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The Nature of Things Season 7, Episode 15: Galapagos: New Beings

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An exploration of scientific phenomenon known as "adaptive radiation", way in which a small founding group of a plant or animal species can give rise to a number of new species Watch The Nature of Things Season 7, Episode 15 Galapagos: New Beings in HD free online. Enjoy high-quality streaming of The Nature of Things Season 7, Episode 15 and share your thoughts in the comments below!

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Episodes

17 episodes
1

The Sun

An examination of sun from various points of view. Includes discussion with illustrative film footage of: archeological remains.
2

Natural History Of The Niagara Gorge

The famous Niagara Falls had their origins at Queenston 12,000 years ago. Since then.
3

Air And Water Pollution

This program explores serious problem of pollution, which results when more waste materials are poured into air and water than these elements have capacity to deal with.
4

The Battle Against Biting Insects

An examination of some of most sophisticated methods of pest control such as: unbalancing insects' nutrition.
5

Air Conditioning - Natural And Man-Made

This program considers many aspects of controlling human environment to regulate pressure, humidity, and temperature.
6

The Physics Of Sailing

The scientific study of physics of sailing, is a fairly new field. This program looks at scientific efforts to understand why sailing ships do what they do.
7

Epidemics

Not so many years ago, summer's warmth brought chilling fear of polio and typhus epidemics.
8

Summer Storms

A look at activities of Stormy Weather Group, scientists at Montreal's McGill University and Macdonald College who study pheonomena of summer storms.
9

Fishing And The Splake

Science is developing new and better fish, splake for instance, a product of cross-breeding of lake.
10

The Value Of Our Parks

This program examines Canada's great national parks and their ecological importance in maintaining habitats vital to various plants and animals.
11

Forest And Fires

This program deals with forest succession. Scientists have recently learned a great deal about way.
12

Water On The Level

There has been great alarm recently over declining level of water in bodies of water as enormous as Great Lakes.
13

Galapagos: Darwin

First episode of a five-part series on Galapagos islands. This looks at life and work of Charles Darwin.
14

Galapagos: The Islands

A survey of animal and plant life of Galapagos archipelago including: a look at geological origins of islands.
15

Galapagos: New Beings

An exploration of scientific phenomenon known as "adaptive radiation", way in which a small founding group of a plant or animal species can give rise to a number of new species
16

Galapagos: Ways Of Survival

Apart from their external appearance, animals go through behavioural and physiological changes to adapt themselves to different environments: for example.
17

Galapagos: Living Laboratory

This final program in series looks at some of endangered species in Galapagos islands, and at impact of human settlement on native creatures.