Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
USA
So if an orca attacking a shark is so rare, how do they usually behave? In this segment, we learn about how orcas around the world live and hunt.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
USA
Some orcas do prey on sharks, but how do they do it? Researchers also have to catch sharks occasionally, and there is a particular technique that they use.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
USA
The phenomenon of tonic immobility helps researchers study sharks, but does it also help orcas hunt and kill them?
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Here we see a simulation of how the attack happened, and find out what effect it had on the population of great white sharks around the Farallon Islands.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
How do sharks communicate? Particularly, how would the sharks around the Farallones all know exactly when to evacuate? Scientists who are working on "shark repellent" may have an explanation.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Although no one will ever be completely certain why it occurred, many things have been learned about both species from the attack.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
National Geographic filmed South African penguins in their natural habitat. One penguin turns to crime in order to furnish the nest and keep his mate happy.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
How does a volcano actually form? This informative video on the topic is brought to you by National Geographic Kids!
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
The birth cycle of kangaroos, affectionately called “roos,” is the subject of this video from National Geographic.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Within a deep and narrow cave in South Africa, paleoanthropologist Lee Berger and his team found fossil remains belonging to the newest member of our human family. The Homo naledi discovery adds another exciting chapter to the human evolution story by introducing an ancestor that was primitive, but shared physical characteristics with modern humans.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
Many secrets remain surrounding the creation of Stonehenge. Archaeologists try to unravel the mystery.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom, USA
Plastic pollution poses one of the biggest known threats to the ocean and all related ecosystems. Pollution comes in many forms, and agriculture is one important key to bringing about necessary change. All of us are key players, since we all eat food.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Ellis Island, the U.S. gateway to immigration from distant lands, has been reopened to visitors, following significant damage from Hurricane Sandy. A visit there, and to the nearby Statue of Liberty, can be emotional, even for those born in the U.S.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
Benedict Cumberbatch solo rappels down a cliff with some encouragement from Bear. In Running Wild with Bear Grylls, Bear is taking it up a level by teaching his celebrity guests essential survival skills that they'll have to master and then prove they can use in a high-stress situation.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
British songwriter and actress Natalia Kills promises a hot night with her provocative song “Mirrors.”
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