Nature - Season 37 - Eps 12: The Egg: Life’s Perfect Invention
How is an egg made? Why are they the shape they are? And perhaps most importantly, why lay an egg at all? Step by step as the egg hatches, host David Attenborough reveals the wonder behind these incredible miracles of nature.
About Nature

Title: Nature
First Air Date: 1982-10-10
Last Air Date: 2025-04-16
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 8.1/10 (from 35 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 44
Total Episodes: 678
Network: PBS
Genres: Documentary, Family
Production Companies: Thirteen, Coneflower Films Studios, Trebitsch Produktion International GmbH, Rubin Tarrant Productions
Synopsis
Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy Antarctica. The show's primary focus is on animals and ecosystems around the world. A comic book based on the show, meant to be used an as educational tool for kids, was briefly distributed to museums and schools at no cost in the mid-2000s.