Lion Ranger Death in the Kingdom
A hyena cub is introduced to the nursery, its time to operate on a majestic male, tragedy strikes at the Kingdom, and cheeky new arrivals win over a lonely lion cub.
- 2010
- 00:45:00
- 9-12
- Added on: 03/29/2016
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The Nature of Things Decoding Desire
From preening peacocks to promiscuous primates, what do animals reveal about our own sexual behaviour? Explore how sexual diversity and the experience of pleasure itself may be the key to species survival. Decoding Desire features leading scientists who examine mating behaviours and reveal research that shatters old assumptions about human sexuality.
- 2014
- 00:44:27
- 15-17
- Added on: 12/01/2014
Wild Mississippi Deep Freeze
This blue-chip natural history special is the first of three episodes that take us on a wild journey down the Mississippi to reveal a river you only think you know. Beginning in the fall at the very head of the river, we follow its path to find hungry wolves, freezing bobcats, warring bald eagles, hapless porcupines and phantom owls that ...
- 2011
- 00:45:02
- 9-12
- Added on: 02/02/2016
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Wild Mississippi Delta Blues
Our romance with the Mississippi River heats up as we head south. She joins with an even more flooded Ohio River to form a union of destruction that challenges man and beast alike. At the headwaters, when we started this love affair with the river, we agreed to go all the way come hell or high water – now we ...
- 2011
- 00:45:02
- 9-12
- Added on: 02/02/2016
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The Nature of Things Designing for Dignity: Engineering for Body Parts
The body is nature's work of art. It is no surprise then that providing replacement pieces for it requires both the talents of an artist and the skills of a surgeon. Ears made to order. Knee joints from an assembly line. Replacement heart valves grown from human cells in the laboratory. For people with damaged or missing body parts, new ...
- 1999
- 00:53:43
- 15-17
- Added on: 06/14/2013
The Nature of Things Diabetes: Blood Sugar, Sweat and Tears
Over a million Canadians have diabetes, a disease that can lead to blindness, kidney disease and strokes. This update on diabetes focuses on new ground-breaking research being done in Toronto into the cause, treatment and potential cure for this tragic and often fatal illness.
- 1993
- 00:46:18
- 13-14
- Added on: 06/14/2013
The Fifth Estate Diagnosis Murder: Shaken Baby Syndrome
It's a scenario as horrifying as it is heartbreaking: a frustrated parent ... a baby that just won't stop crying ... and suddenly, what were tender, cradling arms become instruments of death. At least this is how Shaken Baby Syndrome has been characterized in countless court cases in recent years. But what are the scientific foundations of this diagnosis? "Diagnosis ...
- 2012
- 00:41:09
- 13-14
- Added on: 06/14/2013
Marketplace Dirty Hospitals
Erica Johnson puts hospital cleanliness to the test, and finds a mess that is making you sick. With hidden cameras, including Canada's first hidden camera glo gel test, insider interviews and expert opinions, Marketplace uncovers why people in Canadian hospitals are too often getting sicker instead of better.
- 2012
- 00:21:34
- 13-14
- Added on: 06/14/2013
The National DNA and Cystic Fibrosis: 50 Years of Research
It's been 50 years since Cambridge scientists Francis Crick and Jim Watson unveiled the most important discovery of the 20th century: the basic structure of DNA. While it's true that their discovery opened up a world of understanding, what have we learned in that time? Has this discovery gotten us any closer to ridding humans of genetic disease? Two sisters ...
- 2002
- 00:12:22
- 13-14
- Added on: 06/14/2013
Quirks & Quarks Dogs Catch Cancer
Canine transmissible venereal tumor, or CTVT, is an unusual contagious cancer that affects dogs around the world. Live cancer cells are transmitted from dog to dog during mating. Dr. Elizabeth Murchison, a cancer geneticist at Cambridge University, has sequenced the genome of this cancer. The results suggest that it has survived continuously for 11,000 years. The genome also reveals a ...
- 2014
- 00:09:08
- 13-14
- Added on: 02/10/2014
