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Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A short, nature documentary that examines the lives of orphaned orangutans and elephants because of poaching and habitat encroachment and follows the efforts of individuals who work to rescue, rehabilitate, and return these animals to the wild.
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A provocative and timely documentary by award-winning directors Tomer Almagor and Nadav Harel. The film explores the motivations behind the highly controversial industry of lion trophy hunting, and the local economies in which hunters pursue their ultimate ambition. With unprecedented access and unique firsthand footage illustrating this breathtaking and complex story, it dives deep into an American hunter's relentless pursuit of his fourteenth lion...
Series
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Showcases a year in the life of a bear family as two impressionable young cubs are taught life's most important lessons. Set against a majestic Alaskan backdrop teeming with life, their journey begins as winter comes to an end and the bears emerge from hibernation to face the bitter cold. The world outside is exciting-but risky-as the cubs' playful descent down the mountain carries with it a looming threat of avalanches.
Publisher
Discovery Communications, Inc
Pub. Date
c2007, 2008
Language
English
Description
An up-close and personal look at one of Antarctica's lesser-known inhabitants: the human. Join Werner Herzog as he shows those amazing individuals who work, play, and struggle to live in some of the world's worst conditions.
Series
The valley and the lake volume Part 1
Publisher
Christopher Beaver Films
Pub. Date
[2011?]
Language
English
Description
Follows California's San Joaquin River from its source near Yosemite National Park to its final destination, San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean. The impact of Friant Dam and other water diversion projects is examined, as are prospects for the river's restoration.
Publisher
Alive Mind Cinema
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
For thousands of years, songbirds were regarded by mankind as messengers from the gods. Today, these creatures, woven inextricably into the fabric of our environment, are vanishing at an alarming rate. Under threat from climate change, pesticides and more, populations of hundreds of species have dipped dramatically. As scientists, activists and bird enthusiasts investigate this phenomenon, amazing secrets of the bird world come to light for the first...
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Français
Description
After traveling the world alongside migrating birds and diving the oceans with whales and manta rays, Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud return to more familiar ground: the lush green forests and megafauna that emerged across Europe following the last Ice Age.
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Français
Description
After traveling the world alongside migrating birds and diving the oceans with whales and manta rays, Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud return to more familiar ground: the lush green forests and megafauna that emerged across Europe following the last Ice Age.
12) Deep sea
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
"Famed oceanic filmaker Howard Hall (Into the Deep) guides this immersive adventure that lets you swim alongside some of the most exotic creatures of the planet"--Container.
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A spectacular tale set among ancient ruins in the storied jungles of South Asia. Maya, a clever and resourceful monkey, finds her world forever changed when she welcomes her son Kip into her colorful extended family. As Maya strives to keep Kip safe through unexpected and sometimes perilous adventures, amazing footage captures all the magic and surprises of their magnificent world.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
In the Antarctic, every March since the beginning of time, the quest begins to find the perfect mate and start a family. This courtship will begin with a long journey - a journey that will take them hundreds of miles across the continent by foot, one by one in a single file. They will endure freezing temperatures, in brittle, icy winds and through deep, treacherous waters. They will risk starvation and attack by dangerous predators, under the harshest...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"E.O. Wilson, one of the most celebrated scientists in the United States, shows why biodiversity is vital to the future of Earth and to our own species through the story of an African national park that may be the most diverse place on Earth, in a gorgeously illustrated book"--
This book tells the story of how one of the most biologically diverse habitats in the world was destroyed, restored, and continues to evolve, with full-color photographs....
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The giant panda may be one of the most recognizable endangered species on the 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.
17) 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.
18) Pelican dreams
Publisher
Docurama
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Follows a wayward California brown pelican from her "arrest" on the Golden Gate Bridge into care at a wildlife rehabilitation facility, and from there explores pelicans' nesting grounds, Pacific coast migration and survival challenges.
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
p2010, c2009
Language
English
Description
Explores the past, present and future of scientific exploration on the world's most mysterious continent with a focus on announcing the latest discoveries on the issue of climate change. From Ernest Shackleton's first scientific expedition 100 years ago to today's scientists, old, new and yet unreleased data raise questions about what is happening on Antarctica and its impact on the rest of the world.
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
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.
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