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NATURE: "The Gorilla King"

Film Retraces Life of Titus, Silverback Leader, From Birth to Present Reign, Spanning a Tumultuous Period in History of a Species and of Rwanda
Sun, April 20th, 2008

In 1974, renowned primatologist Dian Fossey introduced a young researcher named Kelly Stewart to a gorilla family Fossey was studying. Stewart, daughter of actor Jimmy Stewart, was the first to see a tiny new baby gorilla, whom she named Titus. H...

NATURE: "What Females Want and Males Will Do"

Sex Education Goes Far Beyond the Birds and the Bees in Two-Part High-Definition Special
Sun, April 6th, 2008

Lizards do push-ups for it. Gelada baboons show off their passion-flushed pectorals. Bowerbirds become interior decorators. From dancing spiders to drumming monkeys, the universal urge to mate has led creatures throughout the animal kingdom to evo...

NATURE: "Crash: A Tale of Two Species"

Sun, February 10th, 2008

The humble horseshoe crab is an evolutionary marvel, virtually unchanged over the course of 350 million years. The small red knot shorebird each year undertakes one of the longest migrations of any species on Earth. The intersection of these two unas...

NATURE: "Silence of the Bees"

NATURE's 26th Season Kicks Off with a Worldwide Investigation of Honeybee Die-Offs; Program Filmed in High Definition
Fri, October 19th, 2007

November 2006. A Pennsylvania beekeeper reports his bees are gone without a trace. Within days, similar devastating reports are coming in from across America. Soon, news from abroad: major hive losses in France, mysterious vanishings in Spain. By Jan...

Nature: Can Animals Predict Disaster

Fri, May 4th, 2007

It was once a “foolish” notion, largely written off as an old wives’ tale: that animals can sense impending natural disasters.    But today, given potent impetus from events preceding last winter’s catastrophic tsuna...

Nature: "Dogs That Changed the World"

Groundbreaking Scientific Theories on Dogs� Evolution; Today�s Designer Dog Trend; and Canines� Emerging Role in Cancer Detection
Fri, April 20th, 2007

It is the epic story of one of the most amazing evolutionary journeys ever taken by a species. Thousands of years ago, as humans began to settle in villages, the wolf emerged from the wild and made the startling leap to “man’s best frie...

Nature: Unforgettable Elephants

Mon, March 26th, 2007

Nature:“Unforgettable Elephants”              On the grassy Kenya savannah beneath the snowy peak of Mount Kilimanjaro, filmmaker Martyn Colbeck has filmed and photographed eleph...

Winged Migration

Thu, March 8th, 2007

The visually stunning Academy Award-nominated film, WINGED MIGRATION, comes to KUED-Channel 7 on Wednesday, March 14, at 7 p.m.  Directed by one of France's most respected actors and producers, Jacques Perrin, the documentary is presented wi...

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