SciShow
Foxes Might Use Magnetic Fields to Hunt
How do foxes know where to pounce when they can't see their prey? There's evidence they're using the Earth's magnetic field to help.
Wonderscape
The Fascinating World of Bird MigrationThinking question
Science Kids Birds and Bird Migration V1-0004 Birds have an extraordinary ability to navigate during migration, utilizing a combination of internal compasses and maps. Studies have shown that birds can find their way home over great...
Curated Video
Migratory birds
Find out how birds can use the Earth's magnetic field to help them migrate. Physical processes -Electricity and magnetism - Magnetism Learning Points The Earth's magnetic field guides the path of migratory birds. Earth's poles are called...
Curated Video
Monitoring the Spread of Avian Flu in California: Protecting Wildlife and Humans
This video highlights the concern among scientists in California about the potential spread of the avian flu virus by migrating birds. Researchers are closely monitoring wild birds and conducting tests to detect the virus, while chicken...
Visual Learning Systems
Exploring Grassland Biomes: Grasslands in North America
Upon viewing the Exploring Grassland Biomes video series, students will be able to do the following: Describe some of the basic characteristics of grasslands: - grasslands receive 25 to 75 centimeters of rain a year - grazing by large...
NASA
NASA in Silicon Valley: Chad Frost and Susan De La Cruz Talk About the “Social Networks” of Wildlife
A conversation with Chad Frost from NASA and Susan De La Cruz from the USGS. This is the second episode of a mini-series about NASA and USGS collaboration. In this episode they focus on tracking wildlife and what that information can...
Curated Video
Raptors: From Owls to Falcons
This video discusses the fascinating world of raptors, focusing on the two remaining families of primarily nocturnal owls. It explores their evolution from dinosaurs and their unique adaptations for hunting and scavenging. The video also...
Curated Video
A third of birds in North America threatened with extinction
A billion birds have disappeared from North America since 1970, and a third of bird species across the continent are threatened with extinction.
Curated Video
1 in 5 migratory species at risk of extinction, UN report says
A new United Nations report says that almost half of the world's migratory animals are in decline and that many birds and fish are at risk of extinction.
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1 in 5 migratory species threatened with extinction, UN report says
A new United Nations report says that almost half of the world's migratory animals are in decline and that many birds and fish are at risk of extinction.
Curated Video
Avian flu outbreaks shake Quebec poultry industry
A Quebec poultry farmer is taking extra precautions to protect his livelihood and livestock as the province grapples with avian flu outbreaks that have killed almost one million birds in the past year.
Curated Video
Climate change altering migratory paths for some birds, researchers say
Researchers say they’re seeing the impact of climate change through the changing migratory patterns of birds.
Curated Video
Migratory birds' stay shortened in Punjab
Each winter, Punjab’s wetlands become a refuge for thousands of migratory birds from Siberia, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Northern Europe. While their numbers in six protected wetlands, including Harike Wildlife Sanctuary, remain steady from...
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Punjab faces migratory bird decline due to climate shifts
Each winter, Punjab’s wetlands become a refuge for thousands of migratory birds from Siberia, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Northern Europe. While their numbers in six protected wetlands, including Harike Wildlife Sanctuary, remain steady from...
Curated Video
Preps for possible bird flu as migration underway
December 3-6 2005
1. Various of birds and ducks
2. Set up shot Ronald Mulwa handling dead birds
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ronald Mulwa, Kenya National Museum:
"We are trapping the birds to extract blood samples. We are also collecting...
Curated Video
EC Food and Safety spokesman on measures to contain outbreak in UK and Netherlands
The European Commission announced on Monday that it had adopted two emergency measures for the Netherlands and the UK to halt the spread of bird flu to other countries.
Two cases of bird flu were detected in the last few days but the...
Curated Video
RR7641C BIRDS THE BATTLE AGAINST MAN
Europe's birds are having to battle for survival as
never before. Pesticides and traps have decimated
the number of golden eagles and there are now
fewer than three hundred pairs in the Scottish
Highlands. Now a British naturalist is...
Curated Video
Bosnia moves to prevent bird flu outbreak
Pale
1. Wide shot chicken farm
2. Mid shot chicken
3. Close-up chicken
4. Wide shot man working on the farm
5. Close-up chicken
Sarajevo
6. Wide shot Bosnian Veterinarian Institute building
7. Set up shot interview with Nihad Fejzic,...
Curated Video
Birds of prey conservation in Kazakhstan
Naurzum Reserve, Kostanay Region, northern Kazakhstan - June 12-14, 2011
1. Mid of eastern imperial eagle in flight
2. Mid of ground squirrel
3. Wide of ground squirrel
4. Mid of pair of perched white-tailed sea eagles
5. Wide of...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian National Zoo: Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
This site provides a series of fact sheets on migratory birds. It cover topics such as avian adaptations and pesticides. Each fact sheet is available in both English and Spanish. [6:00]
Minute Earth
Minute Earth: Birds That Hibernate in Lakes?!
Find out about the very unique journeys of birds, which humans have learned about in a variety of investigative manners. [3:12]