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Pub. Date
[1999]
Description
Dr. Robert Ballard leads a team of experts and four World War II veterans to Midway Island where the U.S. and Japan fought one of the fiercest battles of the war. They're in a race against time to find at least one of the downed aircraft carriers including the U.S.S. Yorktown.
Pub. Date
[2000], c1999
Description
After being hunted to the brink of extinction in the U.S., the majestic misunderstood wolf is attempting the comeback of the century in North America's beloved Yellowstone National Park. Witness the unfolding saga of hardships and affection, losses and triumphs, and the controversy surrounding the decision to reintroduce these wolves back into the heart of the West.
Series
Pub. Date
2001
Description
Discover the last descendants of America's first mustangs, isolated for centuries in the rural Southwest. Hit the train with famed "horse whisperer" Pat Parelli, scientists and wranglers as they round up these living pieces of history with the hope of breeding them back from the brink of extinction.
14) Bear island
Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Researcher LaVern Beier attempts to deploy National Geographic's Crittercam, presenting the opportunity to vicariously walk with brown bears in their Alaskan habitat. Originally a television program, this DVD also includes an episode of Wild chronicles entitled "Crittercam : black bears" which examines black bear behavior in Yosemite National Park in California.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
A Stanford University neurobiologist has been advancing our understanding of stress - how it impacts our bodies and how our social standing can make us more or less susceptible. Research reveals that the impact of stress can be found deep within us, shrinking our brains, adding fat to our bellies, even unraveling our chromosomes. Yet understanding how stress works can help us figure out a ways to combat it and how to live a life free of the tyranny...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
When Charles Darwin's life's work is in danger of being scooped by Alfred Wallace, one of his children is stricken by scarlet fever and one with diphtheria. His wife, Emma, is his rock, helping him through the turmoil. This story brings to life the compelling human story behind the publication of one of history's most influential theories.
Pub. Date
2009.
Description
"[This film] charts the devastating ecological impact of overfishing by interweaving both local and global stories of sharply declining fish populations, including the imminent extinction of the bluefin tuna, and illuminates how our modern fishing capacities far outstrip the survival abilities of any ocean species. Scientists explain how this depletion has slipped under the public radar and outline the catastrophic future that awaits us -- an ocean...
20) The noble horse
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
This documentary explores the domestication of the horse; the development of equestrian cultures, particularly in Mongolia; wild horses in the American West; and the centrality of the horse to human history.
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