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Author
Publisher
Sierra Club Books
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
xxiii, 223 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Palmer, a veteran producer and film educator, looks past the headlines to uncover the pervasive and troubling trend toward sensationalism, extreme risk-taking, and even abuse in wildlife films.
Publisher
Griffen Productions
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (50 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A wildlife documentary that captures the life cycle of elk amidst unforgettable images of the Rocky Mountains. Filmed over three years by renowned wildlife cinematographer Gary W. Griffen, the superb images and original soundtrack will immerse you in the elk's natural environment. Narrated by actor Stacy Keach, it provides a better understanding of when elk came to North America, their mystical relationship with Native Americans, and their drastic...
Publisher
Kate Marshall Graphics, Inc
Pub. Date
©2010.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (1 hr., 38 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Kate Marshall Graphics brings you wild black bears through the magic of storytelling in this collection of true bear stories as told by the folks who met those bears.
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jim and Elaine Larison spent years studying, exploring, and living in wild places, making more than thirty environmental films, most for the National Geographic Society. These films won more than forty international awards from leading environmental and broadcast organizations. This memoir tells the story behind the adventure and describes the rather substantial personal costs of this career. While shooting film in Alaska, Jim Larison narrowly survived...
Publisher
MasterVision
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (2 hr., 30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Presents instruction on identifying butterflies found across the United States. Covers butterfly biology, lifecycles, and behavior. Explains how to attract butterflies to backyard gardens.
Publisher
Kate Marshall Graphics, Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (192 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Southern Bears is the fourth in an international award-winning DVD documentary series about bears. This massive program discusses American Black Bears in the southern states, their habitats, diets, history, behavior, safety, and past and current management, and current and future challenges. We meet the bear managers and experts from these states: Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee....
Publisher
Kate Marshall Graphics, Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"This documentary program beautifully illustrates the personal and private lives of whitetail deer in all four seasons. This footage of wild deer was obtained in natural habitat in the Great Smoky Mountains over an 18-year period. During that time, many dramas were filmed, as well as tender moments. Included are comments about the history of Cades Cove deer by National Park Service and Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. Filmed in Cades Cove,...
Series
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
With high speed camerawork and breakthrough new science, we enter the fast-paced world of hummingbirds as never before. Speed is their middle name. Their lives are moving faster than the eye can see.
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Wildlife warriors: Learn about the battle to save Africa's endangered animals and the soldiers who fight to protect them from poachers. African wildlife: Experience the animals of Namibia's Etosha National Park up close and personal.
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Surviors of the skeleton coast: View desert-dwelling elephants and see how they have adapted their behavoir to survive the harsh Namib Desert. Elephant: Learn about the life of these intelligent creatures.
12) Animal sanctuary
Author
Publisher
Starcherone Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
215 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Lions of darkness: Explore life within a growing lion pride in Botswana after outsiders kill their leader. Walking with lions: Learn about how thrist driven animals trek to African springs which harbor hidden predators.
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Zebras: View the great zebra migration in Botswana and learn about the social structure of the family groups that keep these horses safe. The rhino war: Learn about the battle to save the rhinos from extinction and the history of pochers in Africa who during the 70s and 80s slaughtered 95 percent of Africa's black rhinoceroses.
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Gorilla: Learn about the gentle intelligent gorillas of central Africa, who once numbered in the thousands. Search for the great apes: Learn about the mountain gorillas and orangutans of the central African mountains.
Publisher
Hannover House
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (81 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles one loggerhead turtle's journey from a young hatchling emerging from her nest in the sand to a 25-year-old adult returning to the same beach to hatch her own young. It's a remarkable story about the harrowing trek around the globe of this threatened species and an amazing odyssey you won't want to miss.
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