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Gale In Context: Science is an engaging online resource that provides contextual information on hundreds of today’s most significant science topics. By integrating authoritative reference content with headlines and videos, learners see how scientific disciplines relate to real-world issues, from weather patterns to obesity. Users can explore millions of full-text articles from national and global publications, 200+ experiments and projects, and top reference content.
41) Scottish Summer
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In the summertime many species of sea bird return to their breeding ground in the Scottish Highlands, but some unwelcome birds are not there to breed at all.
42) African Bullfrog
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The survival of Bullfrog Tadpoles. The father protects babies from dehydration and death, by digging channels from pool to pool.
43) Born to Run
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Thousands of wildebeest are born over a few short weeks in one of the greatest mass synchronized births on the planet. Their first few steps in life are filled with danger and they must get to their feet in record time. As hyenas wait in the wings, ready to pick out the weak, the new born have no choice but to keep on running with the herd.
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Jirtle and Waterland’s Agouti Mouse research has been called one of the most important study’s of the 21st century. It is hugely significant for our understanding of both the epigenetic mechanisms that change gene expression and the relationship between Nature and Nurture in psychology and sociology. The film combines original interview and laboratory footage of Professor Jirtle to both tell the story of the Agouti Mouse Study and consider its...
45) Pandas
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Baby panda learns how to eat bamboo. Baby panda climbs a tree in search for food and falls, but survives.
46) Polar Bears
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Mother Polar Bear raises cubs in a borough until they are big enough to go outside. Polar bears today are endangered because of melting ice and decrease in seals.
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A rainwater pool is home to thousands of newly hatched Bullfrog tadpoles. But it is evaporating under the heat of the African sun. The young frogs have very little time to feed, grow and transform into adults. Only then can they hop free from their shrinking pool to live on land. As the waters fast disappear around them can their father save them from drying up completely?
49) Zebras
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A young foal quickly adjusts to the wild where it learns its mothers stripes, learns to run soon after its birth and learning to cross crocodile infested rivers.
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The black footed ferret was thought to be extinct until a small colony was found in the Midwest. They numbered in the 100's, and that number shrank to a mere 18 when canine distemper broke out. They were pulled from extinction through rehabilitation and then successfully re-released into the wild.
51) Beach Babies
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Life's a beach for a troop of Macaques that live on the shores of Koshima Island, Japan. They spend their days gathering tasty morsels of seafood washed up along the shore. A young macaque emerges from his forest nursery and takes his first ride on his mother's back down to the beach. From this vantage point he observes that beach life is not always a harmonious one, and learns that as a macaque it is important to work out who your friends are....
52) Rabbits
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Rabbits make a family and raise them to survive. They are on constant watch for predators like foxes and hawks and developed a thumping system to protect babies.
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Caterpillars are made for one thing - to eat. These feeding machines munch their way through enough food so that they increase their body weight 2000-3000 times between hatching and becoming a fully grown caterpillar. Unfortunately this makes them tasty protein packed morsels for birds and they must use ingenious methods to evade detection. For those that avoid being eaten the reward is great. They enter into a magical process that will transform...
54) Maiden Flight, A
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A pair of Bald Eagles raise their chicks in the heart of the Arizona desert. Life is harsh here. If food is scarce, only one of their chicks will make it. As the chicks gain their flight feathers they practice hard, and look to the example of their majestic parents flying and catching fish in the river. They must be ready for the day when they launch themselves beyond the safety of their nest into an unknown world below.
55) Bringing Up Baby
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On the coast of California, a female sea otter raises her pups entirely on the water. Feeding, grooming and sleeping must all be done at sea. This is not easy, and the first fishing attempts of the young pup bring up an unusual catch. Sleeping can be an even trickier business, as the otter pup attempts to anchor himself down at night to prevent himself from drifting out to sea. . .
56) Tigers
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Tiger Cubs are dependent on their mother for milk and food. They follow her everywhere and learn lessons in survival, from swimming to hiding from predators.
57) Lakes of Fire
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Where most others would perish the flamingos thrive in the hot caustic lakes of the Great Rift Valley in Africa.
59) Crocodiles
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Crocodile mother takes care of newly hatched babies by taking them to the water in her mouth, protecting them from prey, and schools them in hunting.
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What can we learn from the relationship between our diet, exercise, gut bacteria and general health? It’s not clear which body defence functions mechanisms are most dependent on gut bacteria but Teagasc’s Paul Cotter recently conducted a study with the Irish Rugby team to examine the impact of exercise and diet on gut microbial diversity. This is the first report that shows exercise increases microbial diversity in humans as while others have...