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Publisher
Distributed by NCircle Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Come tour the world with Animal Atlas and discover how animals survive and thrive. Visit every continent and dive through the sea to meet all Earth's animals, from A to Zebra. Jut spin the globe! Includes: The Scary Creatures; Skeletons; and Bats in the Belfry.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The Himalayas are defined by superlatives. They defy both description and comprehension while at the same time teaching us about the awesome power and grandeur of nature. Born during the ice ages, they form the highest mountain range in the world, and reach across Asia for two thousand miles. The mountains themselves are considered sacred. These are mountains that will take your breath away!
Publisher
Distributed by Questar
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Part 1, The rise of the dog, examines the relationship between dogs and humans, from their initial domestication to the present day. Part 2, Dogs by design, examines the many different breeds of dogs, and how modern technology is changing the science of dog breeding.
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
"Deep in the Congo lives a little-studied group of apes called the bonobos. Like the more-familiar chimpanzees, bonobos are among the humans' closest relatives, but unlike the chimps, known for their violent behavior, bonobos are far more peaceful."--Container.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Take a walk on the wild side as actor and wildlife enthusiast, Dominic Monaghan, brings his love of the slithering and crawling creatures of your worst nightmares. Monaghan explores the remote corners of the globe in search of some of the most nasty animals in the world. He'll educate the masses on their origins, their unique qualities and why we shouldn't be so quick to squash them on sight.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[[2013] 2013]
Language
English
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.
A look at the natural history...
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
The Shannon is Ireland's greatest geographical landmark and the longest river. It is both a barrier and highway. A silver ribbon holding back the rugged landscapes of the west from the gentler plains to the east. On its journey south, the Shannon passes through a huge palette of rural landscapes; where on little-known backwaters, Ireland's wild animals and plants still thrive as almost nowhere else.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Living in the depths of the New Guinean Rainforest are birds of unimaginable color and beauty. When Europeans first saw the plumes of these fabulous creatures in the sixteenth century, they believed they must be from heaven and called them Birds of Paradise. The people of New Guinea make even greater claims. They say the birds possess supernatural powers and magic. But to find these birds in New Guinea and to witness their extraordinary mating displays...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Ducks are true originals. There are more than 120 different species of ducks in all, a fantastical group of complex characters. Ducks have a talent for survival, and life stories filled with personality and charm. Each bird is more fun than the last, and will leave you wanting more.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
"Not found here": Smooch the sloth and Winslow try to find their new friend, a tadpole named Wartz, not realizing he has turned into a tree frog.
"King of the trees": It's very rainy in the World Tree, and Ick the fish declares he will become king.
"Burdette queen ant": When Burdette learns that ants have a queen, she decides to be queen of the World Tree (where other creatures also live--including marmosets, a tree frog, and an anteater!).
"Who...
15) The last rhino
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Sudan is the very last male Northern White Rhino. His amazing story is told through the global cast of people involved in Sudan's life of 43 years. He was aged two when snatched from his mom's side in Central Africa and became a prized exhibit in a zoo behind the Iron Curtain while the rest of his kind was poached to extinction. Now Sudan is the focus of an eleventh hour battle to save his sub-species.
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Celebrate the 100th birthday of America's best idea. This premium blue-chip event premieres two new hours of the most breathtaking landscapes in the world, featuring stories of our nation's most majestic landscapes and beloved animal characters. Yosemite National Park, set within California's Sierra Nevada Mountains and designated a World Heritage Site, is home to hundreds of wildlife species, and is famed for its iconic mountain vistas, waterfalls,...
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