According to legend, Spanish explorers believed that a fountain of eternal youth existed somewhere in the place we know today as Florida. In a poetic way, they were right. Beneath Florida lies the world’s largest known system of springs. These springs shelter strange life forms and dot the land ...
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Follow a baby humpback whale as she travels from her birthplace in Hawaii, to feeding grounds off Alaska’s coast. Escorted by her mother, this newborn will learn many things along the way. And when the pair returns to Hawaii, this yearling will be ready to take her place in her own com...
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The black mamba is one of Africa’s most dangerous and feared snakes. Most people would kill it on sight. But in the tiny country of Swaziland, one husband and wife team has taken a different approach to the mamba. They've initiated a study that they hope will change perceptions of what ...
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The returning saga of Cloud, the wild stallion, finds us back in the Arrowhead Mountains of Montana. Cloud is one of two fathers who bring up each other’s sons. Bolder is his by birth while Flint, sired by another stallion, is the colt Cloud raised. Now, Bolder has gathered some mares...
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From the moment of birth, baby animals in the wild can face almost anything — from a large social group of interested caregivers to complete abandonment. Yet all wild babies share some things in common -- they must learn whom to trust, what to fear, and when to act -- all in the first days...
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Seasonal changes impel a wide variety of creatures, from whooper swans to monarch butterflies, to begin their epic migrations to ancient feeding, mating, and breeding grounds, sometimes covering thousands of miles and employing ingenious methods to reach their destinations.
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