These gnarled old oaks have stood their ground for some 500 years. The babies are rambunctious and demanding, and the mothers put up with a lot. Charles Rosenblum See the groundbreaking discoveries that are crucial to saving this incredible animal family, such as the vets treating captive African wild dogs suffering from broken heart syndrome.. TV-PG. Thank you! Tending Nature. TIM LAMAN In November, when the calves are strong enough, the families return south to feed. Only the youngsters feed, on life drifting in from maybe thousands of miles away. This dugong in the Philippines has two sets of companions -- the streamlined remoras seen on sharks and mantas and striped golden jacks. These holes are small, round, and deep. Her feather palette is unlike any other in the family. COBRA Season 2 JERRY ALLEN, SCIENCE ADVISORS It's the signature sound of a woodpecker. Explore the myths and misconceptions surrounding the widely misunderstood opossum. GIAMATTI: If your neighbor is a woodpecker, you'll know it. KEVIN FERRIER, PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS ROBIN KLEIN It lives where no woodpecker should be at all -- in open Alpine meadows 8,000 feet up in the Andes of Argentina. We are piecing together clues, like a jigsaw puzzle, slowly revealing parts of the picture. But death is not the end of a tree's story. CINDY AND BILL KOBAK [ Calling ] This time there's no reply. But she's going to have to wait her turn. We felt that the ocean was heartless, friendless. Uncomfortable as it is, we can't ignore part in this story. All across the valley, groups keep an eye on each other's holdings, waiting for an opening to take them over. [ Calling ] They are large, imposing birds, jet black with a splash of red on their crowns. But we certainly never thought of them as part of anything bigger. Watch classic NATURE episodes with the PBS station member benefit Passport. Get tips from Nature Cat. You will see their four-month drama unfold against the backdrop of their lives-primarily, cruise ships with enthusiastic tourists to photograph the penguins, and buy . Injuries are tended to and tiny parasites or algae removed. The rockfish have ritualized a boundary dispute so that neither gets hurt. Each species of anemone fish has its own anemone, a symbiotic friendship that neither can live without. Woodpecker spies are everywhere, and though they all look alike to us, the home team always knows who doesn't belong. PBS is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. S41 Ep8 | 53m 13s Major support for NATURE is provided by the Arnhold Foundation, The Fairweather Foundation, Kate W. Cassidy Foundation, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Kathy Chiao and Ken Hao, Charles Rosenblum, Sarah More Episodes All Season 41 Season 40 Defending Wild Dogs| Dogs in the Wild S41 Ep9 | 53m 13s by judy and peter blum-kovler foundation. Our rare help is often accidental. She's so eager for birch syrup, she can already taste it. Yet, sharks and dolphins and whales can follow these global cycles. Coral reefs turn out to be cosmopolitan cities where relationships thrive: a specialist shrimp, a baby damsel fish, and a porcelain crab all share the protection of an anemone; an urchin and a crab form an unlikely pair; fan corals each support their own kind of seahorse. Network: PBS. RICHARD HERRMANN New TV Tonight The Mandalorian: Season 3 Daisy Jones & the Six: Season 1 . CHISA HIDAKA William "Will" Lyman (born May 20, 1948) is an American voice-over artist and actor. The Ed Sullivan Show was an American television variety show that ran on CBS from June 20, 1948, to March 28, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. The woodpecker holes themselves might date back 50 years. She's helping Eurasian Red squirrels Great tits and Boreal owls find homes here, too, where they can raise their own young. TIM LAMAN Thousands upon thousands of nutritious acorns. Delicate Medusafish live in a fragile mobile home. Some episodes may appear in syndication on many PBS member stations around the United States and Canada, and on the Discovery Channel. Little Women On Masterpiece. ROMUALD MIKUSEK RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service. They can bite you hard enough to draw blood. George Henson Page (March 31, 1935 - June 28, 2006) was an American journalist and television host, who was known for his love of nature and his unique and mellifluous voice. These holes in trees, in many shapes and sizes, make woodpeckers important to everyone in the forest. Solitary sevengill sharks emerge from the freezing depths like forgotten dinosaurs. His name comes from the bright red crest across his pileum -- the top of his head from beak to nape. They typically fly from tree to tree and come in for vertical landings. Major support for NATURE is provided by the Arnhold Foundation, The Fairweather Foundation, Kate W. Cassidy Foundation, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Kathy Chiao and Ken Hao, Charles Rosenblum, Sarah and Sandra Lyu in memory of Seung and Dorothy Lyu, Filomen M. DAgostino Foundation, Lillian Goldman Charitable Trust, Gregg Peters Monsees Foundation, Koo and Patricia Yuen, Arlene and Milton D. Berkman, Sandra Atlas Bass, Bradley L. Goldberg Family Foundation, The Hite Foundation, by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and by Viewers Like You. Her face is deep red, her belly bright pink. Drumming is their song drilling is how they find food and highly skilled carpentry is how they craft their remarkable homes. [ Whales singing ] The song spreads from Polynesia and echoes across thousands of miles of ocean. 7.6 (21) Rate. Each species taps out its own rhythm to stake out a territory and call for a mate. And their busy chatter adds life to the little village on the cliffs of the flickers' high frontier. Nature Cat. ED STETSON Their father, in his full red cap and their mother in her smaller one ply back and forth with food while the chicks grow and grow. Director Ann Johnson Prum Writers Janet Hess George Page (uncredited) Stars Paul Giamatti (voice) Akito Kawahara After carving out the nest cavity in between the spines, the Gila must wait several months for the inner pulp to dry into a tough, leathery casing. There are coordinated gathering places, where schools like these big-eye jacks arrive when it's time to breed. GLEN FRITZLER In the legislature, the contrast in time demand made it where I could rarely paint. They are a microscopic chance of renewal and repair. After winning a statewide art competition in high school, he enrolled in art school at Brigham Young University and graduated with a degree in watercolor. The ocean's largest mouths will come a long way for nights like these. The sardines coordinate their defense. 2023 THIRTEEN PRODUCTIONS LLC AND HOWARD HALL PRODUCTIONS In the wake of the storm, sometimes whole kelp plants are ripped off the reef. Even the little male, who was here first, is given a hard time. PBS.org, PBSKIDS.org, and some of our apps offer an option for DVS on select videos. The sardines are soon gone. [ Bird calls ] [ Tapping ] They belong to a pair of rarely filmed Black woodpeckers calling to each other through the trees. The mantas eat what they can, but the quantity is overwhelming. The milk is so rich that it doesn't dissolve in the water, but forms white droplets. the outspoken conservative is letting his art speak for him now. Get an intimate look at what makes woodpeckers so special. Nesting in a cactus takes planning in advance. Barrel sponges organize their spawning, communicating chemically with each other and following tides. The companions of the great white are sardines, who find safety around him. The acorns are woodpecker gold -- high in vitamins, minerals, fats, and protein. Machines that set out to destroy life now nurture it. Sit and Be Fit Stretching. Following 2022's Christmas special, a twelfth season of Call the Midwife has been airing on Sunday nights on BBC One.. MARK CARROLL DAVE ST LOUIS, SOUND DESIGN It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie.. Once adrift, the packets break open, and fertilized eggs start their journey. Grow your child's interest in plants with this hands-on activity. Gregg Peters Monsees Foundation And then, there are woodpeckers so unorthodox, they've abandoned trees altogether. With the nest ready to go, the male brings an impressive gift to the female, who is now sitting on eggs. They are all part of a vast system that only exists because everything is connected. And I would sit and copy it. This turns the acorns into treasure -- a seasonal abundance that can be made to last. How do wild dogs survive and thrive in the wild. Justswimming by. MARK FLETCHER AND HOWARD HALL, SOUND newsletter for analysis you wont find anywhereelse. 5 Reviews Write a Review. African wild dogs proved to be one of the toughest species to film. ALISON BARRAT, ORIGINAL SERIES PRODUCTION FUNDING PROVIDED IN PART BY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. GISELLE MANGINI Corporation for Public Broadcasting He's come all the way from the tropics of Central America, nectaring on flowers as they bloom along his route. Gila woodpeckers make their homes in cacti in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona. PBS Nature - An Original DUCKumentary streaming ita. Some forests will be parched for water. The baby blennies mimic venomous striped catfish, and their disguise is convincing enough to discourage predators from eating them. Nutrients from the leaves can no longer reach the roots, and the tree finally dies. NATURE: Santa's Wild Home DVD. A white-breasted nuthatch wants a simple renovation, something it doesn't have to build from scratch. She'd draw and just out of her head, and then hand it to me and say, copy that. The new documentary premieres on Wednesday, December 29, 8:00-9:00 p.m. ZACH PETERSON It carves holes here, not in wood, but in clay cliffs and the banks that line high country streams. 6:30 AM. As they feed their chicks, the bluebirds have no idea how deeply connected everything in their forest is. A chickadee can excavate its own nest in rotten wood, but a finished Downy nest would be so much easier. [ Whoosh ] [ Crackling ] We may think of sharks as frightening, but the majority of fish near them seem relaxed. HANNAH GREGORY The dugong tries many different techniques to get rid of them. #NaturePBS Nature | PBS Schools of open-ocean fish find some sanctuary. These holes are the woodpeckers' universal trademark. The Fairweather Foundation More than one million wildebeest, alongside zebra, gazelle and elands, journey in a quest to find fresh grass. The males are distinguished by white foreheads and bright red crowns. "We will not only terrorise and kill the Chinese infidels but also ensure the freedom and happiness of all the Muslims of East Turkistan," said the narrator of the video, referring to the Chinese region of Xinjiang, where the Chinese government is thought to have detained more than 1 million Uyghurs in what the UN High Commissioner for Human . The Pileated redoubles his efforts, using his massive beak to rip into the wood. The ant nest is breached, and the woodpecker begins to feast. [ Squawking ] Their flight has an undulating pattern. If a fan coral goes, its seahorses die, too. The placid dugong grazes the seagrass meadows. And an acorn dropped could be lost forever. American horses are icons. When other foods are scarce, acorns will be here - safe in their shells and ready to eat. Martin Clunes (Doc Martin) stars as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, in a real-life case that inspired the great author to put down his pen and turn detective. [ Chicks chirping ] Back in the nest, the chicks are beginning to look like real woodpeckers. He seems content to have them around. Holes are the woodpeckers universal trademark. Woodpeckers don't sing. A companion shrimp excavates and does the housework. And she delicately consumes it, one spidery leg at a time. Narrator Craig Sechler Narrator Creators George Page Thomas Lovejoy All cast & crew Production, box office & more at IMDbPro More like this 7.1 VeggieTales: Esther, the Girl Who Became Queen Watch options 6.8 PBS NewsHour Weekend Watchlist 8.7 Wild Karnataka Watchlist 8.6 Planet Earth: A Celebration Watchlist 7.3 , is given a hard time milk is so rich that it does n't dissolve the! 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