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3) Lethal seas
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follows scientists who are looking for solutions to the rising carbon emissions and their affect on the ocean and marine creatures.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Standing out from the crowd is tough, especially in the animal kingdom. With an estimated 8.7 million species vying for attention, the multitude of contenders must go above and beyond to make it onto top 10 lists. But there is one group that has an unfair advantage, baby animals.
5) Owl power
Pub. Date
2015
Description
What actually makes owls so special? Bird trainers Lloyd and Rose Buck and their very special family of owls provide a rare opportunity to learn more about these unique birds. Using the latest technology, we can take a brand new look at owls in more detail than ever before. The real stories behind how they hunt, how their vision and hearing works, and how they fly so silently are influencing 21st century technology and design.
Publisher
Digiview Productions, LLC
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (150 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A new concept in reality-based entertainment. Catch beautiful Anastasia on her wild adventures globetrekking as she explores new cultures. Also a brand new look at these wonderful tourist destinations.
Author
Publisher
W Publishing, an imprint of Thomas Nelson, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xvii, 184 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
Sometimes the messiest stuff and the biggest mistakes can take you someplace wonderful. With the help of their hit TV show, Fixer Upper, the husband and wife team of Chip and Joanna Gaines have transformed the seemingly everyday work of renovating homes and flipping houses in Waco, Texas, into something much more. With their fun personalities, good humor, strong love of family, and unique design style, they've managed to capture the hearts of Americans...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Easter Island has mystified the world ever since the first Europeans arrived in 1722. How and why did the ancient islanders build and move nearly 900 giant statues, and how did they transform a presumed paradise into a treeless wasteland, bringing ruin upon their island and themselves? Nova explores controversial recent claims that challenge decades of previous thinking about the islanders.
10) Polar bear town
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (280 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Profiles the polar bear migration that takes place each year in Churchill, Manitoba.
Publisher
Discovery Communications
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 DVD (50 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Join Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman as they debunk, decode and demystify pop culture's most baffling urban myths and legends. Using modern-day science, they put each myth to the test, separating the real from the really out there. The MythBusters set out to determine just how Hollywood pulls off some of its most spectacular stunts and eye-popping effects. Can ricocheting bullets really be made to spark? Can a locked door really be broken down with...
12) City in the sky
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
1 DVD (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Examines the inner workings of the airplane transportation industry.
13) Wild ways
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
From Yellowstone to the Yukon, to Southern Africa's elephant highways stretching across five nations, explore how newly established wildlife corridors may offer a glimmer of hope to some of our planet's most cherished-but endangered-species.
Series
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This film interweaves the personal accounts of polio survivors with the story of an ardent crusader who tirelessly fought on their behalf. Features interviews with historians, scientists, polio survivors, and the only surviving scientist from the core research team that developed the Salk vaccine, Julius Youngner.
Publisher
BBC Earth
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
1 DVD (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Over the course of one single day, we track the sun from the highest mountains to the remotest islands to exotic jungles. Breakthroughs in filmmaking technology bring you up close with a cast of unforgettable characters. Told with humor, intimacy and a jaw-dropping sense of cinematic splendor.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (240 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Of all continents on Earth, none preserves a more spectacular story of its origins than Australia. With help from high-energy host and geologist Richard Smith, we meet titanic dinosaurs and giant kangaroos, sea monsters and prehistoric crustaceans, disappearing mountains and deadly asteroids. Epic in scope, intimate in nature, this is the untold story of the Land Down Under, the one island continent that has got it all.
Series
Publisher
Questar Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (54 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Alan Rabinowitz is a renowned Wildlife Conservation Society biologist who pursues the elusive jaguar, and races against time to create safe havens for these feared and respected predators while battling his own illness.
19) Life
Publisher
BBC Earth
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
Four years in the making, and filmed over 3000 days across every continent and in every habitat, see 130 incredible stories from frontiers of the natural world. Discover the glorious variety of life on Earth and the spectacular and extraordinary tactics animals and plants have developed to stay alive. This is evolution in action: individual creatures under extreme pressure to overcome challenges from adversaries and their environment.
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