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QH 31 .D2 C43 2005
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Charles Darwin : Evolution’s Voice
(Biography)
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Discusses the life, accomplishments, and impact of the great naturalist, Charles Darwin, from his historic voyage on the Beagle to his personal anguish over publicizing his finding.
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QH 31 .D2 D37 2009
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Darwin’s Secret Notebooks
(National Geographic)
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Evolutionary biologist Armand Leroi goes on a journey to uncover the evidence behind Darwin's Theory of Evolution. Beyond the Galapagos, he explores forgotten shores to witness the very creatures, fossils and places that captivated the young naturalist's imagination
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QH 31 .D2 K48 2009
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Creation
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Based on the book, Annie's Box, by Randal Keynes. Originally released as a motion picture in 2009. Gives viewers a unique inside look at Charles Darwin, his family, and his love for his deeply religious wife, as he is torn between faith and science. Darwin struggles to finish his legendary book, On the Origin of Species, which goes on to become the foundation for evolutionary biology.
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QH 45.5 .P53 2007
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Planet Earth : The Complete Series
5-disc series
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Disc 1 (176 min.). From pole to pole (59 min.) ; Mountains (58 min.) ; Fresh water (59 min.) -- Disc 2 (174 min.). Caves (57 min.) ; Deserts (58 min.) ; Ice worlds (59 min.) -- Disc 3 (177 min.). Great plains (59 min.) ; Jungles (59 min.) ; Shallow seas (59 min.) -- Disc 4 (118 min.). Seasonal forests (59 min.) ; Ocean deep (59 min.). Special feature (Disc 5, 177 min.): "Planet Earth : the future" 3-part documentary, consisting of Saving species (59 min.), Into the wilderness (59 min.), Living together (59 min.).
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QH 75 .F73 2008
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Fragile Ecosystems
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Looks at three fragile ecosystems, all in danger of destruction from human activity: marshes, the implication of whose destruction on wildlife, water tables, and an increasing number of other aspects of the entire biosphere is only beginning to be understood; soils, where greater understanding is contributing to more protection; and the atmosphere, which we have already managed to alter to a significant extent
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QH 76 .A56 2005
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America’s Wetlands
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Discusses what wetlands can do for the environment, including purifying wastewater and lessening the impact of droughts and floods. Also discusses the effect of draining wetlands.
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QH 78 .L54 2008
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Life After People
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What will the world be like when mankind is extinct? The pyramids may stand forever, but the cities will disappear. Our greatest masterpieces will fade and crumble. Journey to locations around the globe already going through the processes of a lack of human intervention. See the changes wrought in just decades in ghostly settlements like Chernobyl, which was abandoned since only 1986, and island towns off the coast of Maine. How long would it take before the last remnants of mankind completely disappeared?
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QH 83
.B7301 through .B7315 2004
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Branches on the Tree of Life : The Biology of …
(BioMEDIA Associates)
14-disc series
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The Biology of... series of core curriculum programs explores the "deep branches" on the tree of life to reveal a modern view of the classification and phylogeny of each group studied in biology Titles : (.B7301) Algae – (.B7302) Annelids – (.B7303) Arthropods – (.B7304) Chordates – (.B7305)Cnidarians – (.B7306) Echinoderms – (.B7307)Flatworms – (.B7308) Fungi – (.B7309) Molluscs – (.B7311) Plants – (.B7312) Protists – (.B7313) Rotifers & Nematodes – (.B7314) Sponges – (.B7315) Viruses and Bacteria
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QH 91 .E974 1998
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Experience the Deep
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Underwater images with relaxing sound track
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QH 91 O332 1993
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Ocean Drifters
(National Geographic)
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Focuses on marine life that spends its life drifting in the ocean currents.
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QH 91 .V57 2009
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Visions of the Sea
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Al Giddings underwater photography capturing everything from single-celled organisms to massive mammals
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QH 95.55 .G7 T732 2006
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Treasures of the Great Barrier Reef
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Explores the brilliant colors and extraordinary creatures of the Great Barrier Reef off Australia.
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QH 95.8 .F73 2003
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Fragile Coral Reef in Peril
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Examines the fragile ecology of reefs in Chumbe Island Coral Park, Zanzibar; Mafia Island Marine Park, Tanzania; and Ras Mohammed National Park in Egypt
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QH 104.5 .G7 W384 2010
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Waterlife
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Examines the beauty and complex toxicity of the Great Lakes. Follows the epic cascade of the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean. Contents : Sick belugas -- The great journey -- Aboriginal lake -- Factory water -- Toxic mud -- Ships & critters -- The water walker -- Living shoreline -- Nostalgic port -- Chicago -- Carp attack -- The dead shoreline -- Bioaccumulation -- Cleaning the fox -- Water walking -- The nursery -- Killer mussels -- Stocking fish -- Disappearing water -- Farms & condos -- Muck Beach -- Chemical City -- Dark synergies -- Sewer overload -- Subsistence fishing -- Killer mussels 2 -- Apathy -- Return to Love Canal -- Commerce trumps science -- Future generations.
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QH 211 .L54 2008
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Light Microscope Window on the Microcosm
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Some easily applied techniques that are particularly useful for viewing living organisms. This program illustrates how to manipulate the lens and lighting systems of simple and compound microscopes for the best possible viewing of living organisms and prepared slides
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QH 307.2 .C673 2007e
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Core Biology
4-disc series
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Presents the principles of biology by way of a timeline featuring the historic milestones of the respective fields. Contents : [v. 1] Plant sciences (34 min.) -- [v. 2] Animal sciences (38 min.) -- [v. 3] Environmental sciences (29 min.) -- [v. 4] Microbiology and genetics (36 min.)
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QH 308.2 .L55 2010
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Life
(BBC/Discovery Channel)
4-disc series
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Four years in the making, and filmed over 3000 days across every continent and in every habitat, see 130 incredible stories from frontiers of the natural world. Discover the glorious variety of life on Earth and the spectacular and extraordinary tactics animals and plants have developed to stay alive. This is evolution in action: individual creatures under extreme pressure to overcome challenges from adversaries and their environment.
Contents: Disc 1. Challenges of life -- Reptiles and amphibians -- Mammals -- Disc 2. Fish -- Birds -- Disc 3. Insects -- Hunters and hunted -- Disc 4. Creatures of the deep -- Plants -- Primates.
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QH 325 .O75 2005
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Ocean Origins
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Invites viewers to an extraordinary adventure: 4 billion years in the ocean, from the beginning of life until that incredible moment when the first vertebrate emerged onto dry land and opened the path to the conquest of the continents.
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QH 367 .E96 2001
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Evolution
(NOVA)
7-part series on 4 discs
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Beginning with Darwin's revolutionary theory, this seven-part series explores all facets of evolution. Contents : Darwin's dangerous idea (ca. 120 min.) -- Great transformations (ca. 60 min.) -- Extinction! (ca. 60 min.) -- The evolutionary arms race (ca. 60 min.) -- Why sex? (ca. 60 min.) -- The mind's big bang (ca. 60 min.) -- What about God? (ca. 60 min.).
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QH 442.2 .C54 2002
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Clone
(National Geographic)
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Explores the benefits and controversy surrounding cloning.
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QH 442.2 .C583 2003
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Why Not Clone a Human?
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Robert Krulwich talks with Princeton University's Lee Silver about cloning. Features Stephen Jay Gould of Harvard University discussing Siamese twins; Jane Curtin and Buck Henry in the role of evil parents; video artists Josh and Adam explaining how to clone sheep DNA; plus, the Jody Oberfelder Dance Project performing a dancing baby ballet, "Rock Me Mama"; and, the photographs of American artist Roni Horn.
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QH 442.2 .F73 2006
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Frankenstein Science : Human Cloning
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Examines the ethical and technical issues surrounding cloning, including interviews with researchers, scientists, theologians, legal experts and biotechnology authorities.
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QH 442.2 .P53 2004
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Playing God : Human Cloning
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Will human cloning provide a panacea for ailments and diseases or usher in a nightmarish world of eugenics and designer people? Presents an in-depth exploration of the ethical concerns regarding human cloning. A variety of perspectives are canvassed from the theological, legal, and scientific fields, including interviews with Dr. Ian Wilmut, the first scientist to successfully clone a mammal--Dolly, a sheep
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QH 447 .A44 2002
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All About Us
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Genetically speaking, only half a percent's difference separates any two human beings in the world, less of a difference than that between any two chimpanzees or gorillas. Provides a concise look at the results of the Human Genome Project, a fascinating roundup of discoveries that truly puts the human race in perspective. Using graphics, scientists involved discuss the genetic record of the race carried by every person and how many of these genes are dormant--or not even inherently human.
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