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North America is a miniseries that aired on the Discovery Channel.It premiered on May 19, 2013. [1] It ran for seven episodes, and ended on June 16, 2013. [1]The series includes the topics of nature and its beauty on the continent of North America.
Making North America is a 2015 American documentary film which premiered nationwide on November 4, 2015. [1] The PBS Nova film, comprising three episodes of one hour each, was hosted by Kirk Johnson (Director of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History); Peter Oxley directed the first episode while Gwyn Williams directed the second and third.
Seabirds (mostly northern fulmars) flocking at a long-lining vessel. Some seabird species have benefited from fisheries, particularly from discarded fish and offal. These discards compose 30% of the food of seabirds in the North Sea, for example, and compose up to 70% of the total food of some seabird populations. [76]
Map of early human migrations based on the Out of Africa theory; figures are in thousands of years ago (kya). [1]The peopling of the Americas began when Paleolithic hunter-gatherers (Paleo-Indians) entered North America from the North Asian Mammoth steppe via the Beringia land bridge, which had formed between northeastern Siberia and western Alaska due to the lowering of sea level during the ...
The Virginia opossum, Didelphis virginiana, the only marsupial in temperate North America. Armadillos, opossums and porcupines are present in North America today because of the Great American Interchange. Opossums and porcupines were among the most successful northward migrants, reaching as far as Canada and Alaska, respectively.
Birds of North America is an American documentary web series produced by Topic and distributed by YouTube. It was directed by Rob Meyer and hosted by naturalist and birdwatcher Jason Ward . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The series, which regularly featured Jason's brother Jeffrey, [ 3 ] was first announced on March 8, 2019, [ 4 ] and the first episode aired on ...
What to do if you see oiled wildlife. If anyone stumbles upon wildlife covered in oil in Washington or Oregon, they should report it by calling 1-800-222-4737.
The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands are home to 99.7% of the population. This small (for its family) gull-like albatross is the second-most common seabird in the Hawaiian Islands, with an estimated population of 1.18 million