Manú National Park, deep in the Peruvian rainforest, is one of the most biodiverse places on the planet. The park and surrounding areas are home to some 10 percent of the world's bird species, countless... continue reading
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For over a century, one of the most important salmon runs in the U.S. has had to contend with historic dams in Oregon and California. These dams have been responsible for the death of hundreds of thousands... continue reading
posted by newtboy 3 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 134 views • 3:07Ipley Cross, in the middle of the New Forest, is one of the most dangerous road junctions in Britain. Why? • Thanks to Bez, whoever you are: their definitive article on this junction is here: https://singletrackworld.c... continue reading
posted by eric3579 4 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 622 views • 4:12In the fast-flowing streams of eastern Tennessee, Emilly Nolan is working hard to reestablish a population for a strange looking animal with an even stranger array of nicknames. The Eastern hellbender—aka... continue reading
posted by newtboy 4 years 5 months ago • 153 views • 6:51Warmer Pacific temperatures are decimating kelp forests, the most diverse and important ecosystems off the West coast. Without these nurseries for ocean fish, their populations are due to collapse quickly.
posted by newtboy 4 years 9 months 1 week ago • 368 views • 11:07“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I... continue reading
posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 5 years ago • 168 views • 20:41YouTube description: This millipede uses deadly cyanide gas to keep predators at bay. But one beetle can tolerate the toxic defense and rides the millipede like a bucking bronco. Who will win this showdown... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 336 views • 4:33In the last few years, wildfires have been getting worse - and, oddly, it's because humans have been preventing them. From a helicopter above the forests of British Columbia, and from the Tree Ring Lab... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 5 years 10 months 4 weeks ago • 125 views • 3:46The landscape of Iceland has changed a lot in a thousand years. When the Vikings first arrived in the ninth century, the land was covered in 25 to 40 percent forest. Within a few centuries, almost all... continue reading
posted by newtboy 6 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 801 views • 5:22YouTube description: Programme website: http://bbc.in/2CHzXJj A rusty spotted cat, the world's smallest cat, explores his forest home in Sri Lanka, but his natural curiosity is destined to get him into... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 5 months ago • 891 views • 1:58https://youtu.be/Zm6X77ShHa8 Beavers have done more to shape North American landscapes than any animal beside humans. We don’t notice them much today because there aren’t many left, but before colonization,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 1,121 views • 5:19YouTube: Deep in the forests of New Guinea there is a rich variety of life, each more bizarre than the last. One such spectacle is the male Bird of Paradise who appears to go to extraordinary lengths to... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 245 views • 3:24Via YouTube: Incredible view of the western world from the mind of a small tribe living in the Amazon rain forest.
posted by Gratefulmom 7 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 1,300 views • 6:30"What is this? A forest for ANTS?! Deep Look: https://youtu.be/fguo3HvWjb0 ..." From http://www.reddit.com/r/ants/comments/5apoyx/its_okay_to_be_smart_weve_got_ants_in_our_plants/ ...
posted by ant 7 years 7 months 1 week ago • 202 views • 7:03YouTube description: Conceived in the open sea, tiny spaceship-shaped sea urchin larvae search the vast ocean to find a home. After this incredible odyssey, they undergo one of the most remarkable transformations... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 658 views • 3:23I built this grass hut up on a ridge. It's roughly parallel with the tiled hut and wattle and daub hut that are a couple of hundred meters away down in a valley. I built it on a ridge to get away from... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 567 views • 4:17Bears, Beets, Battlestar Galactica
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 373 views • 2:11Cooking and leaching Black bean to remove the poison making it safe to eat. A basket was made to leach the poison out in a stream. Also shown are Atherton Oak nuts. The Aboriginal artifacts found near... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 8 years 1 week ago • 299 views • 4:51My 11 year old shared this with me, telling me he wished he was growing up where this would have been available to him. Via YouTube: Kids Gone Wild: looking at life in kindergarten… Danish-style
posted by Gratefulmom 8 years 2 months ago • 1,518 views • 10:40I made this bow and arrow using only primitive tools and materials.The bow is 1.25 m (55 inches) long and shoots 60 cm (2 feet) long arrows. I don't know the draw weight - safe to say greater than 15 kg... continue reading
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