Mazz Media
What's a Mammal? (Simple English)
This live-action video program is about the word mammal. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word mammal through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful,...
Wonderscape
Science Kids: Habitats and Biomes
In this video, students will learn about different biomes and habitats in the natural world. They will explore the tundra, forests, deserts, grasslands, chaparral, and aquatic biomes, discovering the unique plants and animals that call...
FuseSchool
Human impacts on Biodiversity
Biodiversity is the variety of life. There are thought to be 8.7 million species on planet Earth. And, as we saw in this video, biodiversity is of utmost importance to humans. The loss of one key species can have a detrimental impact on...
Mazz Media
Way Cool Science II: Habitats
Max Orbit asks questions about the world and searches for answers. This DVD series is designed to engage students while introducing scientific principles and concepts in a fun and entertaining way. In this program viewers will travel the...
Ancient Lights Media
How Some Ecosystems Have Responded To Climate Change
How Some Ecosystems Have Responded To Climate Change: This clip explains some of the ways that ecosystems have responded to Earth's changing climate.
Curated Video
'Extinction crisis' has scientists sounding the alarm over nature's rapid decline
Nature is in more trouble now than at any other time in human history, with extinction looming over one million species of plants and animals. That's according to UN report on biodiversity that says humans are the main culprit in this...
Curated Video
The ecological impact of wildfires
Applied ecologist Brandon Allen from Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute gives insight on how forest species communities are changing and responding to the increase of wildfires.
Curated Video
Mosquitos carrying West Nile survive Prairie winters
The type of mosquitos that carry West Nile virus, culex pipiens, thrive in standing water in cities. It has now been proven that they can also survive Prairie winters.
Curated Video
Humans could one day live in bases on the ocean floor using these underwater pods
The UK company that designed the modular underwater habitats says they could be used for everything from marine studies and tourism to security.
Curated Video
Why scientists want to protect empty, muddy seabeds
Canada controls more of the ocean than any other country. As officials work to meet their commitment of doubling the amount of marine area protected area by 2030, some scientists are pushing for the conservation of a surprising habitat:...
Curated Video
Massive stores of carbon preserved in Canada's muddy ocean seabeds, UVic finds
New research from the University of Victoria suggests seabed sediment in British Columbia’s channels and inlets could play an important role in storing carbon. Researchers say protecting the areas could help limit climate change.
Curated Video
These underwater pods could one day help humans to live and explore at the bottom of the ocean
The UK company that designed the modular underwater habitats says they could be used for everything from marine studies and tourism to security.
Curated Video
US oyster project: Attempts to revive New York's oyster population
New York wants its oysters back; a campaign is underway to plant precious molluscs.
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : INDIA: Critics warn cheetahs may struggle adapt to habitat upon return
Eight Namibian cheetahs arrived in India Saturday, decades after their local extinction, in an ambitious project to reintroduce the spotted big cats that has divided experts on its prospects (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Curated Video
New Infrastructure Package Could Help Reduce Damage To Wildlife
Six-lane highways can be deadly for animals, and federal investments could prevent some of this harm.
Curated Video
New Package Could Help Reduce Infrastructure Damage To Wildlife
Six-lane highways can be deadly for animals, and federal investments could prevent some of this harm.
Sky News
The UK is one of the most nature depleted countries on the planet
VOICED: Heathland used to blanket much of Southern England, now it's one of the rarest habitats in Europe, a shrinking home to thousands of species.
SHOWS: Heather, nature and wildlife at Horsell Common, Thomas Moore and Rupert Millican...
Bloomberg
Jacques Cousteau’s Grandson Is Building an Underwater Space Station
Dec.07 -- Since the 1960s, mankind has dreamed of living under the waves. Some habitats were even built on the seafloor, but our yearning for the stars left them abandoned. Now, Fabien Cousteau, grandson of the most famous explorer of...
Bloomberg
Life-Saving Antibiotics Could Be Hidden in Caves
May 3 -- The rise of drug-resistant bacteria has created a huge need for new kinds of antibiotics but you can't easily synthesize new antibiotics in a lab - you have to find them in nature. Microbiologist Naowarat Cheeptham has been...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Former quarry turns haven for endangered UK birds
Nature is reclaiming its rights. Near Cambridge, an old quarry has been transformed over the years into a reserve that provides a safe haven for many endangered birds (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Bloomberg
The Oceans Are the Final Frontier: Fabien Cousteau
Oct. 13 -- Advisors Oceanic Explorer Fabien Cousteau discusses spending 31 days under water and the legacy of his grandfather, Jacques Cousteau, with Pimm Fox on ""Taking Stock."" (Source: Bloomberg)
Press Association
Sussex seabed leased by the Queen to become a marine park
Seabed off the coast of Sussex is to be leased from the Queen as part of a plan to create a vast marine park. The region was once home to a vast historic kelp forest, a haven for marine life stretching across 172 square kilometres, but...
Curated Video
Mediterranean plants thrive in UK
London - 8 August 2007
1. Wide of palm house and pond
2. Tilt down from sky to tree
3. Close of cork tree bark
4. Wide of olive grove
5. Close of olive branches.
6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Michael Williams, Festival Manager
"This year we...
Press Association
Frog that became extinct in England is re-introduced to its former home
Interview with Jim Foster, conservation director of Amphibian and Reptile Conservation. The northern pool frog was last found in Norfolk’s ancient pingo ponds, rare ponds created at the end the last ice age. A type of frog extinct in...