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1) Life
Publisher
BBC Earth
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Four years in the making, and filmed over 3000 days across every continent and in every habitat, see 130 incredible stories from frontiers of the natural world. Discover the glorious variety of life on Earth and the spectacular and extraordinary tactics animals and plants have developed to stay alive. This is evolution in action: individual creatures under extreme pressure to overcome challenges from adversaries and their environment.
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
The source of the earth's great variety of animals was a scientific mystery until Charles Darwin proposed the idea of natural selection. Nova presents breakthroughs in a new science nicknamed "evo devo" that are linking the enigma of origins to another of nature's mysteries, the development of embryos.
Publisher
Time-Life Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Host David Attenborough visits the great environmental regions of the planet to examine how plants and animals adapt to their surroundings and how otherwise unrelated organisms, molded by similar conditions, develop similar techniques for solving problems of survival.
Series
Collection Evolution volume 2-3
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Great transformations focuses on the evolutionary changes that triggered the earth's incredible diversity. Extinction! explores why, then confronts a frightening notion: are humans causing the next mass extinction-- the sixth in the history of life on earth?
6) Ape to man
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
The video chronicles the discoveries and theories that have led to our current understanding of evolution, including discarded postualtes, an elaborate hoax that baffled science and the key elements that separate man from ape.
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Imagine a world without bees, butterflies, and flowering plants. That was Earth 125 million years ago. Turn back the clock 400 million years, and there were no trees. At 450 million years in the past, even the earliest insects had not yet developed. And looking back 500 million years, the land was devoid of life, which at that time flourished in a profusion of strange forms in the oceans. These and other major turning points are the amazing story...
Publisher
BBC Earth
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Viewers are swept away on a global odyssey to discover the largest and least explored habitat on Earth. New ocean technology has made it possible to delve further into the unknown than ever before. From the coastal shallows to deeper, more mysterious worlds, enjoy the spectacular stories of life beneath the waves.
9) Life
Publisher
BBC Earth/2 Entertain
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Explores the variety of tactics plants and animals use to survive in their environments.
Publisher
Disney Educational Productions
Pub. Date
[2009?]
Language
English
Description
"Showcases the ongoing battle for survival between predator and prey. Students will journey on land and under sea for a riveting look at many species - from caribou and cheetahs to sea lions and sharks - as they either stalk their prey or avoid being stalked themselves. From the amazing variety of adaptations that characterize both predators and prey to the natural order of a food chain, this DVD highlights the important role predation plays in keeping...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Academy Award-winning filmmakers expose the forces that are leading our planet to its next mass extinction, potentially resulting in the loss of half of all species. A never-before-seen view of an international wildlife trade, operating in the shadows, reveals how creatures that have survived for millions of years may be wiped from Earth in our lifetime.
14) Living together
Series
Endless voyage volume program 23
Publisher
INTELECOM Intelligent Telecommunications
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Explores the role and importance of oceans in nurturing and sustaining life on the planet.
Publisher
Learning Essentials
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
"Life in the sea explains the distinguishing features of the six most common phyla - from the basic body plans of sponges to the sophisticated anatomy of the chordates. The key points of each body plan are explained and how they equip their owners for survival. After watching the program students will be able to classify the most common marine organisms at the phylum level"--Container.
After watching this program, students will be able to classify...
Publisher
Distributed by Madacy Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
A tale of cunning versus courage - a desperate fight between a pride of lions and a herd of giraffe. There are no victors in Predators III, only the great abiding savanna that consumes itself in order to survive, and never eats its fill.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A visit with the planet's greatest animal hustlers. Meet the shape shifters, mimics, masters of disguise and illusion, cheats and sneaks in the animal world. This series reveals the modus operandi of remarkable animals going to elaborate lengths to claw their way to the top.
