Nature » Video http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature The premier natural history series Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:31:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Supersize Crocs: Video: How To Measure a Croc http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/supersize-crocs/video-how-to-measure-a-croc/1772/ http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/supersize-crocs/video-how-to-measure-a-croc/1772/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:40:40 +0000 tanner vea http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/?p=1772 Crocodiles are too dangerous and too shy to approach with a tape measure. Rom Whitaker and an assistant use precise photography and the help of a computer to make an accurate size comparison between a gharial and Rom’s own body length.


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]]> http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/supersize-crocs/video-how-to-measure-a-croc/1772/feed/ 3 Supersize Crocs: Video: Ambush Power http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/supersize-crocs/video-ambush-power/1775/ http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/supersize-crocs/video-ambush-power/1775/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:41:01 +0000 tanner vea http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/?p=1775 The Nile crocodile is known for its incredible ambush power. This amazing footage shows the crocodile nabbing its prey from the banks of the Grumeti River.


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]]> http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/supersize-crocs/video-ambush-power/1775/feed/ 6 A Mystery in Alaska: Video: Are Fisheries Guilty? http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/a-mystery-in-alaska/video-are-fisheries-guilty/1237/ http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/a-mystery-in-alaska/video-are-fisheries-guilty/1237/#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:27:17 +0000 tanner vea http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/?p=1237 In the 1970s, the pollock industry in Alaska expanded to become the largest fishery in the world. Around the same time, sea lions began to disappear. Despite other possible factors — such as pollution, humpback whales depleting their main food sources, or predation by killer whales — many people thought the fisheries had been caught with the smoking gun. After a July 2000 ruling by the Federal District Court, the National Marine Fisheries Service announced that it would close all fishing of pollock, Pacific cod, and Atka mackerel in a large part of the sea lions’ critical habitat. But what were the costs of this decision? And is the solution to disappearing Steller’s sea lions really that simple?


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]]> http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/a-mystery-in-alaska/video-are-fisheries-guilty/1237/feed/ 2 Violent Hawaii: Video: Full Episode http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/violent-hawaii/video-full-episode/1422/ http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/violent-hawaii/video-full-episode/1422/#comments Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:10:27 +0000 tanner vea http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/?p=1422 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.

]]> http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/violent-hawaii/video-full-episode/1422/feed/ 17 The Queen of Trees: Video: Mutual Dependence http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/the-queen-of-trees/video-mutual-dependence/1359/ http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/the-queen-of-trees/video-mutual-dependence/1359/#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:00:36 +0000 admin http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/2008/08/21/mutual-dependence-video/ The sycomore fig tree and the fig wasp share a curious and important co-dependency.


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]]> http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/the-queen-of-trees/video-mutual-dependence/1359/feed/ 10 The Queen of Trees: Video: Giving Food and Shelter http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/the-queen-of-trees/video-giving-food-and-shelter/1358/ http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/the-queen-of-trees/video-giving-food-and-shelter/1358/#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:00:19 +0000 admin http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/2008/08/21/african-queen-video/ Located along the riverbanks of southern Kenya, the sycomore fig tree is the centerpiece of an extraordinary ecosystem, producing several tons of fruit a year and feeding more varieties of animals than any other kind of tree in Africa.


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]]> http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/the-queen-of-trees/video-giving-food-and-shelter/1358/feed/ 17 Holy Cow: Video: Full Episode http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/holy-cow/video-full-episode/1414/ http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/holy-cow/video-full-episode/1414/#comments Thu, 28 May 2009 13:52:55 +0000 tanner vea http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/?p=1414 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.

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This program premiered February 22, 2004.

]]> http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/holy-cow/video-full-episode/1414/feed/ 22 Ireland: Video: Full Episode http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/ireland/video-full-episode/1439/ http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/ireland/video-full-episode/1439/#comments Sat, 14 Mar 2009 20:40:44 +0000 tanner vea http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/?p=1439 Although green is its emblematic color, Ireland’s verdant fields are not the nation’s only extraordinary natural features. Sculpted millions of years ago by the advance and retreat of vast shields of ice, the Emerald Isle harbors a wealth of wildlife among its craggy mountains, fog-shrouded coastlines, steep gorges, and vast networks of inland waterways.

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This program premiered March 28, 2004.

]]> http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/ireland/video-full-episode/1439/feed/ 11 American Eagle: Video: Full Episode http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/american-eagle/video-full-episode/4349/ http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/american-eagle/video-full-episode/4349/#comments Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:39:32 +0000 tanner vea http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/?p=4349 Unique to North America, the bald eagle is the continent’s most recognizable aerial predator, with a shocking white head, electric yellow beak, and penetrating eyes. In the 1960s, this symbol of the United States became an emblem of environmental degradation as the pesticide DDT and other human pressures brought it to the brink of extinction. But following their protection as an endangered species, bald eagles have come roaring back. Photographed by three-time Emmy-winning cinematographer Neil Rettig, this first-ever HD hour on bald eagles is an intimate portrait of these majestic raptors’ lives in the wild.

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This program premiered November 16, 2008.

]]> http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/american-eagle/video-full-episode/4349/feed/ 41 Clever Monkeys: Video: Predatory Monkeys http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/clever-monkeys/video-predatory-monkeys/3972/ http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/clever-monkeys/video-predatory-monkeys/3972/#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:37:14 +0000 tanner vea http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/?p=3972 When monkeys left the forest and began living in open grasslands, they had to adapt. Baboons, for example, became more aggressive and predatory. Baboons will move around in groups of about 80 individuals for defense. Often, the larger males will go on offense as well — chasing away predators or taking down a young gazelle.


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