NATURE has been nominated for eight Emmy Awards in the following categories. Winners will be announced on Wednesday, September 21, 2016 at Lincoln Center in New York City. Outstanding Nature Programming Mystery Monkeys ...
READ MORE ›Wildscreen Festival Nominates NATURE for Four Panda Awards
Wildscreen Festival’s Panda Awards nominated three Nature productions for awards. Moose: Life of a Twig Eater (aka Moose: A Year in the Life of a Twig Eater) was nominated for an “Editing Award.” India’s Wandering ...
READ MORE ›Featured Creature: The Vaquita
The vaquita (pronounced VA-Keeta) is the smallest, and most endangered, whale species in the world. It reaches a maximum length of 5 feet and weighs less than 120 lbs. Vaquitas are easily distinguished by the dark markings ...
READ MORE ›Giant Manta Rays: Ocean Drifters or High Seas Homebodies?
For giant manta rays in the Indo-Pacific, home means a surprisingly small spot in the ocean. Sometimes called ‘pandas of the sea’, these gregarious, toothless, and more than 4,000-pound sea creatures call warm saltwaters ...
READ MORE ›The Weed-Munching Goats of Brooklyn
In 2012, Hurricane Sandy ripped through the northeastern U.S., flooding coastal areas and causing an estimated 75 billion dollars of damage. Brooklyn’s scenic Prospect Park wasn’t immune–Sandy destroyed more ...
READ MORE ›Animal Experts Weigh-In on the Death of Harambe
Over the Memorial Day weekend, a four year-old boy climbed over a barrier and fell into a gorilla exhibit at the Cincinnati Zoo. The episode ended with Harambe, a male lowland gorilla, shot dead by the zoo’s dangerous ...
READ MORE ›Add the Nile Crocodile to Florida’s Growing List of Invasive Reptiles
With its balmy climate, swamps and lush greenery, Florida has proved to be the perfect home for large reptiles from other tropical parts of the world. For example, the Burmese python, a native of Southeast Asia, has ...
READ MORE ›How to Film Peregrine Falcons in the Concrete Jungle
I have been asked to film New York’s peregrines for a program about urban wildlife, being made by a producer called Fredi. He dreams of filming a city peregrine hunting to feed its family, among the skyscrapers of ...
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