Polar bears are the descendents of grizzlies, long ago evolved to live and hunt on the frozen ice of the Arctic, eating a specialized diet of seal meat. But the winters have become increasingly warmer, the ice is disappearing, and raising a family becomes a much more difficult proposition ...
Size and power square off against speed and teamwork in Yellowstone National Park, as mighty grizzly bears contend with powerful packs of wolves for control of the food supply.
Crocodiles of any size instill fear in most people. But crocodile conservationist Romulus Whitaker's fear is that the most colossal of these creatures might no longer exist. Driven by the discovery of a 21' croc skin in New Guinea, Whitaker sets off on a remarkable hunt to find the last ...
As mammals, humans and dolphins share a number of important biological characteristics. Both species are warm-blooded, have body hair, breathe air, give live birth and nurse their young. But is it possible that we have more in common? Do they like us? Can they reason and solve ...
Across the animal kingdom, some of the most essential lessons-and the most extreme challenges-occur in the first moments of life. From ostrich to orangutan, egg sac to live birth, infanticide to matricide, the diversity of behaviours between parent and progeny is as great as the ...
Winner of the Peabody Award, this fascinating program explores one of nature's most baffling ecological mysteries: Why have millions of honeybees recently disappeared? While not as publicized as climate change, the effects of this crisis on human life could be felt sooner and more ...
NATURE is television's longest-running and most acclaimed natural sciences series. Broadcast for more than 25 years on PBS, it has garnered 450 honors. Now for the first time, classroom versions of selected award-winning programs are available exclusively from New Dimension Media ...
Filmmaker Allison Argo (Chimpanzees: An Unnatural History) tells the fascinating story of nature's amazing ability to create fragile connections among the most unexpected creatures. Each year, the red knot, a small shorebird that winters on the southern tip of South America, embarks ...
The natural world is filled with "moments of impact"-the split seconds when animals come into contact with one another and the world around them. Previously many of these moments were too fast or too hidden for us to see. But now new camera technologies reveal what's behind ...
Ancient maps, legends, and fairy tales all tell of dragons in our world. We are taught as children that dragons are big and fearsome, that they fly, breathe fire, are found in caves and live nearly forever. Romulus Whitaker, renowned reptile expert and conservationist, puts a ...
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