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- Season 0 1999-07-13
- Season 1 1974-03-03
- Season 2 1974-11-03
- Season 3 1976-01-04
- Season 4 1977-01-05
- Season 5 1978-01-04
- Season 6 1979-01-04
- Season 7 1980-01-15
- Season 8 1981-01-06
- Season 9 1982-01-10
- Season 10 1983-01-18
- Season 11 1984-01-17
- Season 12 1985-01-15
- Season 13 1986-01-21
- Season 14 1987-01-20
- Season 15 1988-01-19
- Season 16 1989-01-17
- Season 17 1990-01-09
- Season 18 1991-01-08
- Season 19 1992-01-14
- Season 20 1993-01-05
- Season 21 1994-01-18
- Season 22 1995-01-08
- Season 23 1995-10-10
- Season 24 1996-10-01
- Season 25 1997-10-07
- Season 26 1998-10-06
- Season 27 1999-10-05
- Season 28 2000-10-24
- Season 29 2001-10-02
- Season 30 2002-09-03
- Season 31 2003-09-30
- Season 32 2004-09-28
- Season 33 2005-09-20
- Season 34 2006-09-05
- Season 35 2007-10-09
- Season 36 2008-10-07
- Season 37 2009-10-06
- Season 38 2010-10-19
- Season 39 2011-09-07
- Season 40 2012-10-10
- Season 41 2013-09-11
- Season 42 2014-09-10
- Season 43 2015-09-16
- Season 44 2016-09-07
- Season 45 2018-01-10
- Season 46 2019-01-02
- Season 47 2020-02-05
- Season 48 2021-01-13
- Season 49 2022-02-01
- Season 50 2023-02-01
- Season 51 2024-01-31
Season 51 Episode
- Season 26 Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude
- Season 26 Chasing El Nino
- Season 26 Terror In Space
- Season 26 Special Effects: Titanic and Beyond
- Season 26 Deadly Shadow of Vesuvius
- Season 26 Ice Mummies: Frozen in Heaven (1)
- Season 26 Ice Mummies: Siberian Ice Maiden (2)
- Season 26 Ice Mummies: Return of the Iceman (3)
- Season 26 Leopards of the Night with David Attenborough
- Season 26 The Perfect Pearl
- Season 26 The Beast of Loch Ness
- Season 26 Submarines, Secrets, and Spies
- Season 26 Everest: The Mystery of Mallory and Irvin
- Season 26 Escape! Because Accidents Happen: Fire (1)
- Season 26 Escape! Because Accidents Happen: Car Crash (2)
- Season 26 Escape! Because Accidents Happen: Plane Crash (3)
- Season 26 Escape! Because Accidents Happen: Abandon Ship (4)
- Season 26 Battle Alert in the Gulf
- Season 26 Volcanoes of the Deep
- Season 26 Surviving AIDS
NOVA - Season 26 Episode 10 The Perfect Pearl
6.83 55 minutes The pearl—the only gem produced by a living animal—has long carried a certain allure. Yet the best mollusk for making this gem—the pearl oyster—doesn't always produce a pearl, and even then, the pearls are rarely perfectly round. It wasn't until the late nineteenth century, when a Japanese scientist discovered a technique to incite oysters to produce these gems, that an industry was formed.
Inducing an oyster to create a pearl is only half the battle—the oyster then needs a nutrient-rich, open environment in which to grow. This NOVA program looks at the science of pearl farming, follows efforts of oyster farmers trying to cope with growing problems of pollution and overcrowding, and considers the shifting sands of dominance within the pearl industry.
