?2018-05-09
104. NOVA Wonders Can We Build a Brain?2018-05-16
105. NOVA Wonders Can We Make Life?2018-05-23
106. NOVA Wonders What's the Universe Made Of?2018-05-30