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  The Ladder of Creation – Jacob Bronowski – BBC (1973)

  January 20, 2015 at 2:33 pm / BBC documentaries, Evolution, Video

  The theory of evolution was co-discovered independently by two biologists that lived within the same time period. Darwin and Wallace were well known in their time but Wallace’s name gradually has been overshadowed by Darwin. Today we rarely (almost never) hear the name Alfred Russell Wallace. In this documentary Jacob Bronowski makes a rare attempt to focus on the biography of this very influential scientist. He tells Wallace’s story beginning from the early years of his childhood. We see a […]

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  How to Pin a Butterfly – Anshul Fernando (2010)

  January 8, 2015 at 4:15 pm / Natural history, Video

  Pinning insects is a craft perfected by early natural historians. Here you can find five instructional videos recorded by individuals and institutions from different parts of the world. Every recording shows slightly different tools employed but the overall procedure remains the same. Anshul Fernando is a nature artist who has butterfly farms in many countries such as Sri Lanka and India. He cultivates rare butterflies and sells them after pinning. He uses a standard traditional insect pinning set up that […]

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  Evolution in Action – Campus Juncos at UCSD

  October 15, 2013 at 10:31 am / Evolution, Video, Wildlife Documentaries

  Researchers from Indiana University at Bloomington has produced a series of videos titled “Ordinary Extraordinary Junco” covering a curious bird species belonging to genus Junco that has colonized the campus of the University of California at San Diego. We have decided to highlight the 6th episode of the series but other episodes are available for viewing from the vimeo channel of the project. The series are designed to reach public and student audiences of all backgrounds and ages. The key […]

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  February 18, 2012 at 7:15 pm /

  Welcome to the Nature Documentaries webpage where we uncover the best nature documentaries available online for free viewing. We try to post videos from non-profit and educational resources such as PBS/ NOVA / Nature,  BBC, TED, NASA, HHMI and individuals who capture compelling moments in nature. Uzay Sezen Uzay Sezen earned his doctorate degree from the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department of the University of Connecticut. He studied tropical forest regeneration and gene flow in a Costa Rican lowland rainforest. He worked […]

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