NatureWorks RSS feed for WENH programming.http://video.nhptv.orgen-ushttp://video.nhptv.orgWed, 16 May 2012 21:14:40 -0400Wed, 16 May 2012 21:14:40 -0400http://video.nhptv.org/video/1492029877/Junior Naturalist Patrice explains how coloration is a structural adaptation that helps animals and plants survive in their environment. Patrice and Senior Naturalist Dave Erler examine the coloration of the great horned owl. We take an up-close look at the skunk. Von and Marrissa visit with wildlife photographer John Green and learn how color plays a role in photographyhttp://video.nhptv.org/video/1492029877/10/01/2010Coloration is a structural adaptation that helps animals and plants survive.tv-gScience & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsBiology & ChemistryBiology & ChemistryEarthEarthEnvironmentEnvironmentWeather & Natural DisastersWeather & Natural DisastersEpisodeend=2012-10-27http://video.nhptv.org/video/1491137382/Junior Naturalist Patrice looks at how some animals migrate to find food or a place to hibernate, and how others migrate to mate, give birth, and raise their young. Next, she joins Senior Naturalist Dave Erler to band some birds so they can be tracked as they migrate. Finally, Sara and Davis help Iain McCleod of the Audubon Society with his annual hawk count.http://video.nhptv.org/video/1491137382/10/01/2010Junior Naturalist Patrice looks at the reasons why some animals migrate.tv-gScience & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsBiology & ChemistryBiology & ChemistryEarthEarthEnvironmentEnvironmentWeather & Natural DisastersWeather & Natural DisastersEpisodeend=2012-10-26http://video.nhptv.org/video/1491147728/Junior Naturalist Patrice looks at how all living things need a habitat where their needs can be met. Patrice joins Senior Naturalist Dave Erler as they look at how the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center has created an artificial habitat in its aviary. Then we take an up-close look at the common loon and its habitat. Finally, Stevie and Taylor help biologist Kathy Wohlfort float a loon raft.http://video.nhptv.org/video/1491147728/10/01/2010Junior Naturalist Patrice looks at how all living things need a habitat.tv-gScience & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsBiology & ChemistryBiology & ChemistryEarthEarthEnvironmentEnvironmentWeather & Natural DisastersWeather & Natural DisastersEpisodeend=2012-10-26http://video.nhptv.org/video/1491207156/Patrice looks at the important role species diversity plays in maintaining a health environment. Next she and Dave sweep for insects in a field near the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center. Then we take an up-close look at life on the forest floor. Finally Morrisa and Octave join Susan Morse of Keeping Track and discover the diversity of animals where she lives.http://video.nhptv.org/video/1491207156/10/01/2010The important role species diversity plays in maintaining a health environment.tv-gScience & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsBiology & ChemistryBiology & ChemistryEarthEarthEnvironmentEnvironmentWeather & Natural DisastersWeather & Natural DisastersEpisodeend=2012-10-26http://video.nhptv.org/video/1491196512/Patrice looks at population and the limiting factors that can impact it. Next, she visits with Dave and they explore how a variety of factors can impact porcupine populations. Then we take an up-close look at the white-tailed deer. And finally, Von and Daniel visit with Professor Peter Pekins from the University of New Hampshire to learn about how he is helping to control deer numbers.http://video.nhptv.org/video/1491196512/10/01/2010Population and the limiting factors that can impact it.tv-gScience & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsBiology & ChemistryBiology & ChemistryEarthEarthEnvironmentEnvironmentWeather & Natural DisastersWeather & Natural DisastersEpisodeend=2012-10-26http://video.nhptv.org/video/1491195223/Patrice looks at the important role decomposers and scavengers play in the natural world. She then visits with Dave and they check on the progress of the decomposition of a dead gray squirrel. Then we take an up-close look at the turkey vulture. Finally, Hawk Mathany and Chris Thayer of the Appalachian Mountain Club show Laura and Marshall just how and what they recycle in the wilderness.http://video.nhptv.org/video/1491195223/10/01/2010Patrice looks at the important role decomposers and scavengers play in the natural world.tv-gScience & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsBiology & ChemistryBiology & ChemistryEarthEarthEnvironmentEnvironmentWeather & Natural DisastersWeather & Natural DisastersEpisodeend=2012-10-26http://video.nhptv.org/video/1492015101/Junior Naturalist Patrice looks at how plants and animals adapt to their environments. Then Patrice and Naturalist Dave Erler observe the unique adaptations of the opossum. Later, we take an up-close look at the beaver. Cody and Octave visit the New England Aquarium's critical care ward and learn how they are treating Kemp's Ridley sea turtles that have washed ashore on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.http://video.nhptv.org/video/1492015101/10/01/2010Patrice looks at how plants and animals adapt to their environments.tv-gScience & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsBiology & ChemistryBiology & ChemistryEarthEarthEnvironmentEnvironmentWeather & Natural DisastersWeather & Natural DisastersEpisodeend=2012-10-27http://video.nhptv.org/video/1491162286/Patrice looks at how life in the ocean is organized in layers. Next, Patrice and Dave look at life in a tide pool. Then we take an up-close look at estuaries. Finally, Jessica and Daniel spend the day in an estuary at the Wells Reserve monitoring soft shell clams and green crab experiments with Caitlin Mullen and Lindsay Whitlow.http://video.nhptv.org/video/1491162286/10/01/2010Patrice looks at all walks of ocean life.tv-gScience & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsBiology & ChemistryBiology & ChemistryEarthEarthEnvironmentEnvironmentWeather & Natural DisastersWeather & Natural DisastersEpisodeend=2012-10-26http://video.nhptv.org/video/1491134392/Junior Naturalist Patrice looks at how animals communicate with visual, auditory, chemical, and tactile signals. Patrice and Senior Naturalist Dave Erler, look at the red fox and how it communicates using scent. We take an up-close look at how songbirds communicate. Morissa and Benjamin visit a pond with Herpetologist Tom Tining and learn how frogs communicate.http://video.nhptv.org/video/1491134392/10/01/2010Junior Naturalist Patrice looks at how animals communicate.tv-gScience & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsBiology & ChemistryBiology & ChemistryEarthEarthEnvironmentEnvironmentWeather & Natural DisastersWeather & Natural DisastersEpisodeend=2012-10-26http://video.nhptv.org/video/1491210214/Patrice looks at how all organisms have their own role or niche in their environment. Next, Patrice and Dave look at the niche of the pileated woodpecker. Then we take an up-close look at coral reefs and the niches they fill in the ocean. Finally, Von and Marshall spend the day with conservation officer Joe Giarrusso and learn how he's trying to control the impact of beavers in urban areas.http://video.nhptv.org/video/1491210214/10/01/2010Patrice looks at how all organisms have their own role or niche in their environment.tv-gScience & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsBiology & ChemistryBiology & ChemistryEarthEarthEnvironmentEnvironmentWeather & Natural DisastersWeather & Natural DisastersEpisodeend=2012-10-26http://video.nhptv.org/video/1491211397/Patrice looks at how invasive species can change an environment. She then joins Dave and they look at the impact milfoil has on aquatic communities. We then take an up-close look at the mute swan. Finally, Emily and Sam visit with Professor Jim Morin and his researchers from the Shoals Marine Lab and learn about an invasive seaweed in the waters off their island.http://video.nhptv.org/video/1491211397/10/01/2010Patrice looks at how invasive species can change an environment.tv-gScience & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsBiology & ChemistryBiology & ChemistryEarthEarthEnvironmentEnvironmentWeather & Natural DisastersWeather & Natural DisastersEpisodeend=2012-10-26http://video.nhptv.org/video/1491185781/Patrice explains how herbivores and carnivores depend on each other for survival. Next, Patrice joins Dave and learns about an insect eating predator, the brown bat. Then we take an up-close look at the gray wolf. Finally, Sarah and Cody visit a bat cave with Peter Benson from the Nature Conservancy.http://video.nhptv.org/video/1491185781/10/01/2010How herbivores and carnivores depend on each other for survival.tv-gScience & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsBiology & ChemistryBiology & ChemistryEarthEarthEnvironmentEnvironmentWeather & Natural DisastersWeather & Natural DisastersEpisodeend=2012-10-26http://video.nhptv.org/video/1492029890/Patrice looks at some of the factors that could endanger plant and animals species. Then she joins Dave to learn about the wood turtle. Next, we take an up-close look at the peregrine falcon. Finally, Sarah and Octave join Susi von Oettigen of the US Fish and Wildlife Service as she monitors the health of dwarf wedge mussels.http://video.nhptv.org/video/1492029890/10/01/2010Patrice looks at some of the factors that could endanger plant and animals species.tv-gScience & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsBiology & ChemistryBiology & ChemistryEarthEarthEnvironmentEnvironmentWeather & Natural DisastersWeather & Natural DisastersEpisodeend=2012-10-27http://video.nhptv.org/video/1491178229/In the first segment, Patrice looks at life in lakes, streams, and wetlands. Next Patrice and Dave look at a snapping turtle. Then we take an up-close look at wetlands. Finally, Marissa and Benjamin join biologist Beth Malcolm and help inspect the growth of animal and plant life in a wetland environment.http://video.nhptv.org/video/1491178229/10/01/2010Patrice looks at life in lakes, streams, and wetlands.tv-gScience & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsBiology & ChemistryBiology & ChemistryEarthEarthEnvironmentEnvironmentWeather & Natural DisastersWeather & Natural DisastersEpisodeend=2012-10-26http://video.nhptv.org/video/1491187653/Patrice looks at how plants make food and at how plants and plant eating animals depend on each other. Then we take an up-close look at the moose and its habitat. Finally, Olivia and Michael visit with Professor Brent Loy, who is producing melons that grow faster, bigger and sweeter.http://video.nhptv.org/video/1491187653/10/01/2010How plants make food and how plants and plant eating animals depend on each other.tv-gScience & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsBiology & ChemistryBiology & ChemistryEarthEarthEnvironmentEnvironmentWeather & Natural DisastersWeather & Natural DisastersEpisodeend=2012-10-26http://video.nhptv.org/video/1491180072/Patrice looks at tundra, rainforest, grassland, taiga, temperate deciduous forest, and desert biomes. She then joins Dave to learn how the red-tailed hawk is adapted to a variety of habitats. Then we take an up-close look at the desert. Finally, Laura and Marshall take a hike with David Publicover of the Appalachian Mountain Club and look at the diversity of plant life along the trail.http://video.nhptv.org/video/1491180072/10/01/2010Patrice looks at several terrestrial biomes.tv-gScience & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsBiology & ChemistryBiology & ChemistryEarthEarthEnvironmentEnvironmentWeather & Natural DisastersWeather & Natural DisastersEpisodeend=2012-10-26