Trailer for Oka! Amerikee, eco-drama set in the Congo rainforest
Filmed in the Congo rainforest of the Central African Republic (CAR), a region rarely explored in film, the movie tells the story of an American ethnomusicologist living with the indigenous Bayaka people, also known as the pygmies, as loggers invade their land. According to the film’s website: “The movie is partly based on the life’s work of Louis Sarno, who has lived with and recorded the music of the Central African...
Video: bizarre purple frog sounds like a squeaky toy
Native to India, the purple frog (Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis) is listed as Endangered by the IUCN Red List. The species is also a focal amphibian for the innovative ZSL EDGE program, which selects the species it works with based on their evolutionary uniqueness and threat level. According to the EDGE website: “The purple frog is the sole representative of an ancient lineage of frogs that has been evolving independently for...
Video: saving cape fur seals from fisheries’ trash
Innovative program by Two Oceans Aquarium in Cape Town, South Africa to save wild fur seals from dangerous, and in some cases deadly, trash from local fisheries.
Video: Australia’s banteng question
Conservation problem or opportunity? Australia tries to decide what to do with its population of invasive wild cattle, known as banteng. The problem is that this invasive species has almost gone extinct in its native Southeast Asia. Does Australia protect a globally endangered species even if it’s not their own? Credit:...
Video: coral reefs at risk
An updated comprehensive analysis by the World Resources Institute (WRI) along with twenty-five partners finds that 75% of the world’s coral reefs are threatened by local and global impacts, including climate change. To read more about the report: Coral crisis: 75% of the world’s coral reefs in...
Video: National Geographic donates 10 cents to lions for every viewing of The Last Lions trailer
Watch the new trailer for the film The Last Lions and National Geographic will donate 10 cents to help conserve lions in the wild. Watch it again, and another dime goes to conservation efforts. Plus, it’s a beautiful trailer! To find out more information about the film : The Last Lions. To read an interview with the film-makers: A lion’s story, an interview with the filmmakers of The Last...
Video: giant leaf-tailed gecko hunting at night
Footage from the BBC’s new program Madagascar. The giant leaf-tailed gecko (Uroplatus fimbriatus) is found on the islands of Nosy Mangabe (mongabay.com’s namesake) and Nosy Bohara. To see photos of Uroplatus fimbriatus and other Malagasy geckos: Leaf-tailed geckos of...
Video: bizarre tenrecs communicating through ‘stridulation’
Footage from the BBC’s new program Madagascar. Native only to the island of Madagascar, the bizarre tenrec communicate in a way no other mammal in the world does: stridulation. This is the scientific term for communication by rubbing body parts together, such as crickets producing sounds by rubbing their legs against one another. In this case, tenrecs are capable of communicating by rubbing special spines on their back. To read...
Video: uncontacted tribe captured on film from the sky
Filmed by the BBC in collaboration with Brazil’s Indian Affairs Department (FUNAI), new footage shows an uncontacted indigenous tribe from the air. Living on the border of Brazil and Peru the tribe is threatened by illegal Peruvian loggers. To read more about the tribe: Incredible new photos of uncontacted tribe in the...
Video: lemur evolution
From the Science Channel show Mutant Planet, this episode on Madagascar looks at the bizarre turns evolution takes on one of the world’s most unique islands. To find out more information and see more videos from the production: Mutant Planet:...
Trailer: Patagonia Rising
Patagonia Rising Trailer from brian lilla on Vimeo. From film-maker Brian Lilla: “Patagonia Rising investigates a plan to build five large hydroelectric dams on two of the world’s purest free-flowing rivers in Chile. Tracing the hydrologic cycle of the Baker River from ice to ocean, Patagonia Rising brings voice to the South American cowboys, Gauchos, caught in the crossfire of future energy demands.” Having just...
Quick summary (by handpuppets) of what happened at COP16 in Cancun
Quick summary (by handpuppets) of what happened at COP16 in Cancun
Animation: the challenges facing freshwater ecosystems
The European Union-funded BioFresh project has released a four minute animation that outlines the challenges (such as pollution, species invasions and dam building) facing freshwater ecosystems. It illustrates how BioFresh aids the translation of scientific data on these systems into environmental policy through the European Union.
Video: Mongabay’s Rhett Butler speaks with the Killen Report on deforestation
Michael Killen asks Rhett A. Butler about his interest in rain forests. Rhett says plans now exist to help save the Brazilian rain forests. He is now focused on increasing awareness of the need to save the Indonesian rain forest.
Leaping lemur (picture & video)
Verreaux’s sifaka is a lemur which can be spotted in Madagascar’s deciduous forest habitats including Andohahela, Berenty, Beza-Mahafaly, Isalo, and Kirindy.
Video: wildlife in Madagascar’s Ankarafantsika National Park
Ankarafantsika National Park (‘Ampijoroa’), in north-west Madagascar, a wildlife hotspot packed with a wonderful array of lemurs, rare birds and reptiles.
Video: River to Reef in Belize
Guest post by the Ya’axché Conservation Trust River to Reef from Ya'axché Conservation Trust on Vimeo. This documentary was produced by Ya’axché Conservation Trust and Ajax Films in the Toledo District of southern Belize to highlight the connections between freshwater and marine ecosystems. One of the key messages of this film is that what happens upstream affects what happens downstream and it is for this reason that...
