Nature RSS feed for WHYY programming.http://video.whyy.orgen-ushttp://video.whyy.orgFri, 10 Feb 2012 00:25:29 -0500Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:25:29 -0500http://video.whyy.org/video/2193790353/The Himalayan mountain system is the planet's highest and home to the world's tallest peaks. NATURE explores the diversity of wildlife and habitats of this mountain chain starring the mysterious snow leopard. 2/15/2012http://video.whyy.org/video/2193790353/02/07/2012Airs Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.Science & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsEnvironmentEnvironmentPromotionhttp://video.whyy.org/video/2193456090/How does the size of urban raccoon territory compare to that of its rural counterpart? This web-exclusive video interviews experts who participated in a study to learn more about raccoon city geography.http://video.whyy.org/video/2193456090/02/06/2012How does the size of urban raccoon territory compare to that of its rural counterpart?Science & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsEnvironmentEnvironmentSegmenthttp://video.whyy.org/video/2193456094/In this web-exclusive video, experts discuss the connection between raccoon dexterity, the animal's immense curiosity in objects, and intelligence.http://video.whyy.org/video/2193456094/02/06/2012The connection between the raccoon's dexterity, immense curiosity, and intelligence.Arts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentSegmenthttp://video.whyy.org/video/2191769658/Find out if human beings' efforts to outwit raccoons are actually making the animals smarter. 2/8/2012http://video.whyy.org/video/2191769658/01/31/2012Premieres Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.Science & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsEnvironmentEnvironmentPromotionhttp://video.whyy.org/video/2192714209/This web exclusive video looks at the benefits of engaging in animal play: illustrating how things work, the physics of the world, and what to do and what not to do.http://video.whyy.org/video/2192714209/02/08/2012Animal play teaches animals about how things work, and the physics of the world.Science & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsSegmenthttp://video.whyy.org/video/2193464939/A raccoon mother gathers her kits to leave the security of their natal den and descend 60 feet, head first, into the darkness for their first touch on solid ground.http://video.whyy.org/video/2193464939/02/06/2012A raccoon mother gathers her kits for a trip into the city.Science & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsSegmenthttp://video.whyy.org/video/2192070266/Are the obstacles that our fast-paced urban world throws at raccoons actually pushing the development of their brains? Closely follow a family of urban raccoons as they navigate the complex world of a big city.http://video.whyy.org/video/2192070266/02/09/2012Follow a family of urban raccoons as they navigate the complex world of a big city.Science & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsEnvironmentEnvironmentEpisodehttp://video.whyy.org/video/2192380289/In this web-exclusive video, Producer Susan Fleming discusses the trials and tribulations that come with trying to capture high-quality images of raccoons in the pitch black.http://video.whyy.org/video/2192380289/02/02/2012The trials and tribulations that come with trying to film raccoons in the pitch black.Film & TelevisionFilm & TelevisionScience & NatureScience & NatureSegmenthttp://video.whyy.org/video/2193590042/The raccoon's intelligence, adaptable nature, and omnivorous diet help the species thrive in urban landscapes.http://video.whyy.org/video/2193590042/02/07/2012Intelligence, adaptability and diet help the raccoon thrive in urban landscapes.Science & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsEnvironmentEnvironmentSegmenthttp://video.whyy.org/video/2192047091/Filmmaker Shane Moore and Assistant Cameraman Michael Mauntler recap on the time they spent on Alaska's Admiralty Island.http://video.whyy.org/video/2192047091/02/01/2012Fortress of the Bears filmmakers recap on the time they spent shooting in Alaska.Film & TelevisionFilm & TelevisionScience & NatureScience & NatureSegmenthttp://video.whyy.org/video/2187914610/A mother bear is desperate to catch fish to feed her famished cub.http://video.whyy.org/video/2187914610/01/17/2012A mother bear is desperate to catch fish to feed her famished cub.Science & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsSegmenthttp://video.whyy.org/video/2192047097/Filmmaker Shane Moore discusses some of the filming techniques he used on Fortress of the Bears.http://video.whyy.org/video/2192047097/02/01/2012Filmmaker Shane Moore on filming techniques he used on Fortress of the Bears.Film & TelevisionFilm & TelevisionScience & NatureScience & NatureSegmenthttp://video.whyy.org/video/2187906181/It's taken all spring and summer, but salmon finally return to Admiralty Island to spawn and die.http://video.whyy.org/video/2187906181/01/17/2012It's taken all spring and summer, but salmon finally return to Admiralty Island to spawn.Science & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsEarthEarthSegmenthttp://video.whyy.org/video/2191986220/Sound Recordist Dave Ruddick goes through his set-up and explains how he records surround sound in the field. This clip was shot at Tongass National Forest where Ruddick was handling sound for the film Fortress of the Bears.http://video.whyy.org/video/2191986220/02/01/2012Sound Recordist Dave Ruddick explains how he records surround sound in the field.Film & TelevisionFilm & TelevisionScience & NatureScience & NatureTechnologyTechnologySegmenthttp://video.whyy.org/video/2187853707/Find out what the future may hold for Alaska's brown bears. 1/25/2012http://video.whyy.org/video/2187853707/01/17/2012Premieres Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.Science & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsEnvironmentEnvironmentPromotionhttp://video.whyy.org/video/2187882295/Alaska's Admiralty Island is home to an estimated 1800 brown bears, the largest concentration of bears in the world. Enter a world shaped by bears, trees, and salmon, and the delicate balance of their interconnected lives.http://video.whyy.org/video/2187882295/01/26/2012Enter a world shaped by bears, trees, and salmon.Science & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsEnvironmentEnvironmentEpisodehttp://video.whyy.org/video/2191898496/The tides have proven a challenge for the crew during their shoot on Admiralty Island, but filmmaker Shane Moore has new plan to keep their boat from getting stranded.http://video.whyy.org/video/2191898496/02/01/2012The crew gets creative when tides prove a challenge for filming on Admiralty Island.Science & NatureScience & NatureSegmenthttp://video.whyy.org/video/2187914606/Admiralty Island hosts the largest concentration of brown bears in the world.http://video.whyy.org/video/2187914606/01/17/2012Admiralty Island hosts the largest concentration of brown bears in the world.Science & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsEnvironmentEnvironmentSegmenthttp://video.whyy.org/video/1774209428/Irish cameraman Colin Stafford-Johnson spent almost 600 days filming Broken Tail and his family for some of the finest tiger documentaries ever made. 1/18/2012http://video.whyy.org/video/1774209428/02/04/2011Airs Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.Science & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsEnvironmentEnvironmentPromotionhttp://video.whyy.org/video/2185498582/Kangaroo Mob Producer Sally Ingleton on the genesis of the film, how the story evolved, and what urban kangaroos can teach us.http://video.whyy.org/video/2185498582/01/10/2012Kangaroo Mob Producer Sally Ingleton on the film and what urban kangaroos can teach us.Science & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsEnvironmentEnvironmentSegmenthttp://video.whyy.org/video/2185855527/In the past 50 years, the eastern gray kangaroo population around Canberra, Australia's capital city, has exploded from a few hundred to tens of thousands.http://video.whyy.org/video/2185855527/01/12/2012The kangaroo population around Australia's capital has exploded to the tens of thousands.Science & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsEnvironmentEnvironmentEpisodehttp://video.whyy.org/video/2178981305/There are thousands of kangaroos living in the hills around Canberra. And as night falls, they start moving into the suburbs.http://video.whyy.org/video/2178981305/12/21/2011As night falls, the kangaroos of Canberra start moving into the suburbs.Science & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsEnvironmentEnvironmentSegmenthttp://video.whyy.org/video/2183115241/Meet the mob of street-smart kangaroos moving into Australia's capital city and the ecologists who follow their every move. 1/11/2012http://video.whyy.org/video/2183115241/01/03/2012Premieres Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.Science & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsEnvironmentEnvironmentPromotionhttp://video.whyy.org/video/2178981311/Trips to the city become less frequent when there's an abundance of grass in the hills.http://video.whyy.org/video/2178981311/12/21/2011Trips to the city become less frequent when there's an abundance of grass in the hills.Science & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsSegmenthttp://video.whyy.org/video/2178981317/Meet Blackspot, the dominant male of a local Canberra kangaroo mob.http://video.whyy.org/video/2178981317/12/21/2011Meet Blackspot, the dominant male of a local Canberra kangaroo mob.Science & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsSegmenthttp://video.whyy.org/video/1726315091/David Attenborough introduces a young team of New Guinean scientists on a grueling expedition to find and film Birds of Paradise -- the holy grail of wildlife filmmakers. 1/4/2012http://video.whyy.org/video/1726315091/01/04/2012Airs Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.Science & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsEnvironmentEnvironmentPromotionhttp://video.whyy.org/video/2179203658/Learn about the plight of the polar bears, who are living on borrowed time as their habitat changes and food sources become rare. 12/28/2011http://video.whyy.org/video/2179203658/12/21/2011Airs Wednesday, December 28, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.Science & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsEarthEarthEnvironmentEnvironmentPromotionhttp://video.whyy.org/video/2176363070/Revel in a Christmas like no other - from the unique crystals of individual snowflakes to the grand sweep of Yellowstone's Hayden Valley. 12/21/2011http://video.whyy.org/video/2176363070/12/13/2011Airs Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.Science & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsEarthEarthEnvironmentEnvironmentWeather & Natural DisastersWeather & Natural DisastersPromotionhttp://video.whyy.org/video/2171528742/Enjoy a look back at elephant matriarch Echo, the subject of many films. 12/7/2011http://video.whyy.org/video/2171528742/11/28/2011Airs Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.Science & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsEnvironmentEnvironmentPromotionhttp://video.whyy.org/video/2168433624/Join an in-depth investigation into the great divide between dog lovers and cat lovers. Animal behaviorists, psychologists, trainers and devoted owners all weigh in. 11/30/2011http://video.whyy.org/video/2168433624/11/17/2011Airs Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.Science & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsEnvironmentEnvironmentPromotionhttp://video.whyy.org/video/2168524291/Revel in the resurgence of the bald eagle, the American emblem that's come roaring back from the brink of extinction. 11/27/2011http://video.whyy.org/video/2168524291/11/18/2011Airs Sunday, November 27, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.Science & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsEnvironmentEnvironmentPromotionhttp://video.whyy.org/video/2165376997/Tensions rise as the male turkeys begin to practice displaying.http://video.whyy.org/video/2165376997/11/10/2011Tensions rise as the male turkeys begin to practice displaying.Science & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsEnvironmentEnvironmentSegmenthttp://video.whyy.org/video/2164458233/Experience the true story of writer and naturalist Joe Hutto (portrayed by Jeff Palmer) as he raises a family of turkey chicks. 11/16/2011http://video.whyy.org/video/2164458233/11/10/2011Premieres Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.Science & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsEnvironmentEnvironmentPromotionhttp://video.whyy.org/video/2165688049/Emerging from the shell, a group of wild turkey chicks are introduced to an unusual mother.http://video.whyy.org/video/2165688049/11/10/2011Emerging from the shell, wild turkey chicks are introduced to an unusual mother.Science & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsEnvironmentEnvironmentSegmenthttp://video.whyy.org/video/2168690888/Wildlife photographer and actor Jeff Palmer on his experience recreating Joe Hutto's imprinting experiment.http://video.whyy.org/video/2168690888/11/18/2011Wildlife photographer and actor Jeff Palmer on his experience filming My Life as a Turkey.Science & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsEnvironmentEnvironmentSegmenthttp://video.whyy.org/video/2168110328/After a local farmer left a bowl of eggs on Joe Hutto's front porch, his life was forever changed. Hutto, possessing a broad background in the natural sciences and an interest in imprinting young animals, incubated the eggs and waited for them to hatch. As the chicks emerged from their shells, they locked eyes with an unusual but dedicated mother.http://video.whyy.org/video/2168110328/11/17/2011One man's remarkable experience of raising a group of wild turkey hatchlings to adulthood.Science & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsEnvironmentEnvironmentEpisodehttp://video.whyy.org/video/2165688053/Joe Hutto joins his three-month-old turkeys on a grasshopper hunt.http://video.whyy.org/video/2165688053/11/10/2011Joe Hutto joins his three-month-old turkeys on a grasshopper hunt.Science & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsEnvironmentEnvironmentSegmenthttp://video.whyy.org/video/2165373591/After three days of rain, a harpy mother is desperate to feed her hungry chick.http://video.whyy.org/video/2165373591/11/10/2011After three days of rain, a harpy mother is desperate to feed her hungry chick.Science & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsSegmenthttp://video.whyy.org/video/2163336263/Harpy eagles are the most powerful birds of prey in the world, but scientists know very little about harpy eagles. NATURE enters their secret world with wildlife filmmaker Fergus Beeley and his team of cameramen as they locate a nest and struggle to document the lives of these elusive birds in Venezuela's Orinoco River jungle. 11/9/2011http://video.whyy.org/video/2163336263/11/01/2011Premieres Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.Science & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsEarthEarthEnvironmentEnvironmentPromotionhttp://video.whyy.org/video/2166128141/Harpy eagles are the most powerful birds of prey in the world. Standing three feet tall, with a six-foot wingspan and razor-sharp talons the size of bear claws, these birds are the heavyweight hunters of the South American rainforest. Enter the secret world of the harpy.http://video.whyy.org/video/2166128141/11/10/2011NATURE enters the secret world of the harpy eagle.Science & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsEpisodehttp://video.whyy.org/video/2165692566/Watch the award-winning series NATURE, Wednesdays, only on PBS.http://video.whyy.org/video/2165692566/11/10/2011Watch the award-winning series NATURE, Wednesdays, only on PBS.Science & NatureScience & NaturePromotionhttp://video.whyy.org/video/2165373595/Filmmaker Fergus Beeley comments on the impressive strength of the great harpy eagle.http://video.whyy.org/video/2165373595/11/10/2011Filmmaker Fergus Beeley comments on the impressive strength of the great harpy eagle.Science & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsSegmenthttp://video.whyy.org/video/2159925181/Leafcutter ants shift 40 tons of soil to make their subterranean home. This is one house for twelve million inhabitants, a city larger than London and New York.http://video.whyy.org/video/2159925181/10/25/2011Leafcutter ants shift 40 tons of soil to make their subterranean home.Science & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsSegmenthttp://video.whyy.org/video/2159925136/Male swiftlets use their own building material, gluey saliva, to make their nests. Constructed layer by layer along the cave walls, it can be weeks of painstaking work.http://video.whyy.org/video/2159925136/10/25/2011Male swiftlets use their own building material, gluey saliva, to make their nests.Science & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsSegmenthttp://video.whyy.org/video/2155177267/Go above and under ground to see "the homelife of wildlife." 11/2/2011http://video.whyy.org/video/2155177267/10/17/2011Premieres Wednesday, November 2, 2011 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.Science & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsEnvironmentEnvironmentPromotionhttp://video.whyy.org/video/1619349940/Predatory pythons have thrived in the protected wilderness of Everglades National Park. 10/26/2011http://video.whyy.org/video/1619349940/10/19/2010Airs Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.Science & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsEnvironmentEnvironmentPromotionhttp://video.whyy.org/video/2157025070/What happens to nature after a nuclear accident? The historic nuclear accident at Chernobyl is now 25 years old. Filmmakers and scientists set out to document the lives of the packs of wolves and other wildlife thriving in the "dead zone" that still surrounds the remains of the reactor.http://video.whyy.org/video/2157025070/10/20/2011What happens to nature after a nuclear accident?Science & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsEnvironmentEnvironmentEpisodehttp://video.whyy.org/video/2153685699/The ghost city of Pripyat was once a thriving metropolis. Today, it's a city that is green, in an unnerving and unintentional way.http://video.whyy.org/video/2153685699/10/14/2011A once thriving metropolis is now green, in an unnerving and unintentional way.Science & NatureScience & NatureEnvironmentEnvironmentSegmenthttp://video.whyy.org/video/2153685739/Scientists study wolf pups living outside the Exclusion Zone in an effort to assess the health of those populations born inside the radioactive area of Chernobyl.http://video.whyy.org/video/2153685739/10/14/2011Scientists compare wolf pups living outside Chernobyl with those living inside the zone.Science & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsEnvironmentEnvironmentSegmenthttp://video.whyy.org/video/2147810825/What happens to nature after a nuclear accident? And how does wildlife deal with the world it inherits after human inhabitants have fled? Radioactive Wolves examines the state of wildlife populations in Chernobyl's exclusion zone, an area that, to this day, remains too radioactive for human habitation.http://video.whyy.org/video/2147810825/10/04/2011What happens to nature after a nuclear accident?Science & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsEnvironmentEnvironmentPromotionhttp://video.whyy.org/video/2153629489/A family of bison ward off a pack of wolves as they begin to feed on a fallen calf.http://video.whyy.org/video/2153629489/10/14/2011A family of bison ward off a pack of wolves as they begin to feed on a fallen calf.Science & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsSegmenthttp://video.whyy.org/video/2153653870/Przewalski's horses have been released in the zone since the 1990s, to help restore the land's original biodiversity.http://video.whyy.org/video/2153653870/10/14/2011Przewalski's horses have been released in the zone, to restore the land's biodiversity.Science & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsEnvironmentEnvironmentSegmenthttp://video.whyy.org/video/2149549103/New research has shown that crows are among the most intelligent animals in the world. 10/16/2011http://video.whyy.org/video/2149549103/10/07/2011Airs Sunday, October 16, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.Science & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsEnvironmentEnvironmentPromotionhttp://video.whyy.org/video/2008946758/Get a sneak peek of what's coming up on NATURE. Season 30 begins in Fall of 2011.http://video.whyy.org/video/2008946758/06/17/2011Get a sneak peek of what's coming up on NATURE. Season 30 begins in Fall of 2011.Science & NatureScience & NaturePromotionhttp://video.whyy.org/video/2152205213/Genetics and brain physiology can affect a dog's personality and behavior.http://video.whyy.org/video/2152205213/10/12/2011Genetics and brain physiology can affect a dog's personality and behavior.Science & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsSegmenthttp://video.whyy.org/video/2145998644/Details the explosion of dog types into the roughly 400 breeds known today and outlines dogs' potential role in medical care for human beings. (Part 2 of 2) 10/9/2011http://video.whyy.org/video/2145998644/09/27/2011Airs Wednesday, October 9, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesHistoryHistoryScience & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsBiology & ChemistryBiology & ChemistryEnvironmentEnvironmentPromotionhttp://video.whyy.org/video/2148328365/For 6,000 years, the Bedouin have bred Saluki from only the quickest dogs with the best eyesight.http://video.whyy.org/video/2148328365/10/06/2011For 6,000 years, the Bedouin have bred Saluki for speed.Science & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsEnvironmentEnvironmentSegmenthttp://video.whyy.org/video/2135763126/Dogs' roles as guard, hunter, herder, hauler and spiritual protector, as well as current theories about the wolf's evolutionary leap. 10/5/2011http://video.whyy.org/video/2135763126/09/19/2011Airs Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesScience & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsEnvironmentEnvironmentPromotionhttp://video.whyy.org/video/2128639129/High-definition, high-speed footage of hummingbirds in the wild helps viewers to understand the world of hummingbirds as never before. 9/25/2011http://video.whyy.org/video/2128639129/09/14/2011Airs Sunday, September 25, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.Science & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsEnvironmentEnvironmentPromotionhttp://video.whyy.org/video/2115111149/Gigantic crocodiles - some known to exceed 20 feet - are very, very rare, but still out there in the wild, with a few held in captivity. Renowned herpetologist Romulus Whitaker attempts to ensure the future of the last of these leviathans. 9/18/2011http://video.whyy.org/video/2115111149/09/02/2011Airs Sunday, September 18, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.Science & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsEarthEarthEnvironmentEnvironmentPromotion