Invaders: A Natural History

6-part Documentary Series, 2011

This National Geographic series explores the fragile balance between humans and nonhuman species through the contested category of “invasives.” Focusing on nutria, coyotes, bed bugs, and moose, it traces how human expansion and ecological disruption generate new forms of entanglement between species. Invasive animals are not only ecological agents but cultural symbols, embodying tensions around belonging, adaptation, and resilience. By blending ecological science with ethnographic perspectives, the series interrogates the language of invasion itself—asking whether such framing obscures deeper histories of movement, colonization, and survival in a rapidly transforming natural world.