"Episode 16" What do the African Elephant, Majorcan Midwife Toad, and Caribbean Flamingo have in common? Each of these three species is an animal survivor. Animal Survivors shares the remarkable recovery of these species from near-extinction, capturing their fascinating evolutionary strengths, as well as the rehablitation efforts that enabled their return to the wild. "Animal Survivors - The Complete First Season" Animal Survivors documents the struggles of species hanging on to their very existence, led to near extinction by hunting, pollution, and unnatural habitation. Beautifully-shot footage, graphics, and archive material to put the animals into historical, political and geographical context, creating a promising image of their future.
Let Steve Murray show you step by step how to learn Psychic Communication with dogs, cats, horses, rabbits, any and all pets! The steps explain how to Psychically send information to a pet, and how to Psychically receive information from a pet. Any person can learn Pet Psychic Communication with Steve's guidance. Two psychic abilities assist with Pet Psychic communication: Clairsentience and Clairvoyance. Clairvoyance is the psychic ability of receiving information mentally through images. Clairsentience is the psychic ability of receiving information through feelings and bodily sensations. Steve also provides a Bonus program on the video that will help open both psychic abilities for you. The DVD includes - Complete step by step instructions on how to psychically communicate with pets - A program to increase your Clairsentience and Clairvoyance abilities- Instructions for Long Distance Pet Psychic Communication. Steve also explains-Clairsentience and Clairvoyance, Biological Intelligence, Alpha and Theta Brain Waves, Brain Wave Entrainment, Isochronic Tones. Steve Murray is the author of the global best-selling Reiki the Ultimate Guide books and has over 45 self-help programs on DVD. A few examples of the topics on DVD are: Reiki Healing, Psychic Healing, Soul Retrieval, Aura and Chakra Healing, Removing Psychic Debris, Contacting Angels, and Past Life Healing.
Evolution offers a groundbreaking and definitive view of the extraordinary impact the evolutionary process has had on our understanding of the world around us. Beginning with Darwin s revolutionary theory, this seven-part series explores all facets of evolution the changes that spawned the tree of life, the power of sex, how evolution continues to affect us every day, and the perceived conflict between science and religion.
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Darwin s Dangerous Idea: Interweaving key moments of drama in Darwin's life with current research, Darwin s Dangerous Idea explores why his theory of evolution might matter even more today than it did in his own time.
Great Transformations: From the development of the four-limbed body plan, the journey of animal life from water to land, and the emergence of humans, Great Transformations focuses on the important evolutionary changes that triggered the earth s incredible diversity.
Extinction!: Some 99.9 percent of all species that have ever lived on earth are now extinct. Extinction! explores why, then confronts a frightening notion: Are humans causing the next mass extinction the sixth in the history of life on earth?
The Evolutionary Arms Race: Survival of the fittest: Is it raw competition, a level of cooperation indispensable to life, or both? Explore our own spiraling arms race with microorganisms the only real threat to our existence and trace the alarming spread of resistance among pathogens that cause disease.
Why Sex?: Investigate the endless variety of sexual expression and the powerful hold sex exerts over almost all living things. And discover why, in evolutionary terms, sex is more important than life itself.
The Mind s Big Bang: Between 100,000 and 50,000 years ago, something happened that triggered a creative, technological, and social explosion, allowing humans to dominate the planet. What forces may have contributed to the emergence of the modern human mind?
What About God?: Of all the species on earth, only humans try to explain who they are and how they came to be. Encounter real human stories of people struggling to find a balance between religion and science, realms that play very different roles in assigning order to the universe and a purpose to life.
Director Stanley Kramer brings to the screen the important story of six wealthy misfits who, while attending a summer riding camp, set out to free a herd of buffalo scheduled to be shot the next day. They see some of the animals slain and are determined to save the remaining
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Journey into the remote mountain forests of central China where the world's few remaining giant pandas live... but now on the edge of extinction. Join a team of heroic scientists committed to saving the species as they scale treacherous slopes and penetrate blinding thickets of bamboo to befriend and study this mysterious and elusive creature. You'll share the thrill of discovery when they find, deep inside a cave, a mother tenderly cradling her newborn cub. The scientists hope this baby panda will show them why she thrives in the wild while others perish in captivity, In a race against time, they work diligently to unlock THE SECRETS OF THE WILD PANDA.
Scientists have long debated one of the greatest mysteries of science. What caused the mass extinction of mammoths around 13,000 years ago? A look at science in the making, National Geographic follows a team of investigators as they assemble one theory for what might have happened to the mammoths, which reigned over the landscapes of North America for more than 1 million years. Could the clues point to the biggest cosmic impact humans have ever witnessed?
Beloved British comedy legend Stephen Fry follows in the footsteps of his good friend, the late writer Douglas Adams (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), along with zoologist Mark Carwardine, to remote regions in search of some of the rarest, most threatened animals on Earth.
Twenty years ago, Carwardine and Adams embarked on a groundbreaking expedition to find some of the world's most endangered animals. This time, Stephen Fry takes up the challenge with Mark to see how those animals have been faring and which, if any, have survived.
From the Amazon's steamy jungles to New Zealand's icy mountain tops, they seek some of the most remarkable creatures on Earth. Last Chance to See is an entertaining, informative and thought-provoking adventure - and a unique insight into the fascinating world that we are in danger of losing.
NOAHS, the Center for New Opportunities in Animal Health Sciences at the Smithsonian's National Zoological Park, is led by scientists applying the latest in biomedical research to save endangered species around the world. Meet Mitchell Bush, veterinarian; Stephen O'Brien, geneticist; and David Wildt, reproductive physiologist.
In some areas of the world, such as Peru and California, thick black tar collects in pools or pits. Thousands of years ago, animals became trapped in the sticky tar. This program shows how the bones of these animals, many of them extinct, have been recovered and assembled by paleontologists to form a picture of life from the ancient past. Produced by Film Associates.
Discover the critters and landscapes that make Africa one of the wildest places to visit on Earth!
Aussie Adventurer and Award-winning Newsman, Greg Grainger s passion for exciting destinations has led him to film activities as diverse as sky burials in Tibet to Shark riding in Tahiti. His films are fast-paced and exciting, offering viewers a dynamic experience that will keep them on the edge of their seats!
Using cutting edge research, the latest scientific theories and incredible CGI to bring prehistoric animals back to life, Animal Armageddon — a new mini-series — transports viewers to the center of the most horrific disasters ever to rock our planet. From a cosmic gamma ray burst bombarding the atmosphere, triggering the very first mass extinction, to an asteroid the size of Mount Everest slamming into the Yucatan, killing off the dinosaurs, these terrible natural events caused unparalleled devastation. Throughout the 600-million-year history of animal existence, some 99.9 percent of all animal life that has ever lived is now extinct. Animal Armageddon sheds light on the evolution and extinction of these amazing creatures. From giant predatory sea monsters like the straight-shelled nautiloid, to vicious dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurs rex, to giant mammals like the mastodon, Animal Armageddon outlines the impact nature's wrath had on these animals and the life forms that followed.
If humans were suddenly to disappear, what would happen to our planet – the structures we've built, the everyday items we take for granted, domesticated and wild animals, plants, trees? What would become of the things that define our species and leave our mark on this Earth?
Visit the ghostly villages surrounding Chernobyl (abandoned by humans after the 1986 nuclear disaster), travel to remote islands off the coast of Maine to search for abandoned towns that have vanished from view in only a few decades, then head beneath the streets of New York to see how subway tunnels may become watery canals.
HISTORY® takes you on an amazing visual journey in Life After People, a though-provoking adventure that combines movie-quality visual effects with insights with insights from experts in the fields of engineering, botany, ecology, biology, geology, climatology, and archeology to demonstrate how the very landscape of our planet will change in our absence.
Experience the American Journey through our country's visual heritage in this historical recording provided by the National Archives of the United States.SCIENTISTS AROUND THE GLOBE ARE JOINING IN INTENSIFIED EFFORTS TO PROTECT, PRESERVE, AND STUDY VANISHING ANIMAL SPECIES. THEIR RESEARCH IS HELPING TO PRODUCE MORE FOOD, DEVELOP NEW MEDICINES, AND LEAD TO A KEENER UNDERSTANDING OF THE INTER-RELATIONSHIP OF ALL LIFE SYSTEMS ON OUR PLANET.This historical recording from the National Archives may contain variations in audio and video quality based on the limitations of the original source material.
The content summary for this DVD is adapted from an historical description provided by the government agency or donor at the time of production release.
