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These giant creatures swimming in the deep ocean are not just known for their size - they're also amazing parents.

Patrick Dykstra has a life-changing encounter with a sperm whale and uncovers their world.

“There really is this extraterrestrial quality to sperm whales,” says Patrick Dykstra, a cinematographer with a fascination for underwater sea life. His interest in whales — and his interactions with them — are captured in the latest installment of the PBS series “Nature.” “Patrick and the Whale” has an appealing, low-key sensibility that’s missing from similar but more frantic programming ...

Patrick Dykstra has a life-changing encounter with a sperm whale and uncovers their world.

Premieres Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App + Encores Sunday, Feb. 25 at 8 p.m. and Thursday, Feb. 29 at 7 p.m. on KPBS 2. For years, Patrick Dykstra has traveled the globe following and diving with whales, learning how whales see, hear and perceive other creatures in the water. In Dominica, Patrick has a life changing experience - a close encounter with a sperm whale he names “Delores.” Witness Patrick and the whale attempt to communicate with each other in extraordina...

Patrick Dykstra has a life-changing encounter with a sperm whale and uncovers their world.

Patrick and the Whale - NatureTV Schedule for New Hampshires only statewide locally owned and operated television network, engages minds, connects communities, and celebrates New Hampshire with programs that entertain, educate and enrich.

Next week, learn about the fight for gender equality in the skies, join NOVA on the quest to find DNA from before the last Ice Age, and much more.

Are you looking to expand your horizons? Then check out the three PBS shows that you should watch in February.

Looking out from Wata Bo’o beach, I saw a calm blue sea, the water unruffled, disrupted only intermittently by the splash of a leaping silvery fish. This serene tropical outpost, a thousand miles east of Bali, felt like it might have always been like this. Except the beach has had a troubled history. The Portuguese, Dutch, Japanese and most recently, the Indonesians, battled over it. With mass atrocities in living memory – they only gained independence from Indonesia 21 years ago &...