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Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
An immersive journey into the world of wild horses that illuminates the profound beauty and desperate plight they face in the Western United States. Filmmaker Ashley Avis and crew try to uncover the truth before wild horses disappear forever.
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Narrated by Meryl Streep, this intimate and unprecedented look at butterflies, hummingbirds, bees, bats and flowers is a celebration of life, as a third of the world's food supply depends on these incredible and increasingly threatened creatures. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg, WINGS OF LIFE utilizes riveting high-speed, closer-than-close filmmaking techniques to showcase in spectacular detail these unsung heroes of our planet....
Publisher
Nature
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Harpy eagles are the most powerful birds of prey in the world. Standing three feet tall, with a six-foot wingspan and razor-sharp talons the size of bear claws, these birds are the heavyweight hunters of the South American rainforest. But scientists know very little about harpy eagles because their numbers are few, their habitat is large, they never soar above the trees, and they rarely come to the ground. Nature enters their secret world with wildlife...
Publisher
Rattle the Cage Productions
Pub. Date
[2013?]
Language
English
Description
Follows Juliette West, a fourteen-year-old from suburban California, and Lek Chailert, known throughout Asia as the famous "Elephant Lady," as they meet and work to save elephants and expose the dark secrets within industries steeped in greed and corruption.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Zebras: View the great zebra migration in Botswana and learn about the social structure of the family groups that keep these horses safe. The rhino war: Learn about the battle to save the rhinos from extinction and the history of pochers in Africa who during the 70s and 80s slaughtered 95 percent of Africa's black rhinoceroses.
7) Bluebird man
Publisher
Green Planet Films
Pub. Date
[2016?]
Language
English
Description
Profiles 91-year-old Alfred Larson, a self-taught conservationist who has dedicated the last 35 years of his life to the preservation of Idaho's bluebirds.
Series
Publisher
Wonderscape Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
In this new 2021 high-definition program, learn all about whales from fun facts to anatomy and physiology. What is the largest whale on earth? What are the different species of whales? What are the most surprising similarities between whales and humans? What is the life cycle of a whale? What can people do to protect endangered whales from extinction? The answers to these questions and more are covered in-depth with detailed graphics, diagrams, and...
Series
Publisher
Wondrium
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The skill of wildlife tracking offers an extraordinary window into our natural environments. In this course, you'll learn the core elements of tracking, such as identifying and interpreting animal tracks; tracking the amazing world of birds; the language of animal marking; going invisible; bedding, nesting, and mating in the wild; and the art of trailing, as you discover a richly rewarding way of knowing the world."--Publisher's promotional description....
13) Being caribou
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Environmentalist Leanne Allison and wildlife biologist Karsten Heuer followed a herd of 120,000 caribou on foot, across 1,500 kilometers of rugged Arctic tundra, from Canada's central Yukon to coastal Alaska (the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge) and back again. They wanted to raise awareness of threats to the caribou's survival, if proposed oil and gas development goes ahead in the herd's calving grounds in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Series
Publisher
Wonderscape Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
In this new 2021 high-definition program, learn all about big cats. What are the biggest of the big cats? What are the fastest of the big cats? What are the big cats of Africa, Asia and the Americas? What is a "pride?" How much food does a Mountain Lion need each day to survive? How can we protect big cats from extinction? The answers to these questions and more are covered in depth with detailed graphics, diagrams and exciting video that reinforce...
Series
Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In these 24 highly enjoyable lectures, National Geographic takes you into the multifaceted world of birding, focusing on the astonishing range of bird species in North America. With its wide spectrum of wildlife habitats, North America is an endless region of interest for birders from around the world. Within the course, you'll make an in-depth study of bird identification, covering bird size, shape, and color, flight patterns, geographic range, habitats,...
16) Jane
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Looks back at Jane Goodall's career as a primatologist, animal rights advocate, and environmental activist. Comprised of present-day interview segments with Goodall and archival footage of her work studying chimpanzees at Tanzania's Gombe National Park shot by Hugo van Lawick in the 1960s for National Geographic.
17) The whale
Publisher
Docurama Films
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
This film tells the remarkable true story of a young, wild killer whale (an Orca) nicknamed Luna, who lost contact with his family on the coast of British Columbia and became famous around the world when he tried to make friends with human beings.
Publisher
[MPI Media Group]
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Deutsch
Description
Branching off of his bestselling book, renowned forester and writer Peter Wohlleben guides us through his most precious ideas and understanding of how trees work in this enlightening documentary. Presenting ecological, biological, and academic expertise with matter-of-fact candor, Peter inspires us to see the forest for the trees. Traveling through Germany, Poland, Sweden, and Vancouver, Peter discusses, debates, and explains the amazing processes...
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Jesse is a teenager settling into life with his adoptive parents, with an eye for girls and a feisty half-brother named Elvis. He never expects to see Willy again. But during a Pacific Northwest vacation, Jesse meets a special girl and to his delight, encounters Willy and his family. When a tanker runs aground and spills oil, the whales become trapped and the danger escalates when the oil ignites. To save Willy's family, Jesse must brave a sea of...
20) Big miracle
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story. A small town news reporter and a Greenpeace volunteer are joined by rival world superpowers to save a family of gray whales trapped by rapidly forming ice in the Arctic Circle.
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