National Geographic Society (U.S.)
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Become a better birder with brief portraits of 200 top North American birds. This friendly, relatable book is a celebration of the art, science, and delights of bird-watching.
How to Know the Birds introduces a new, holistic approach to bird-watching, by noting how behaviors, settings, and seasonal cycles connect with shape, song, color, gender, age distinctions, and other features traditionally used to identify species. With short...
How to Know the Birds introduces a new, holistic approach to bird-watching, by noting how behaviors, settings, and seasonal cycles connect with shape, song, color, gender, age distinctions, and other features traditionally used to identify species. With short...
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Using a series of experiments, illusions, and demonstrations, host Jason Silva and guest experts unlock the science behind the mysteries of why we say, see, eat, feel, and act as we do. Hailed by critics as tremendous fun that makes science entertaining, it turns your mind's eye inward for a fascinating journey into the 3 1/2 pounds of tissue.
16) Rain forests
Series
World's last great places collection volume 2
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
#1: Venture beyond the dense green curtain into the rain forest that thrives in splended isolation on a panamanian island, Marvel at the complex interactions among the exotic species that live, feed, breed and die here. #2: Journey into a tropical jungle where torrential rains annually transform the dry forest floor into a watery world. Watch river dolphins navigate the flooded treetops and the masterful hunting techniques of the electric eel and...
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Science, pop culture and comedy collide in National Geographic's groundbreaking new series, hosted by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. Along with celebrity guests and comic co-hosts, Neil explores captivating topics such as space travel, extra-terrestrial life, the Big Bang, the future of our Earth and the environment, and breaking news from the universe.
Tyson looks at the most confounding mysteries of Earth, space, and what it means to be human....
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Host Neil deGrasse Tyson returns, bringing together a rare mix of potentially clashing personalities - celebrities, comedians and the worlds leading scientific experts - to explore a variety of cosmic and science topics.
Science, pop culture and comedy collide in National Geographic's groundbreaking new series, hosted by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. Along with celebrity guests and comic co-hosts, Neil explores captivating topics such as space...