The BC government has launched a wolf kill program, blaming the wolves for the drastic decline of caribou, a decline which is actually caused by habitat destruction. So is the wolf kill a solution? Killing wolves will not bring the caribou back in the absence of adequate habitat protection for caribou. Culling intelligent, social animals […]
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Video: A natural wonder – the sardine run
Watch the frenzy of excitement as an army of ocean predators, from dolphins and humpback whales to dive-bombing gannets, pursue the vast mobile feast that is the Sardine Run. Cameraman Bart Lukasik digs into his archives to bring us a selection of last year’s most breathtaking footage from the epic migration. This video was first […]
Video: Discovery of the Mysterious Kipunji Monkey in East Africa
Travel West, and the valley changes from grassland to true African jungle. Here, in the little-known mountains of southern Tanzania and Rwanda, live many unique animals, including the Kipunji monkey which was only discovered in 2005. This video was first published by BBC Earth on 16 Jan 2015.
Video: The Wild Side of Singapore
A compilation of video clips of Singapore Wildlife taken mostly in 2014 around various parts of Singapore. This video was first published by Anthony Quek on 05 Jan 2015.
Video: Zombie Parasites by Anand Varma
What if, unbeknownst to you, someone—or something—was controlling your behavior for its own nefarious ends? Join photographer Anand Varma as he reveals this nightmare scenario being acted out over and over across the natural world, as unsuspecting hosts are compelled to nurture and protect mind-sucking parasites. This video was first published by National Geographic on […]
The weird world of seahorses and pipefish
In our first episode of this new series of Wild Oceans, cameraman Bart Lukasik takes us into the weird world of seahorses and pipefish. Watch as he employs artificial light to bring out the colours of the ornate ghost pipefish and see how different species mimic seaweed and corals. This video was first published by […]
Video: Panda Playing in Snow Goes Viral
A video of the Smithsonian National Zoo’s young giant panda, Bao Bao, tumbling down a snowy hill in Washington, D.C., has become a warm and fuzzy distraction amid this week’s frigid U.S. cold snap. As the year’s first snow blanketed the city on January 6, the 16-month-old female spent much of the morning playing in […]
Video: Camera traps capture rare footage of wild bonobos
Bonobos, our ape cousins, love peace. Unlike chimpanzees, also our close relatives, bonobos are known to resolve conflict through sex instead of aggression. They kiss, they caress, and females display genito-genital rubbing (also called G-G rubbing) to communicate, bond, and reconcile. But capturing these elusive and endangered apes on camera is not easy. In the […]