The Bald Eagle almost became extinct. Biologists trying to restore eagle populations around the world face a difficult challenge. But there are success stories -- and the restoration of America's Bald Eagle is one of the most dramatic. When European settlers first arrived in North ...
Online Resources We recommend these Web sites for those interested in the subjects shown on the program. All links are valid as of April 26, 2001. Alaskan Eagles http://barbarascamera.com/alaska.htm Pictures from the Chilkat River outside of Haines, Alaska, where hundreds of eagles gather to feed ...
Web Resources Pinnawela Elephant Orphange http://www.elephant.se/pinnawela_elephant_orphanage_Sri_Lanka.php Learn about this refuge run by Sri Lanka's Biodiversity and Elephant Conservation Trust Meet Shanthi and the National Zoo's Elephants. http://natzoo.si.edu/Animals/AsianElephants/meetelephants.cfm Information on the National Zoo's pachyderms. African Lion Safari http://www.lionsafari.com/ A leading Asian elephant breeding center in Canada. ...
We all have a picture in our mind's eye of what Earth's great jungles look like. But you've never seen tropical forests like this before. In "Deep Jungle: New Frontiers," see the jungle through the eyes of scientists who are using a new generation of ...
How jungle structure leads to the rise of specific species. Ever wonder how jungle creatures get around in the dense forests they call home? NATURE's Deep Jungle: New Frontiers shows how researchers are developing tricks for seeing through the seeming chaos of a tropical forest. ...
The jungles of central Africa are home to the forest elephant. Unlike their better-known cousins, the African elephants of the open savannahs, forest elephants are adapted to living in dense woodlands. They have straight tusks, for instance, since curved ones might get caught in vines ...
Kim Bostwick loves slow-motion instant replay. Not because she's a huge sports fan, but because special high-speed video cameras have allowed her to solve a long-standing mystery: how unusual jungle-dwelling birds called manakins use their feathers to produce remarkable rhythmic buzzes and hums. "Manakins have ...
Meet the scientists featured in Deep Jungle: New Frontiers. Stephen Blake Stephen Blake A self-proclaimed "working-class lad" from Dartford, England, Blake studied zoology at the University of London and earned his Ph.D. studying the migratory patterns of Nouabale-Ndoki forest elephants at the University of Edinburgh. ...
WEB SITES Kimberly S. Bostwick, Ph.D. http://www.cumv.cornell.edu/staff/bostwick.html Learn more about Kimberly Bostwick's study of the manakin bird. Includes links to more videos of manakin displays. Forest Elephants http://www.wcs.org/sw-around_the_globe/Africa/africanelephants/forestelephants Learn about Stephen Blake and the forest elephant tracking program from the Wildlife Conservation Society. Tree Top ...
