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NATURE retraces the life of Titus, silverback leader, from birth to present reign, spanning a tumultuous period in the history of a species and a nation in "The Gorilla King." In 1974, renowned primatologist ... via WMFE

Sites found in: ****************************************** PBS Teachers Newsletter: April 20-26, 2008 ****************************************** Nature: The Gorilla King On-Air & Online Sunday, April 20, 2008, ... via Phyllis' Favorites

Sunday April 6th While Freud's eternal question "what do women want?" may never be answered, we can at least find out what females in the jungle are asking for in the "Nature" episode "What Females Want and ... via SFGate

PBS: Zora Neale Hurston / NATURE: What Females Want / NOVA: Cracking the Maya Code / AMEX: Amelia Earhart Sites found in: ****************************************** PBS Teachers Newsletter: April 6-12, 2008 ... via Phyllis' Favorites

“We want you to know who they choose and why they choose them”

In nature, "females rule the roost, and males will do almost anything they can to please them," said filmmaker Kevin Bachar. via Tacoma News Tribune

Tue, April 1, 2008 Posted in Program Highlights , Schedule Updates Here are the down-loadable schedule grids for daytime and prime time programming in April 2008. via KSKA

“What happens is the females are already paired”

NATURE: WHAT FEMALES WANT AND MALES WILL DO. 8 p.m. Sunday and April 13. IT'S ONE OF THE longest-playing shows on television, though every episode looks pretty much the same. via Philly.com

“They're out there trying to copulate with cow pies most of the day.”

Gelada baboons studied by the "Nature" crew "had no fear - they didn't stop doing anything they did," said producer Kevin Bachar. via Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

“The duck phallus, for example, is very mature, but it is all in the name of science.”

PBS ' long-running series Nature is taking a close look at the animal singles scene with What Females Want and Males Will Do, a two-part special in early April. via BC Beat

Nashville Public Television and the PBS show NATURE want children ages 10-14 in Middle Tennessee to turn their eyes toward the wonders of nature and send in their best Tennessee nature photograph. via The Tennessean

“Bobo continues to call for her several times a day”

Bobo, a prize-winning Congo African Grey parrot from Chicago is mostly blue these days because her sidekick, Chomper, has gone missing, their owner says. via Daily India

“This exhibition showcases paintings that exemplify the unity between man's arrangement of nature's gifts and nature's own arrangements”

'Eiders at Low Tide' by artist Kenn Backhaus is part of the 'Still Life and the Allure of Nature' exhibition that opens Friday at Helena Fox Fine Art. via The Post and Courier

“I was never well-suited to hiding in a lab someplace. I like to reach out to other human beings.”

It pays to be a science geek. Just ask Edmonton's own "Nature Nut" John Acorn, who today receives the Michael Smith Award for Science Promotion valued at $5,000. The delighted University of Alberta lecturer and ... via Edmonton Journal

“That's not meant in a negative way”

To those who make public fools of themselves saying that one-sided left-wing programming on PBS is an illusion, we suggest they open the Sunday Washington Post to the TV Week magazine. via NewsBusters.org

I dare you not to laugh. This is a clip from the PBS series NATURE, the episode entitled "Andes: The Dragon's Back." -via Ursi's Blog Posted on February 17, 2008 at 6:39 pm by Miss Cellania Category: Animal , ... via Neatorama

As many go of to the IMA conference next week here is some f ood for thought from Charles McGrath writing for the New York Times today - my few comments follow at the end. via Robert Paterson's Weblog

PBS: NOVA: Vesuvius / NATURE: Arctic Bears / NOVA: Ape Genius / AMEX: Kit Carson Sites found in: ****************************************** PBS Teachers Newsletter: February 17 - 23, 2008 ... via Phyllis' Favorites

Posted Feb 10th 2008 4:07PM by Bob Sassone Filed under: Programming , What To Watch Tonight At 7, CBS has a new 60 Minutes , then The Grammy Awards . via TV Squad

“If a rise of two degrees doesn't push the planet to the tipping point, many scientists predict three degrees will.”

Two lavish, cautionary nature documentaries go head to head on Sunday in a fight for the worried viewer. via New York Times

“It's a younger audience and it's huge”

In an effort to grow viewership, the Public Broadcasting Service is aggressively spreading its content to platforms beyond the traditional small screen. via PROMO Magazine