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Travel all over the world with Martin and Chris Kratt, award-winning wildlife filmmakers, as they live with the animals on their turf seeking to understand what it's like to Be the Creature. Features wild dogs, lions, killer whales, grizzlies and more. As seen on National Geographic Channel.
3) Oil on ice
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A documentary connecting the fate of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to decisions America makes about energy policy, transportation choices, and other seemingly unrelated matters. Caught in the balance are the culture and livelihood of the Gwich'in people and the migratory wildlife in this fragile ecosystem. Discusses the conflict between the oil industry and environmentalists over the future of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
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"Shows homeowners how to fill their yards and gardens with the sights and sounds of nature by gardening with native species that attract birds, butterflies, bees, and other wildlife"--Provided by publisher
Shows homeowners how to fill their yards and gardens with the sights and sounds of nature. Author David Mizejewski presents simple plans for reintroducing native plants that birds, butterflies, bees, and a whole host of critters can't resist. He...
5) Nature girl
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Honey Santana, the bipolar, self-proclaimed "queen of lost causes," has plans to give Boyd Shreave and his mistress a lesson in civility, unaware that she is being followed by her obsessed ex-employer and her one-time drug runner ex-husband.
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"Information about being a vet for young children"--
Dr. Gabby travels the world to care for wild animals. As a wildlife veterinarian, she's called in to help when animals are injured, sick, or just in need of a wellness checkup. Join her in an around-the-world tour of amazing animals, places, and wild vet stories. Readers are introduced to each "patient" including the animal's body and behavior, diet, family, dangers, and what it needs to successfully...
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"Many protected wild animals fetch a high price on the black market, whether because their body parts are desirable resources for making clothing and other products or because people want to keep them as pets. Readers will learn how criminals called animal traffickers obtain these species and transport them around the world, evading law enforcement organizations along the way. They will also find out how animal trafficking harms the environment and...
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"For gardeners who are ready to take their efforts to the next level by planting for birds, butterflies, and other wildlife by focusing on restoring native habitat and using sustainable practices, this offers more than 200 recommendations of specific cultivars, sustainability tips, and facts about how to grarden organically. Regional recommendations are tailored to attracting specific pollinators; planting diagrams and plans show the possibilities...
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Marlice van Vuuren's wildlife rehabilitation sanctuary, Naankuse (N/a'an ku sê), is just outside Windhoek, the capital of Namibia. In partnership with the Shiloh Jolie-Pitt Foundation, this sanctuary is where Marlice and her family care for orphaned animals, which they one day hope to release back into the wild. In this episode, Rudie and Marlice release seven cheetahs and a leopard into the wild.
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Marlice van Vuuren's wildlife rehabilitation sanctuary, Naankuse (N/a'an ku sê), is just outside Windhoek, the capital of Namibia. In partnership with the Shiloh Jolie-Pitt Foundation, this sanctuary is where Marlice and her family care for orphaned animals, which they one day hope to release back into the wild. In this episode, Marlice's day begins with baboons, but later in the day she has to visit a neighboring farm to rescue a trapped leopard....
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"Tearing down fences literally and metaphorically, Birds, Beasts and Bedlam recounts the adventures of Britain's most colourful rewilder, Derek Gow. How he raised a sofa-loving wild boar piglet, transported a raging bison bull across the UK, got bitten by a Scottish wildcat and restored the ancient white stork to the Knepp Estate with Charlie Burell and Isabella Tree. After a Shetland ewe captured a young Derek's heart, he grew up to become a farmer...
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Marlice van Vuuren's wildlife rehabilitation sanctuary, Naankuse (N/a'an ku sê), is just outside Windhoek, the capital of Namibia. In partnership with the Shiloh Jolie-Pitt Foundation, this sanctuary is where Marlice and her family care for orphaned animals, which they one day hope to release back into the wild. See how the baboon babies in the sanctuary get exercise, climb trees, forage for food and play with each other -- like they would in the...
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Imagine a thriving flower garden in your backyard, bursting with vibrantly colored blooms and lush green leaves. Now imagine the same garden, alive with buzzing and flapping and chirping. Imagine the ecological impact of encouraging natural pollinators to do their jobs. Imagine the excitement of watching your garden become a hub of activity and learning about all of its different visitors. For those who relish observing nature in action, planning...
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In Wild Things, Wild Places, Jane Alexander movingly, with a clear eye and a knowing, keen grasp of the issues and on what is being done in conservation and the worlds of science to help the planet's most endangered species to stay alive and thrive, writes of her steady and fervent immersion into the worlds of wildlife conservation, of her coming to know the scientists throughout the world--to her, the prophets in the wilderness--who are steeped in...
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