Complete Life Cycle of the Monarch Butterfly by Guest
Watch the entire lifecycle of the Monarch butterfly from a tiny caterpillar hatching from an egg on a Milkweed leaf through metamorphosis to become a glorious adult butterfly. Filmed utilizing high powered, microscopic cameras and time-lapse photography. Produced for the Chicago Nature Museum in...
May 22
How Life Begins in the Deep Ocean – Video by Guest
Where do squid, jellyfish and other sea creatures begin life? The story, told from the viewpoint of a sea urchin, reveals a stunningly beautiful saga of fertilization, development and growth in the ocean depths. Although this targets children on TED-Ed, the visuals – and the information...
May 14
Ocean Acrobats: The Spinner Dolphins by Hardy Jones
While filming Ocean Acrobats I had the extraordinary good fortune to obtain some of the greatest spins ever recorded. The opening to the film is a relaxing and awe inspiring 90 seconds that says a lot about why we love dolphins and why we should protect them. Filmed off Hawaii and French...
Apr 24
The Red Panda by Jane Engelsiepen
Red Pandas are cute, colorful mammals about the size of a domestic cat. They have adorable faces with mask-like markings, long white whiskers, fluffy white ears, beautiful red-brown coats and distinctive, long, bushy striped tails. Red Pandas use their tails for balance and to wrap around their...
Apr 03
Make Way for Ducklings at the White House by Penny Stallings
A mother duck and her ducklings visited the White House recently, but not without some help from the White House secret service guards. Mom went first – waddling through the fence bars and onto the lawn. But the ducklings couldn’t quite make it over the concrete barrier and were stuck...
Mar 22
Things Are Looking Up for Giraffes in West Africa by Penny Stallings
  Known for its light colored spots, the West African giraffe once roamed in pockets across Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon and Benin; that is until drought and hunting decimated their numbers. In 1996, with just 50 left in the wild, conservationists in Niger launched a campaign to protect them from...
Mar 22
Pacific Migration by Jane Engelsiepen
Migrating Geese     Millions of birds are beginning their journey north along the Pacific Flyway! The Pacific Flyway is a superhighway, up to 1,000 miles wide and 9,000 miles north-south, traveled by more than 350 species of birds migrating between Alaska and Patagonia, at the tip of...
Mar 14
Tiger Cubs Caught on Camera by WWF by Jane Engelsiepen
These adorable Sumatran tiger cubs were caught by World Wildlife Fund‘s hidden camera in the area of Bukit Tigapuluh National Park of Central Sumatra (see map below). Because there are only approximately 400 Sumatran tigers remaining in the wild, catching these three thriving cubs on camera...
Mar 09