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Category Archives: Wildlife
Ocean Wildlife: ‘Sea Lions – Grizzly Bears Of The Sea’
Sea lions are pinnipeds characterized by external ear flaps, long foreflippers, the ability to walk on all fours, short, thick hair, and a big chest and belly. Together with the fur seals, they comprise the family Otariidae, eared seals, which contains six extant and one extinct species in five genera.
VIEWS: Birds Of The World In ‘8K ULTRA HD’ (VIDEO)
Wildlife: The Uncertain Origins And Evolution Of The Turtle (Video)
Turtle evolution has caused many problems for scientists over the years due to multiple fossil discoveries seeming to contradict each other with different turtle features evolving independently on different turtle ancestors. However, although there is still work to be done this video sets out to explain what is known so far.
Arctic Wildlife: ‘Best Of Polar Bears’ (BBC Video)
Enjoy some of the best Polar Bear moments from the BBC Earth library.
Wildlife: ‘Geese Migration’ Lake Byron, South Dakota
“Sunday Morning” takes us to Lake Byron in South Dakota, where ’tis the season for geese to migrate South.
Videographer: Kevin Kjergaard.
Wildlife: The ‘Extreme Biology’ Of Hummingbirds
The hummingbird is the smallest bird on the planet, with one species measuring just five centimeters! But inside their tiny bodies are huge brains and hearts – the largest in the avian kingdom relative to body size.
Those brains and hearts are used to power an astonishing metabolism, incredibly strong flight muscles for their high-speed wings, and a formidable intelligence that allows them to remember where to find the sweetest flowers. Dive into the extraordinary world of these aerial acrobats through ultra high-speed HD cameras and cutting-edge remote systems – what you’ll learn may well surprise you!
America’s National Parks: ‘Yellowstone’ – National Geographic (Video)
Few places are as special and unique as Yellowstone National Park – the world’s first national park. A wilderness jewel of vast forests and wide-open valleys, home to large bison herds, wolf packs, and grizzly bears. It sits atop one of the world’s largest super volcanoes, giving rise to such iconic geothermal features as Old Faithful geyser and the Grand Prismatic Spring.
Arctic Wildlife: ‘Polar Bears & Climate Change’
Between 1870 and 1973, the entire polar bear population of Svalbard was almost eradicated through hunting—almost 30,000 were killed. Today, polar bear numbers are climbing, but they face a new threat: climate change. And with the Arctic warming at a rate that’s twice as fast as elsewhere, the situation is becoming critical.
Winter Travel: ‘Reindeer Moments’ From BBC Earth
Reindeer live in some of the coldest parts of the world. Sit back and enjoy this selection of wonderful reindeer moments selected from the BBC Earth library.
The reindeer, also known as the caribou in North America, is a species of deer with circumpolar distribution, native to Arctic, sub-Arctic, tundra, boreal, and mountainous regions of northern Europe, Siberia, and North America. This includes both sedentary and migratory populations.
