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321) Dolphins
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Joy and Mark investigate the reproductive secrets of marine mammals to learn how animals that breathe air manage to mate, give birth and raise their young underwater. Joy travels to New Zealand to uncover the mating strategy of dusky dolphins. While she reveals the adaptations marine mammals have evolved to mate in the ocean, Mark travels to Mexico to find out how whales find mates in the ocean vastness. Witness a dolphin birth, explore the difficulties...
322) Sex in the Wild
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Presented by anatomist Joy Reidenberg and veterinarian Mark Evans, SEX IN THE WILD is a four part series that explores the reproductive behaviors of the animal kingdom.. Focusing on four species - elephant, dolphin, kangaroo and orangutan - the series takes an in-depth look at how these animals find, fight for, and woo the opposite sex. It also explores how they mate, give birth, and raise their young in extreme environments.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Finish the course with three different experiences capturing photos of exotic birds-from their perspective. Along the way, learn how everything you've explored in previous lectures comes together to produce what Mr. Laman considers some of the best images he'll ever make.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Comb through more than eight years of photos from Mr. Laman's most ambitious project: photographing all 39 species of birds of paradise in the wild. As you'll learn in this adventure story, one of the most important aspects of wildlife photography is appreciating the sheer joy of the pursuit.
325) Wildlife Photography
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Start the second half of the course with Mr. Laman, who introduces you to the varied skills mastered by all great wildlife photographers. First up: a journey to the rainforests of Borneo in search of African hornbills that illustrates the practical aspects you have to figure out before taking that perfect shot.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Join Mr. Laman for an eye-opening encounter with some of our closest relatives: orangutans. Follow him as he tries different techniques for capturing images of these animals eating, playing, fighting, and nesting. It's a lecture that highlights why there's always room to strive for improvement in wildlife photography.
327) Kangaroos
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In Australia, Joy and Mark uncover the reproductive secrets of some of the strangest mammals on Earth — the pouch-wearing marsupials. Thanks to their bizarre way of reproducing, kangaroos thrive in one of the most unpredictable, drought-prone environments on Earth — the Australian Outback. In Queensland’s eucalyptus forests, he sees how tree-living marsupials — koalas — have mastered gravity-defying sex. At a kangaroo sanctuary, Joy witnesses...
328) Elephants
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Joy and Mark travel to Africa to explore the unique reproduction challenges of the largest animal on land — the elephant. Find out how females select the strongest mates, why elephants have the longest pregnancy in the animal kingdom and how they safely deliver a 220-pound baby; witness the remarkable first steps of a newborn calf.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Head to the Galapagos Islands and experience what it's like to photograph wildlife like crabs, iguanas, and sea lions. Key takeaways you'll learn include anticipating an animal's peak moment of behavior, tapping into the power of the golden hour of light, and using bad weather to make photos more interesting.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Winter weather offers a stunning environment in which to photograph wild animals. Comb through Mr. Laman's shots of snow monkeys, cranes, and other animals to glean the technical aspects of shooting outdoors in the winter, including honing your focusing skills and capturing the drama of a snow storm.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Stop being afraid of the dark and discover the wonders of photographing nocturnal animals like bats, lizards, owls, insects, and lemurs. How can you use shadows to add drama to a shot? How can you refine your lighting technique to capture the background as well as your subject?
332) Cat Daddies
Publisher
Brainstorm Media
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Man has a new best friend in this heartwarming portrait of nine men whose lives have been forever changed by their proud love of cats.
333) Bitterbrush
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In the remote and rugged mountains of the American West, two young women contemplate their futures as they spend their last summer together herding cattle and braving the elements.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
The Giant Panda may be one of the most recognizable endangered species on our planet, but the daily lives of wild pandas remain a mystery, until now. Over three years, two Chinese filmmakers trek through the steep forested trails of the Qinling Mountains to catch never-before-seen wild panda behavior. The film crew also follows a young panda born in captivity training to be a panda in the wild.
Publisher
Yukon Film Society
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Allan Code's MEMORY TRAP: THE HERD THAT WOULDN'T DISAPPEAR weaves together interviews of biologists, elders, authors, conservation officers and hunters with footage from some of the most remote corners of the Yukon wilderness to tell the incredible story of the Fortymile Caribou herd. In 1920, the Fortymile Caribou herd had numbers in the 600,000's, only to dwindle to 4,000 in the 1970's. Follow Code over the course of a year through the remote wilderness...
Publisher
Umbrella Entertainment
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In a forbidden valley 100 kilometres from Sydney runs a river where the wild horses run free...Can two very different men work together to save them? Luke Carlon is a man at home in the wild. His heritage is closely linked to the free-flowing Coxs river - a NSW region of impassable beauty and rugged gorges, a place where his family has ridden horses since the 1820’s. But all that ended when the river was declared a wilderness area, his families...
338) Kingdoms of the Sky
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
This landmark three-part series reveals the extraordinary animals and remarkable people who make a home on the iconic mountain ranges of the world.
339) Evolution Earth
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
EVOLUTION EARTH embarks on a global expedition to reveal the animals keeping pace with a planet changing at superspeed. Heading out across the globe to distant wilds and modern urban environments, five episodes track how animals are moving, using ingenuity to adapt their behaviour, and even evolving in unexpected ways.
340) Wild Honey
Publisher
Ronin Films
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
For more than a century, the island of Timor has been divided by a colonial border. This border has displaced and separated the people of Lookeu, dividing their land, water and history. Timor’s migratory wild honey bees challenge this division. Their migrations are essential to the agricultural and spiritual wellbeing of the people and places who depend upon them. In community honey harvest rituals, queen bees are courted in ceremony by men who...
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