Overview Despite overwhelming obstacles, life on Earth has evolved from the most humble of beginnings to a level of diversity that challenges human comprehension. The fittest have indeed survived -- even in places where no living creatures could be thought to exist. NATURE's six-part series ...
TOOTHWALKERS: GIANTS OF THE ARCTIC ICE presents extremely rare under-the-ice footage that reveals a complex and potentially dangerous side to this huge and often mysterious mammal. Filmmakers Adam Ravetch and Sarah Robertson, who are husband and wife, have been studying the giant saber-toothed Arctic walrus ...
On an individual basis, rescuing orphaned walrus calves from the wild is a good way for biologists to learn more about this species. Five such orphans live at New York's Aquarium for Wildlife Conservation. The oldest, named Nuka, which means "little sister" in the Inuit ...
The NATURE program TOOTHWALKERS: GIANTS OF THE ARCTIC ICE follows the trail of wildlife filmmaker Adam Ravetch on his quest for some of the first underwater walrus footage ever shot. But in what kind of environment do the Arctic's creatures live? A walrus mother and ...
NATURE Online asked filmmaker Adam Ravetch, featured in TOOTHWALKERS to talk about the experience of filming walruses underwater: Filming the Arctic walrus presented many challenges. I was searching for new subject matter, wildlife that little was known about, and I wanted to be challenged physically. ...
In 2000, The Urban Elephant brought viewers the touching story of Shirley and Jenny, two crippled elephants reunited at The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee after a 22-year separation. The bonding was immediate, intense and unforgettable between the two former circus elephants. But long after the ...
With footage of octopus species rarely, if ever, seen before -- including one with giant eyes and another with antennae in place of suction cups -- Nature takes viewers into the deepest realms of the ocean for a front-row view of THE OCTOPUS SHOW.
In Tahiti, it is called Rogo-tumu, a tentacled sea demon who drags unsuspecting seafarers to the ocean bottom. In the Bahamas, legends abound of the Lusca, a giant sea creature that can squeeze through the smallest cracks and change color in the blink of an ...
When it comes to changing color, octopuses are the ultimate chameleons. In the blink of an eye, they can blend into the background -- or advertise their presence with bursts of bright color. Some even put on light shows with glow-in-the-dark tentacles! The secret behind ...
