NOTE: The site described below is very impressive. It not only contains useful text and links but also images, sounds and video. However, the video is ONLY available in the United Kingdom. The audio of animal sounds and locations is available to everyone. For those of you outside the UK, don’t let the lack of video stop you from visiting and using this site.
Caught at night with infrared cameras, deep underwater with huge floodlights, and under microscopes which distinguish different sorts of microbe, the BBC’s Wildlife Finder is the product of years of planning – and dreaming. Technology and funding have finally made possible the corporation’s ambition to give its spectacular natural history photography and film a permanent global audience.
Starting with 370 animals, including four octopuses and a solitary starfish, the databank of clips and still pictures will be reinforced on a daily basis. BBC staff are combing through hundreds of wildlife programmes, from spectaculars such as Planet Earth to regional TV news items, to create an unprecedented collection. Early stars in terms of hits online include Darwin’s frog, a tiny resident of forests in Chile, which gives birth through the mouth of the male. The process is repeated in slow motion – another feature of the archive’s ability to spy on Earth’s wild creatures to an unprecedented extent.
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Pages also contain content from Animal Diversity Web and Wikipedia, scientific classification, and related web sites. Here’s an example.
Much More in the Official Press Release
Source: The Guardian and BBC News Release
Hat Tip: Library StuffSee Also: Recently Released: BBC Earth Explorers
From the News Release:Natural history fans can enjoy the excitement of wildlife filming on location from their armchairs by following production teams working on future series…
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