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Silence of the Bees

New Report Shows Modest Decline in Colony Losses (May 27, 2009)

Bees may be bouncing back from yearly declines, but experts remain concerned about their future. Bees have hit it big on the national radar with their mysterious disappearing act known as CCD – colony collapse disorder – which is characterized by the sudden, complete absence ...

Killers in Eden

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NATURE's Killers in Eden examines a remarkable and mysterious partnership between killer whales and whalers. On the southeast coast of Australia, the town of Eden nestles along the shores of Twofold Bay. It was once a center of Australia's thriving whaling industry, in part because ...

Victoria Falls

Music from the Film

Many of you wrote in with questions about the music from Victoria Falls.  The film included music from three commercial artists: Miriam Makeba, Rokia Traore, and Ayub Ogada.  The rest of the music comes from stock music albums.  While we won't be able to offer ...

Holy Cow

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Discover how cows have altered human life, human biology, and the geography of the world. 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. There were many possible candidates ...

Victoria Falls

Interview: Producer/Cameraman Jamie McPherson

NATURE spoke with Victoria Falls producer and cameraman Jamie McPherson in April 2009. Here's what he had to say about the making of the film. Q: What inspired you to do a film on Victoria Falls and the Zambezi River? A: Victoria Falls is such ...

Victoria Falls Rainbow

Victoria Falls

Photo Essay: Victoria’s Many Moods

In the rainy season, Victoria Falls thunders -- nearly 300,000 gallons of water pass over the edge every second. Then, months later the dry season reduces her thunder to a whisper. This is the story of Victoria's many moods. Add your own photos.

Born Wild: The First Days of Life

Photo Contest Winners Gallery

Check out the winners and runners-up in the Baby Animal Photo Contest. Five winners will receive a copy of Born Wild: The First Days of Life on DVD. Do you take nature photos? Join the NATURE Flickr Group to share your outdoors and wildlife photos ...

Victoria Falls

More on Zimbabwe’s Politics

The natural beauty of Victoria Falls betrays little of the tumultuous politics of Zimbabwe. In the past decade, the southern African country has endured a severe economic and humanitarian crisis under the authoritarian regime of President Robert Mugabe. It suffers from the world's highest rate ...