Penguin Cam <span style=”mso-spacerun:yes”> </span><other/><span style=”mso-spacerun:yes”> </span> Streaming Live by Ustream In honor of Discovery Channel and the BBC’s groundbreaking Frozen Planet series, they have set up this Penguin Cam, streaming live from SeaWorld San Diego’s Penguin Encounter. There are five different species and nearly 300 penguins in this exhibit. The temperature there varies from […]
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Critics: Filmmakers, celebrities create market for exotic animals
Check out this guest blog post, which ran earlier this week in Washington Post’s College Inc. It’s about the unfortunate incident which occurred earlier this week in Ohio and it mentions two AU affiliates. On Tuesday, the owner of a private exotic animal preserve released his captive beasts, then killed himself. Ohio law enforcement officers […]
Continue readingIt’s Shark Week!!
As you probably already know, this is Discovery Channel’s Shark Week. In case you don’t have the Discovery Channel at home, here are a few Home Use titles that may help you get your shark fix. The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D – HU DVD 5499Endless Summer Revisited – HU DVD 179Finding Nemo […]
Continue readingCrittercam Exhibit at National Geographic Museum
It’s cute and cuddly for the kids, but it’s also real science.The idea is to attach cameras to animals to see what they do when we aren’t around. New technology is quickly expanding this form of wildlife research. See video shot by animals themselves. August 31, 2007 – January 2, 2008 at the National Geographic. […]
Continue readingEnvironmental Film Festival: “Why Are Wildlife Filmmakers Dying?”
Tuesday, March 20, 7:00 p.m., Wechsler Theater, Mary Graydon CenterChris Palmer, professor and filmmaker, leads a discussion on the challenges of making wildlife films, drawing on the examples of Australian wildlife superstar Steve Irwin and Grizzly Man protagonist Timothy Treadwell.Sponsor: Center for Environmental Filmmaking, School of CommunicationContact: Chris Palmer, palmer@american.edu A breakdown of all of […]
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