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Fellowship of the Whales: Video: Full Episode

tanner vea — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:30:26 +0000

Follow a baby humpback whale as she travels from her birthplace in Hawaii, to feeding grounds off Alaska’s coast. Escorted by her mother, this newborn will learn many things along the way. And when the pair returns to Hawaii, this yearling will be ready to take her place in her own community of whales.

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This program premiered November 15, 2009.

Black Mamba: Video: Full Episode

tanner vea — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:20:38 +0000

The black mamba is one of Africa’s most dangerous and feared snakes. Most people would kill it on sight. But in the tiny country of Swaziland, one husband and wife team has taken a different approach to the mamba. They’ve initiated a study that they hope will change perceptions of what they feel is the world’s most misunderstood snake.

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This program premiered November 8, 2009.

Cloud: Challenge of the Stallions: Video: Full Episode

tanner vea — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:30:00 +0000

The returning saga of Cloud, the wild stallion, finds us back in the Arrowhead Mountains of Montana. Cloud is one of two fathers who bring up each other’s sons. Bolder is his by birth, while Flint, sired by another stallion, is the colt Cloud raised. Now, Bolder has gathered some mares of his own, and Flint has joined a group of bachelor stallions. Who will rise to challenge the mighty Cloud?

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This program premiered October 25, 2009.

Violent Hawaii: Video: Full Episode

tanner vea — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:10:27 +0000

The Hawaiian chain of islands, made up of six main islands plus two smaller ones, stretches for more than 1,500 miles through the heart of the Pacific Ocean. It is a place of idyllic beauty. But it is also a land of volcanic fury, raging mountaintop blizzards, dangerous rockslides, monster waves, and even tsunamis.

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This program premiered on January 9, 2005.

The Good, the Bad, and the Grizzly: Video: Full Episode

admin — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:31:47 +0000

After a decades-long comeback, the grizzly bears of Yellowstone National Park appear to be thriving. Should they now be removed from the protection of the Endangered Species Act? This question has provoked one of the most emotionally charged wildlife controversies in America today. [COVE pid="8nIC8tfvOV2aJzoj_Ny4w3g0cvfXGKZV" player="4x3chapters" location="national" episodemediaid="995223921" thumbnail="http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/cove/naat-002203-stack.jpg"] This program premiered November 21, 2004.

Silence of the Bees: Video: Full Episode

admin — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:44:43 +0000

In the winter of 2006, a strange phenomenon fell upon honeybee hives across the country. Without a trace, millions of bees vanished from their hives, leaving billions of dollars of crops at risk and potentially threatening our food supply. The epidemic set researchers scrambling to discover why honeybees were dying in record numbers — and to stop the epidemic in its tracks before it spread further.

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This program premiered October 28, 2007.

Holy Cow: Video: Full Episode

tanner vea — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:52:55 +0000

About 8,000 years ago, the relationship between cows and man began with the revolutionary advent of domestication in Mesopotamia, the Indus River Valley, and Africa. Discover how cows have altered human life, human biology, and the geography of the world. [COVE pid="T1ukfAQXARz_RzdtBzECAvhKs8f0KOsS" location="national" player="16x9chapters" episodemediaid="995219004" thumbnail="http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/cove/naat-002109-stack.jpg"] This program premiered February 22, 2004.

Crash: A Tale of Two Species: Video: Full Episode

tanner vea — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:37:09 +0000

This is the story of the fabric of life, and how every species is interconnected – each one important, no matter how big or small. At its center is the humble horseshoe crab, a creature which has remained virtually unchanged for 350 million years. Its annual spring spawning produces millions of eggs that are the lifeline for a tiny bird called the red knot, which migrates 10,000 miles from South America to the Arctic each year. Scientific and medical communities have discovered that the crab also provides an indispensable testing agent for drugs and vaccines, as well as resources for human optics and burn treatment. But horseshoe crab numbers are plummeting from their new use as bait for the fishing industry, dropping by two-thirds or more since 1990. And the precious pyramid depending on this age-old creature is about to come crashing down. Filmed and presented on television in high definition.

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This program premiered February 2008.

The Loneliest Animals: Video: Full Episode

tanner vea — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 03:55:50 +0000

The loneliest animals are the most endangered species on the planet. Collected and protected by dedicated scientists, these animals represent the end of the line for their species. In many cases, intensive captive breeding programs have been launched with the aim of sustaining these animals and the hope of returning them to the wild. Viewers will be taken into high-security, high-tech labs where scientists attempt to breed new generations, and into the field to discover what forces have led to the demise of entire species. Featured animals include Yangtze turtles under 24-hour surveillance; a baby Sumatran rhino; a special collection of lemurs; the Spix’s macaw, a bird declared extinct in the wild in 2000; and “Lonesome George,” a giant tortoise from the Galapagos, who is the last of his kind.

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This episode premiered Sunday, April 19, 2009.

Frogs: The Thin Green Line: Video: Full Episode

tanner vea — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 03:45:53 +0000

It is the greatest mass extinction since the dinosaurs. Population by population, species by species, amphibians are vanishing off the face of the Earth. Despite international alarm and a decade and a half of scientists scrambling for answers, the steady hemorrhaging of amphibians continues like a leaky faucet that cannot be fixed or a wound that will not heal. Large scale die-offs of frogs around the world have prompted scientists to take desperate measures to try to save those frogs they can, even bathing frogs in Clorox solutions and keeping them in Tupperware boxes under carefully controlled conditions to prevent the spread of a deadly fungus. Will it ever be safe to return the frogs back to the ecosystem from which they were taken?

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This episode premiered April 5, 2009.