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Publication date : 2008-07-05 16:19:54

World's Tallest Tree

Redwoods are the tallest living trees on the planet, and one of the best places to see them is northern California's Redwood National Forest. Two naturalists think they have found the world's tallest tree hidden among the many giants. One daring researcher climbs to the top to see how the tree measures up, learning much about the species along the way.
[2008-06-27 15:59:56]

The Baka of Cameroon

The Baka people maintain their ancient hunter-gatherer lifestyle in Cameroon's rainforests but loggers are encroaching and survival is a challenge. Join the resilient Baka on a hunt, with just a single bullet available to take down a forest buffalo needed to feed the village for weeks to come.
[2008-06-19 18:26:42]

Antarctica Family Robinson

Sailing Antarctica is not the average summer vacation. Wild Chronicles meets a family of explorers and naturalists who sail Antarctica's frigid waters in their tiny yacht to monitor chinstrap penguins. Days are long and quarters are tight, but Antarctica's beauty is worth the ride.
[2008-06-13 17:31:10]

Maggot Medicine

Using maggots to clean infected wounds was standard medical practice in the U.S. a century ago, but antibiotics have since replaced these creepy healers. Watch as a bio-surgical researcher in the United Kingdom and a doctor in Oregon put hungry maggots to the test on some stubborn wounds. Judging from the results of their research, this treatment may be coming soon to a hospital near you.
[2008-06-06 14:34:26]

Operation Migration

Disguised in a whooping crane costume, Wild Chronicles host Boyd Matson takes flight in Necedah, WI with Operation Migration and a flock of young cranes. Bred in captivity without adult cranes to teach migratory routes, conservationists must lead the way. Highly endangered, and once nearly extinct, these tallest native birds of North America are making a comeback.
[2008-05-19 20:22:04]

Chimp Memory Beats Humans'

Watch young chimpanzees beat Japanese college students in a short-term-memory test by a wide margin--raising questions about primate intelligence and evolution. (c) 2008 National Geographic (AP)
[2008-05-19 20:20:35]

Rare Elephant Pool Play Seen

On a visit to a Botswana watering hole, Wild Chronicles' Boyd Matson videotaped pachyderms frolicking like few have ever observed before. Credit: Video by Public Television's Wild Chronicles, from National Geographic Mission Programs. (c) 2008 National Geographic (AP)
[2008-05-15 15:25:37]

Vultures of the Serengeti

Reviled by many, Ruppell's griffon vultures are true survivors on Africa's Serengeti plains. At times one of the world's richest meadows, the Serengeti's rich grasses wither in the dry season. Riding high on the wind, vultures monitor the great cycle of life and death, awaiting a feast for their growing families.
[2008-05-13 15:18:14]

Drug-Sniffing Dog Cloned

Officials in South Korea have high hopes for the noses of seven Labrador retrievers cloned from a star drug-sniffing canine. (c) 2008 National Geographic (AP)
[2008-05-01 15:52:16]

Facing a Mountain

In Queen Maud Land, Antarctica, Wild Chronicles follows adventurer Jon Krakauer across 40 miles of barren landscape to witness the challenge of his lifetime. Troubled by a tragedy on Mount Everest that took the lives of several of his friends, Krakauer hopes to conquer not only a mountain that has never been scaled before, but his personal doubts as well.
[2008-04-25 15:03:53]

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