Saving South America’s Only Bear Species Videos

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Saving South America’s Only Bear Species

The Andean bear, also known as the spectacled bear, is sometimes called the Paddington bear, after the fictional bear in children's books written by Michael Bond. The spectacled bear is the only bear species in South America, and its numbers are dwindling. In Peru, the Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel, a National Geographic Unique Lodge of the World, has set aside land as a rescue centre for the bears.

Follow Halloween Special: Real-Life Zombies In a spooky coup, a parasitic worm hijacks a snail's brain and makes the snail sacrifice itself to a hungry bird. Carl Zimmer, a contributor to National Geographic's Phenomena science salon and author of the book Parasite Rex, explains how the snail's death helps the parasite perpetuate its sneaky species.

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Follow Firefighters Battle The Infernos Of Climate Change Colorado firefighter Don Whittemore has battled some of the state's fiercest forest fires over the past several decades. He and others in his profession are now increasingly responding to record-breaking blazes as a result of higher temperatures caused by climate change. Drier and disease-ridden forests have accelerated the scale and intensity of the flames, creating a volatile situation for those on the front lines of the fight. Production company The Story Group documents the experiences of Whittemore and other firefighters as they weigh the risks of combatting escalating infernos. "On a day-to-day basis, we're being surprised, and in this business, surprise is what kills people," says Whittemore.

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Follow Sea Of Shadows | Coming Soon Follow a team of scientists, journalists & undercover agents putting their lives on the line to save a species and bring a crime syndicate to justice.

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Follow Explore The World's Largest Underwater Cave The world's longest underwater cave has been discovered near the city of Tulum, on Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. The new discovery connects two previously known flooded caves into one 346-kilometre-long stretch. The cave holds an important large freshwater reserve that supports great biodiversity. Hundreds of archaeological sites exist in the cave, including evidence of America's first settlers, Mayan culture, and extinct animals.

Follow Only In Oz | Trailer Nothing says Australia quite like the outback, but what exactly is it, where does it even start, and why does it continue to capture our imagination?

Follow Only In Oz: Top End Troopers For nearly forty years, the North West Mobile Force have been patrolling and protecting over one million square kilometres of rugged Australian bushland. Smugglers, illegal fishermen and unauthorised visitors are all constant threats and as Tyson Mayr finds, it really does take a special kind of army to combat them.

Follow Only In Oz: Toad Wars Introduced over 80 years ago to help eradicate beetles, the cane toad has become one of Australia's most prolific pests. While once it was considered acceptable to battle them with cricket bats and harsh chemicals, now Queenslanders are taking a more humane approach and, as Luke Joseph Ryan learns, cooking up inventive ways to protect local fauna.

Follow Only In Oz: The Mystery Of Snake Island Tiny Carnac Island could be the snake capital of Australia. In this small space, there are an estimated 400 deadly tiger snakes but the mystery of how they got there is still unanswered. Were they trapped by rising sea levels? Did they swim there? Or is the truth far more colourful? Nush Freedman is on the hunt for answers.

Follow Only In Oz: Predator Plants Southwestern Australia is a biological Shang-ri-la with more plant biodiversity than the Amazon rainforest. But in this area of ancient weathered soil, Stef Bendixsen also learns of a world turned on its head. A world where plants aren’t the bottom of the food chain but rather, are something the local fauna should be wary of.

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