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In 1826, the first mosquitoes arrived in Hawaii aboard a whaling ship. Learn how they spread avian malaria to native birds, accelerating extinction in this already imperiled ecosystem, and join scientists as they learn how one species is bucking the extinction trend through evolution. History, island biogeography and genetics converge as the Amakihi, a native honeycreeper, mysteriously re-populate...More
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TERRA 534: Hindsight and Foresight - 20 Years After the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill 17:37mins | 2010-05-26 | Produced by: NOAA Ocean Media Center
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In light of the recent catastrophe in the Gulf Coast region, it seems appropriate to re-visit the previous disaster of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska. This film, produced by NOAA, takes a look at the past 20 years of recovery and persisting environmental effects in Prince William Sound. What does this film tell us about the consequences of the present BP oil drilling disaster in the Gulf Coa...More
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TERRA 515: Big Horned on Campus 9:40mins | 2009-05-24 | Produced by: Elliot Kennerson
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For almost two decades, great horned owls roosted on a high building at the center of the Montana State University campus every summer. "Big Horned on Campus" documents the owls' last season on the ledges of Leon Johnson Hall, where they successfully raised a pair of chicks and became a fascination to their human neighbors. Raptor biologist Dave Willey narrates this whimsical but inform...More
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TERRA 510: On the Wing PART FOUR 16:36mins | 2009-04-10 | Produced by: Dan Viens
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ON THE WING is a new documentary which tells the story of Portland, Oregon's Chapman Swifts. Each fall these birds roost in the chimney of a Portland elementary school and put on an amazing nightly aerial display to the delight of hundreds and thousands of observers. The event has become a cult phenomenon over the past 15 years an...More
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TERRA 509: On the Wing PART THREE 13:05mins | 2009-04-03 | Produced by: Dan Viens
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ON THE WING is a new documentary which tells the story of Portland, Oregon's Chapman Swifts. Each fall these birds roost in the chimney of a Portland elementary school and put on an amazing nightly aerial display to the delight of hundreds and thousands of observers. The event has become a cult phenomenon over the past 15 years an...More
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