Discovery Channel (Firm)
2) Survivorman
Publisher
Discovery Channel
Pub. Date
2007
Description
Imagine being stranded in the most extreme environments for 7 days. With no support crew and operating the camera himself, survival expert Les Stroud tackles this question as he tests himself in the wilderness, ranging from the desert to the Arctic.
Publisher
Distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
Mike Rowe tackles some of his dirtiest and most dangerous jobs yet as he slogs through muck and mire in search of bloodworms, guts a mold-infested house damaged by Hurricane Katrina, packs explosives into the wall of a salt mine, and much more.
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Description
"Experience the beauty and wonder of their underwater realm. Marvel at their spectacular-and theoretically impossible-acrobatics. Witness their highly evolved social skills, and discover the fantastically diverse members of this far-flung family-including the myserious freshwater dolphins of China, India and South America."--Container.
Publisher
Discovery Channel
Pub. Date
2008, 2007
Description
Imagine being stranded in the most extreme environments for 7 days. With no support crew and operating the camera himself, survival expert Les Stroud tackles this question as he tests himself in the wilderness, ranging from the desert to the Arctic.
Publisher
Distributed by Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Description
Filmmaker Jim Dutcher and his wife Jamie lived with gray wolves for three years to make this documentary, and their work reveals complex social behavior never before captured on film. You'll observe the dominance of the pack's alpha male and the submissiveness of the omega wolf. You'll see the pack initiate new members, and witness the critical moment when the alpha selects a mate. Perhaps most incredible is the bond developed between the wolves and...
10) Earth
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
A story of three animal families on a journey across our planet - polar bears, elephants, and humpback whales. It captures rare footage of nature's wildest and most elusive animals.
11) Life
Formats
Description
Four years in the making, and filmed over 3000 days across every continent and in every habitat, see 130 incredible stories from frontiers of the natural world. Discover the glorious variety of life on Earth and the spectacular and extraordinary tactics animals and plants have developed to stay alive. This is evolution in action: individual creatures under extreme pressure to overcome challenges from adversaries and their environment.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
Each season, as the ever-thinning Arctic ice recedes, polar bears face a daunting challenge; Grizzly bears in British Columbia must use ingenuity and fancy footwork to collect their catch; The annual rains of the Serengeti draw in the greatest concentration of large animals on Earth; Each year, billions of sardines flood South Africa's east coast creating an action-packed feeding frenzy; Thousands of animals make the long trek toward the life saving...
Publisher
Discovery Communications Inc
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
Take a journey down the mighty Nile, back through time, and uncover ancient Egypt's long-lost mysteries.
Egypt uncovered: Shot on location at many sites off-limits to the public, and featuring many noted Egyptologists, this series offers a comprehensive look at new archaeological discoveries about ancient Egypt.
Egypt's ten greatest discoveries: Dr. Zahi Hawass, the guardian of Egyptian antiquities, and a team of leading archaeologists identify...
14) Human planet
Publisher
BBC Earth
Pub. Date
c2011
Description
Humans are the ultimate animals - the most successful species on the planet. Uniquely in the animal kingdom, humans have managed to adapt and thrive in every environment on Earth. Each episode examines one of the extremes of our planet: the arctic, mountains, oceans, jungles, grasslands, deserts, rivers, and even the urban jungle. Each habitat engenders astonishing solutions in the face of extreme adversity. Here are people who survive by building...