They have been mistaken for monsters. Sometimes traveling in single file, nose to tail, with the exposed tips of their snouts, dorsal fins and tail fins looking for all the world like the coils of an enormous sea serpent, it’s not surprising they have been ...
Up to 100 species disappear from the planet each day. In this web-exclusive video, scientists and conservationists discuss the importance of biodiversity and the dangers of extinction. We humans depend on the life around us to provide the conditions we need to survive.
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Filmmaker Allison Argo shares her stories from the making of Frogs: The Thin Green Line. Our next location was closer to home: Yosemite National Park. We flew into Reno on July 11th – just in time to catch the peak of the summer’s forest fires. ...
Filmmaker Allison Argo shares her stories from the making of Frogs: The Thin Green Line. We set off for Panama on the 4th of June for our first shoot. It promised to be a challenging one: most frogs are nocturnal and they’re most active when ...
Poison dart frog Almost a year ago NATURE asked me to make a film about the disappearance of amphibians. I’d made a film on that very subject 15 years ago, so I was a bit reluctant... for about a nanosecond. Then I realized I couldn’t ...
There are 16,928 species currently listed as threatened, and the present world-wide extinction rate is 1,000 to 10,000 times higher than the natural rate. Faced with such overwhelmingly drastic figures, what can we do, and what should we do? For some of the loneliest animals ...
It may sound strange, but the U.S. State of the Birds press release filled me with a sense of relief. The report, released on March 20 by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, reveals that one-third of our nation's birds are endangered, threatened or in ...
Western yellow jackets, an invasive species, sting the camera lens during filming Surrounded by ocean and formed by volcanic hot spots, Hawaii’s isolation and geological activity shape the biodiversity of the islands. With over 25,000 unique species, Hawaii is one of the most biologically diverse ...
Watch as the barren Kalahari swarms with life brought forth by a brief season of sudden storms. 8/15/2012
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