Filmmaker David Reichert tours the Crozet Islands off the coast of South Africa, observing killer whales as they hunt elephant seals and king penguins.
过去古生物学家在研究中生代的哺乳动物时收集到的化石证据往往都是较小的碎片，于是他们曾经假设这一时期的哺乳动物体型接近老鼠大小，而且直到恐龙灭绝后他们才发展壮大。然而21世纪初在中国出土的一些保存完好的中生代化石却揭示出当时的哺乳动物体型比先前假设的要大种类也更丰富。
《史前新说》第1集：哺乳动物的起源（The Dawn of Mammals）
《史前新说》第2集：带羽毛恐龙的秘密（The Mystery of the feathered Dragons）
《史前新说》第3集：远古巨型昆虫灭绝之谜（What Killed the Giant Insects）
制作：Saint Thomas Productions for ARTE France
Today, the problem of rubbish in space has become a nightmare for astronauts. The amount of debris in space has been steadily increasing for the past 20 years as more and more satellites have been placed in orbit and numerous missiles have been tested. In 2009, two working satellites collided sending tons of new space trash into orbit travelling at an incredible speed.
This kin...
Shot over three years across the globe through stunning underwater cinematography, this film presents an intimate portrait through macro photography of the Cephalopods (Greek meaning – head foot). Journey through the magical world of these fascinating aquatic species and discover their unique physiology and what makes them survive against all odds.
Squid, octopus or cuttlefish: these strange soft-bodied animals never cease to surprise us.
From the abyss to the tropics, an incredibly intelligent population has continued to grow for more than half a century. Armed with astonishing intellectual abilities, they quickly adapt to environmental changes, and overcome the upheavals that have contributed to the disappearance of oth...
Masdar is an ambitious project, a technological and human challenge. Built in heart of the desert, it will be the world's first zero-carbon city
在二億年前，地球已經出現火山。火山爆發威力無比，極具破壞性，摧毀人類家園及無數生命，但在地動山移的同時，也為大地帶來新的土壤。《活火生機》一連六集壯麗懾人的紀錄片，必定震撼觀眾心靈。
《活火生機》會密集式地介紹各國各地的火山，包括在陸洲上的、島嶼上的和極地上無數的火山。火山爆發時，火山灰如泉湧不斷噴出，方圓數哩地區盡被掩蓋，嚴重摧毀四周的生態環境。然而「物競天擇，適者生存」，灸熱灼燙的火山區，竟棲息著不少罕見的動物和植物，它們能夠適應巨大的環境改變，堅韌地生存下來。節目內追蹤不同的生物，如細小的植物、藤蔓的種子、漂亮的蝴蝶、巨大的狐蝠等，探索他們如何絕處逢生。
本節目除了內容豐富外，更採用了先進的高清拍攝器材及嶄新的拍攝科技，令畫面比一般高清影像的質素更佳。例如把旋轉式鏡頭固定在直昇機上，再將畫面推近至85倍，安全地拍攝火山爆發的震撼畫面和最真實的動...
The Giant Oarfish, the largest bony fish in the world, was known only by rare examples that died by stranding, as well as one sole fossil. Its extraordinary dimensions, as long as 15 meters, and shape in the form of a silver ribbon, inspired the myth of the sea serpent.
For the past two years, scientific buoys, immersed at a depth of two thousand meters in the Mediterranean, of...
Can any of those who claim homosexuality is "unnatural" explain this beastly behaviour
About the film:
On the volcanic island of New Britain, a handful of animals have learned to live with the sporadic anger of the Earth. When ash from an eruption invades their habitat, the choice seems simple: stay and adapt, or leave.
Issued: France
Time: 00:52:30
Title: Pioneers of the Deep / Naissance d'une ile
Released: 2010
Genre: Documentary
Directed by: Bertrand Lauer
Sta...
In the vast emptiness of the Pacific Ocean, tectonic movements construct or swallow islands following the wrath of the earth or the sea...
How has the catfish - the largest freshwater fish in Europe that terrorizes pikes, pigeons and even bathers - progressively colonized all rivers without eliminating any other species
