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Morocco

mysterious desert ecosystem
2005
Jeff Corwin explores the habitats of Morocco in North Africa, discussing such animals as the bald ibis, Montpellier snake, cobras, the African hedgehog, the desert horned viper, sand fish, the desert monitor lizard, and camels, and providing an introduction to the nomadic Berber people.

Tasmania

island ecosystem
2005
Jeff Corwin describes some of the bizarre wildlife of Tasmania including egg-laying mammals, an ancient spider, kangaroos, and the Tasmanian Devil.

Costa Rica

coastal ecosystem
2005
Jeff Corwin explores a secluded beach in Costa Rica hoping to witness thousands of sea turtles that come ashore to lay their eggs. Jeff encounters a troop of capuchin monkeys, a venomous bushmaster serpent, and a silky anteater.

Life: Insects

2010
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.

Life: Fish

2010
This Discovery Channel series narrated by Oprah Winfrey contains 12 chapters that can each be watched alone. The chapters deal with concepts of adaptation by focusing on a specific example. The adaptations adressed include life cycle, survival through schooling, speed, and camouflage, competition for resources, gills, symbiosis, and habitat specialization. The featured fish include: silvertip shark, fringehead, mudskipper, flying fish, convict fish, stream goby, barbels, clownfish, anchovies, sardines, sea dragon, and snapper.

Ocean world

Frozen seas
2002
Explores the power, diversity, and ecological influence of the world's oceans, featuring two episodes that introduce the blue whale, the largest creature ever to live on the planet, and visiting the habitats of the Arctic and Antarctic.

Prehistoric park

Nigel Marven, a zoologist and wildlife expert, takes young viewers back in time as he investigates the likely behaviors of prehistoric beasts from the T-Rex to the Woolly Mammoth. Presents animal behaviors of comprable modern species, and takes the audience into a fictional time portal to rescue the extinct species Nigel Marven hopes to bring back to his prehistoric zoo.
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Australia

a grand island ecosystem
2005
Jeff Corwin explores Australia's animal world, teaching about the island's unique ecosystem and discussing endangered species that were displaced when humans settled on the continent.

Ants

2001
Ants evolved from wasps into some of the most socially complex insects ever. Introduce your students to these tiny wonders; four video segments cover everything from their build to their buildings.
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