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The Dirt: This Week in Nature

This week's dirt: New study suggests birds with high color variation evolve more quickly, fossils belonging to giant panda ancestor found in Europe, scientists say lizard spit may curb our appetite, and a recent court ruling that pit bulls are “inherently dangerous” sparks debate.

May 18th, 2012 | 0 comments

Cracking the Koala Code: Full Episode

Watch the full episode of the PBS Nature film which examines koala communication, vocalization, and social structure.

May 17th, 2012 | 3 comments

Silence of the Bees: Video: Full Episode

Watch the full episode of PBS Nature's Silence of the Bees, which looks at a recent phenomenon dubbed Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD).

May 13th, 2012 | 172 comments

The Dirt: This Week in Nature

This week's dirt: Scientists say dinosaur flatulence helped warm Earth, Orangutans get into iPads, DNA traces gray whale population decline back to whaling era, Cypress family of trees tells us quite a bit about evolution, Brazilian rainforest fungus takes over ant brains, and more.

May 11th, 2012 | 0 comments

Cracking the Koala Code: Koala Communication: An Interview with Dr. Bill Ellis

An interview about koala communication, vocalization, and social structure with Dr. Bill Ellis, head of The University of Queensland's Koala Ecology Group.

May 10th, 2012 | 1 comment

Cracking the Koala Code: Koala Fact Sheet

Information about the eucalyptus leaf-eating marsupial Phascolarctos cinereus.

May 10th, 2012 | 0 comments

Cracking the Koala Code: Video: A Battle for Territory

A fight erupts between two koalas after one of the males invades the other's territory.

May 10th, 2012 | 0 comments

Cracking the Koala Code: Video: A Koala Roams the Suburbs

A male koala roams the Australian suburbs in search of a mate to produce offspring.

May 10th, 2012 | 0 comments

Cracking the Koala Code: Video: Preparing for a Eucalyptus Diet

A baby koala consumes his mother's pap, a secretion that will give the joey the bacteria needed to digest eucalyptus leaves.

May 10th, 2012 | 1 comment

The White Lions: Full Episode

Watch the full episode of the PBS Nature film, The White Lions— the story of two remarkable and extremely rare white lion cubs on their journey to adulthood.

May 10th, 2012 | 10 comments
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