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The wondrous flight of millions of monarch butterflies from their roosts in the Sierra Madre mountains of Mexico has long captured the imagination of scientists, nature lovers and tourists. Each spring, the butterflies begin their remarkable journey ...north. They travel thousands of miles on a trek that provides them with optimal breeding conditions and ultimately ensures the survival of the species. This video segment from Nature captures the butterflies' spring awakening. Run time 03:02.
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September 24, 2010 at 11:17 PM
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Ages: 9 - 18
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The Rufous hummingbird is a small wonder that, with respect to body size, migrates farther than any other creature on earth. The brightly colored, feisty bird breeds from southern Alaska to northern California and then spends the winter in Mexico. Th...ough their brains are approximately the size of a grain of rice, Rufous hummingbirds have an excellent memory for locating flowers from year to year. In this video segment from Nature, learn about the little brain and big journey of the Rufous hummingbird. Wonderful example of migration. Run time 02:41.
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September 24, 2010 at 10:27 PM
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Ages: 9 - 18
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Few sights are as majestic as monarch butterflies roosting in trees or flocks of whooper swans migrating across northern skies. Seasonal changes propel a wide variety of creatures to begin migrations - sometimes on an epic scale - to feeding, mating ...and breeding grounds. This video segment from Nature introduces the story of the seasonal migrations of four different species from across the planet: the wildebeests of East Africa, monarch butterflies of Mexico, sockeye salmon of North America, and whooper swans of Europe. Run time 02:05.
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September 26, 2010 at 10:03 PM
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Seasonal changes impel a wide variety of creatures, from whooper swans to monarch butterflies, to begin their epic migrations to ancient feeding, mating, and breeding grounds, sometimes covering thousands of miles and employing ingenious methods to r...each their destinations. (49:09)
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February 10, 2011 at 11:05 PM
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Wildebeest in the millions make their annual migration through East Africa. (02:42)
July 26, 2012 at 03:12 PM
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Every spring, a series of epic battles are fought in the waters off America's west coast. It's the season when killer whales hunt their largest prey — gray whales that are migrating up the coast. (03:41)
January 4, 2013 at 09:23 PM
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It is one of the most impressive displays of migratorial instinct and ability in the animal kingdom: Each year millions of monarch butterflies migrate from eastern Canada and the United States to Mexico -- a journey of more than two thousand miles fo...r some. This video segment from NOVA: "The Mystery of Animal Pathfinders" explores why monarchs make such an epic journey and how they manage to do it. A nice example of migration and life cycles. Closed captioning included. Run time 04:39.
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September 24, 2010 at 11:07 PM
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Animal migrations from the grand to the miniscule enliven the plains of the Serengeti, one of nature's oldest ecosystems. The wildebeests are known migratory inhabitants, famous for their great surge across the plains in search of fresh grasslands. O...n a smaller scale and lesser known are the locusts, which also make a migratory journey when resources become scarce. Learn more about the wildebeests and locusts of the Serengeti in this video segment from Nature. Run time 02:47.
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September 24, 2010 at 07:04 PM
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Ages: 9 - 18
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This video segment, adapted from QUEST, explains the unique behavior of a species of ladybug that spends most of its year feeding on the California coast but then migrates by the millions inland to spend the winter. Once they reach their destination,... they huddle together to maintain temperature and moisture level in order to survive. Run time 02:46.
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September 24, 2010 at 10:03 PM
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There are many strategies animals use for staying close to their food sources, as this video segment from NOVA: "The Mystery of Animal Pathfinders" explains. One of the most remarkable of these strategies, however, is demonstrated by the red knot, a ...species of shorebird that flies 20,000 miles annually in its never-ending search for food, especially the eggs of spawning horseshoe crabs. Closed captioning included. Run time 6:00.
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September 24, 2010 at 10:43 PM
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