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David Salomon
Penguin-Pedia
David Salomon began compiling his Penguin-Pedia after a trip to Chilean Patagonia that inspired his interest in penguins.
Linda McDermott
Antarctica: Living at the Harshest Place on Earth
Travel to the coldest, windiest, harshest, driest place on Earth with Linda McDermott, who worked at McMurdo and South Pole Stations in Antarctica during two summer seasons.
The Snowy Egret
Elegance, grace and tenacity in white
Found throughout the western hemisphere, this elegant and graceful bird possesses some unique survival skills.
Seth Newsome
Using Chemistry to Study Marine Mammal Diets
Differences in diet among individuals of the same species is increasingly recognized as an important component of diversity in food
webs.
P. Dee Boersma, Ph.D.
The Penguins of Patagonia
For twenty-eight years P. Dee Boersma, Ph.D., has studied the largest Magellanic Penguin colony in the world at Punta Tombo,
Argentina.
Mark Plotkin
Rainforest Conservation and the Search for New Jungle Medicines
Dr. Mark Plotkin has spent much of the past thirty years working with medicine men and women of the rainforests. Dr. Plotkin and the Amazon Conservation Team are working with these healers to protect the rainforests and their healing secrets.
Mark Jackson
The Science and Service of Fire Weather
On average, fires in Southern California scorch more than 100,000 acres each year. When hot and dry Santa Ana winds combine with critically dry vegetation, the potential for large and destructive wildfires dramatically increases.
Richard L. James
Amazing Butterflies: Nature’s Gift to Us
Learn about monarch and other butterfly species from Richard L. James, a naturalist at Long Beach’s El Dorado Nature Center.
Donald Prothero
Catastrophes: Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Tornadoes, and Other Earth-Shattering Disasters
Huge natural disasters—from earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions to floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, and blizzards—have had a profound effect on human history and civilization, often in surprising ways. According to Donald Prothero, humans have an unrealistic and irrational reaction to these natural disasters and fear the ones that are least deadly while taking for granted those that are the most likely killers.
Dean Wendt
Scientists, Managers, and Fishermen Working Together to Manage California’s Ocean Resources
California recently completed the designation of a new network of marine protected areas (MPAs) along its 800-mile coastline. The process has been heralded as a landmark event in marine resource management and conservation.
Alex Hall
Mid-Century Climate Change in the Los Angeles Region
Dr. Hall is a professor at University of California, Los Angeles, teaching climate-related courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. He is the faculty director of the UCLA Center for Climate Change Solutions.
Kristy Forsgren
Salmon Reproduction and the Effects of a Commonly Used Pesticide
Maddalena Bearzi
Dolphin Confidential: Confessions of a Field Biologist
Dr. Maddalena Bearzi takes viewers inside the world of a marine mammal field scientist. She offers a firsthand understanding of cetacean behavior, as well as the frustrations, delights, and creativity involved in dolphin research.
Dr. Bernie Krause
The Great Animal Orchestra
Since 1968 Dr. Bernie Krause has traveled around the world recording and archiving the sounds of creatures and environments.
Jay Holcomb
Rehabilitating Oiled Penguins During the Treasure Oil Spill in South Africa
The largest oiled wildlife rescue and rehabilitation effort ever mounted took place in 2000 in South Africa when an iron ore ship, the Treasure, sank between the two largest breeding islands for African Penguins.