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NEW Giant new Panda habitat opens at National Zoo
AP Television
Washington D.C, 11th October 2006
1. Asia trail sign
2. Panda against tree medium
3. Panda against tree wide
4. Wide of panda area
5. Panda eating
6. Pan in to Panda in tree
7. Panda climbing up tree
8. SOUNDBITE (English)...
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See the endangered "human fish" in its natural habitat
Have you ever seen an olm?
Well, here it is.
Looking like a pink snake with four small legs and two tiny red gills, the olm is an extremely rare creature that lives in subterranean waters.
The blind salamander can be found at the...
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Axolotl salamanders spotted in lake calming fears they may have disappeared
Mexico's salamander-like axolotls have been spotted in the waters of the Xochimilco lake, calming scientists' fears that they may have disappeared from the wild.
The creature, with its slimy tail, plumage-like gills and mouth that curls...
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Detroit Zoo’s Own Dr. Ruth Is Amphibian Sexpert
THE DETROIT ZOO WOULD LIKE TO SEE TOADS HANG AROUND AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.SOUNDBITE: Dr. Ruth Marcec, Detroit Zoo (partially covered):"It is very much a crisis. It's actually nicknamed 'the amphibian extinction crisis.'"WHICH IS WHY IT...
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Museum presents natural history exhibition alongside major art works
This week, Madrid's Prado Museum presents a curious series of installations juxtaposing the museum's major art works with the original idea for the building's use as a natural history museum.
When it was commissioned by Charles III in...
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Mexico's so-called water monsters, as the Axolotl salamanders are known, have been spotted in the waters of the Xochimilco lake, calming scientists' fears that they may have disappeared.
Mexico's so-called water monsters, as the Axolotl salamanders are known, have been spotted in the waters of the Xochimilco lake, calming scientists' fears that they may have disappeared.
The admittedly ugly creature has a slimy tail,...
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Effects on the environment of the Three Gorges dam
Yichang - 15 June 2003
1. Wide shot the Three Gorges Dam
2. Mid shot water pumping out of the dam
3. Wide shot water underneath the dam
4. Wide shot reservoir, part of the Yangtze river
5. Mid shot garbage floating on water
6. Close-up...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Toxic Newts
The father and son team of Brodie and Brodie track down the predator able to stomach a mysteriously hyper-toxic newt, an example of an evolutionary arms race in action. From Evolution: "Evolutionary Arms Race." [5:27]
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr Videos: Skunk Bear: A Giant Salamander's Second Chance
Eastern hellbenders live throughout the Appalachian region in the United States. Their ancestors have been on Earth for around 160 million years, but in the last several decades their numbers have dropped dangerously in several states,...
Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Animals: Red Backed Salamander Research
Go into the woods with Mitch, a research scientist, to look for and tag red-backed salamanders. [4:38]