Video: New Rhino Cam Could Help Thwart Poachers
Could tiny cameras embedded in the horns of rhinos be the best, new tools to help stop poachers?
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Video: Living on an Iceberg
Last year, 2014, was the warmest on record since 1880, according to scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York. What is even more telling is that nine of the 10 warmest years since modern records began have now occurred since 2000.
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Video: Discovering the Unseen Natural World
Big, charismatic fauna and the large terrains and environments they live in—such as polar bears in the Arctic and whales in the world’s oceans—are always captivating.
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Mayhem Ensues as Lions and Hyenas Go to War Over a Buffalo Carcass (Video)
Of all of Africa’s fascinating interspecies rivalries, lions and hyenas may take the prize for sheer drama, animosity, and entertainment value. Don’t believe me? Check out this footage shot in South Africa’s Londolozi Private Game Reserve.
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Watch a Herd of Wild Elephants Casually Saunter through the Lobby of a Safari Lodge
Have you ever been to the Peabody Hotel in Memphis? It’s famous for the resident flock of ducks that march through its lobby twice a day. Mfuwe Lodge in Zambia’s South Luangwa National Park has Africa’s super-sized answer to the Peabody’s ducks.
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Video: Summer Beaches and Turtle Treks to the Sea
With the official start of summer arriving in just a little over a week, our thoughts are naturally turning to the world’s beaches. We won’t be the only ones, however, who’ll soon be populating the sands. Sea turtles are found in almost every ocean basin throughout the world.
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Video of the Week: What's so Great about the Great Migration?
Pretty much everyone has heard of the Great Migration. And most people have a pretty decent sense of what it is — a bunch of wildebeest and zebra running across the plains trying to not get eaten, right? Well, yes, but it’s so much more than that.
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Video: BP’s Oil Spill—Lost Islands and Relocated Birds
The many news reports regarding the consequences of rapid climate change have made us all familiar with the fact that some islands may soon disappear due to rising sea levels. But you may be surprised to learn that an offshore oil spill has already caused the destruction of an island.
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What It's Like: Gorilla Trekking in Uganda (Video)
Ever wondered what it’s like to trek to see the gorillas of Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable Forest? Though the experience can’t really be captured in a single short video, the footage below will give you a decent of sense of what the experience is like.
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Video: Water’s Staying Power
Water has been in the news this week: especially regarding how we’ll deal with insufficient quantities of it where we need it most—water is heavy and costly to transport—in a world that continues to rapidly warm and with a population that keeps growing.
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Video: How Whales Help Sequester CO2
We know that the world’s forests—boreal, temperate and tropical—play a large role in sequestering carbon dioxide (CO2)—as long as drought, harvesting, insect damage and wildfires don’t overpower them. But we may have another “champion” helping us to combat rising CO2 levels: whales.
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Watch Five Newborn Cheetah Cubs Live on a Webcam!
Need a little something to brighten up your Monday? Then check out this live 24-hour webcam trained on these five cheetah cubs at South Africa’s Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre (HESC). The cubs were born in on April 17th to a cheetah named Salome in the center’s maternity ward.