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Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 2000, Ana Salceda, a young journalist, moved from her native Spain to explore the wilds of Panama. She became the caregiver for a tiny orphaned baby sloth named Velcro. This is the story of Ana's return to Central and South America to see how much has changed since Velcro came into her life. Sloths, once largely ignored, have become a hot topic of scientific researchers.
Publisher
Discovery Channel
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 DVD (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Wildlife photographer Jim Dutcher and his wife Jamie spend six years in the wilderness of Idaho living among a pack of wolves. Their lives are forever changed by the elusive, intelligent animals who accepted them. Overcoming forest fires, mountain lions, and sub-zero winters both the Dutchers and the wolves share a unique partnership built on trust and defying the controversy surrounding the wolf.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Helen Macdonald's bestseller H Is for Hawk told the story of a grieving daughter who found healing in training a goshawk. The goshawk is one of Mother Nature's own fighter jets, capable of finding and killing its prey with the speed of a lightning bolt. Now Macdonald digs deeper into the world of these raptors by following a family in the wild while raising and training a new goshawk of her own.
7) Yosemite
Pub. Date
2017
Formats
Description
Join scientists, experts, and adventurers as they trudge through mountains of snow, climb trees as tall as buildings, and soar high in the air to spy just how these global changes are affecting one of America's greatest wildernesses.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 367 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"A collection of seven David Attenborough specials ... [that] represent some of David Attenborough's most personal quests and passionate enthusiasms."--Container.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Moose populations across many parts of North America are in steep decline. This stunningly intimate nature documentary, filmed over thirteen months in the spectacular wilds of Jasper National Park, takes viewers deep inside the world of moose to experience a mother's love and a calf's first year of life up close and personal.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The ostrich, the emu, and the rhea, together with the kiwi and the cassowary, are the court jesters of the avian world, because they can't do the one thing that birds are famous for doing. They can't fly. But exactly how and why did these birds abandon flight? It's been one of the natural world's great mysteries. And now DNA is promising to give us the answer.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (840 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Join host Boyd Matson for stories of danger, survival, and curiosity as we explore our planet with those who have traversed its passageways, probed its scientific mysteries, and advocated for its protection. Presents thirty-two episodes examining the behaviors and habitats of various animals and their relationship to humans and the ecosystem.
Publisher
NGHT
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Explorer has taken viewers to more than 120 countries, opening a window on hidden parts of the world, unlocking mysteries both ancient and modern, and investigating amazing and powerful stories of science, wildlife, and human nature. Lisa Ling hosts the 25th anniversary special that looks back at how the world has changed in a quarter century.
13) Animal passport
Publisher
NCircle Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 70 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Come tour the world with Animal Atlas to discover how animals survive and thrive. We'll visit every continent and dive through the sea to meet all Earth's animals from A to Zebra.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Krill are tiny, shrimp-like creatures crucial to the Antarctic ecosystem and, maybe, to the future of all oceans. Join the research ship Polarstern in the vast Antarctic ice pack in search of ice caves and juvenile krill.
15) Whales in crisis
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 56 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Dive into the depths of the oceans around the world to experience close-up encounters with these gentle giants of the sea as scientists work to save these mysterious and captivating creatures.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 53 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Witness the incredible story of Asia's last wild lions, once on the brink of extinction but who now live dangerously close to the villagers of India. Against a backdrop of teak forest, farmland and villages, a unique relationship develops between lions and people, revealing a story not of continual conflict as we might expect, but one of survival and tolerance.
Publisher
Questar
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Land of the falling lakes: Visit Plitvice Lakes National Park in Croatia, a hidden wonder of 16 crystal-clear lakes, waterfalls, rare and remarkable creatures. Ireland - Portrait of the Emerald Isle, with rare plants, legendary animals, and vistas.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The life of the greater sage-grouse, which lives on the "sagebrush sea" that stretches across 11 states in the American West, is detailed. Other featured creatures include the golden eagle, great-horned owl, cavity-nesting bluebirds and American kestrel.
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
It explores the most extraordinary places on the planet and how their environments shape the lives of those who live there. From Mount Everest's Khumbu Icefall to the Amazon to the Grand Canyon, visit six continents to learn how these natural wonders evolved and hear the rarely told stories about the challenges their inhabitants face.
Publisher
BFS Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (360 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
British comedian legend Stephen Fry and zoologist Mark Carwardine travel from the Amazon's steamy jungles to New Zealand's icy mountain tops seeking some of the most remarkable and endangered creatures of Earth. Entertaining and informative with a unique insight into the fascinating world that we are in danger of losing.
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