What began as a way to find food [ Tapping ] developed into a way to communicate. This turns the acorns into treasure -- a seasonal abundance that can be made to last. All the bluebirds know is that the nest is precious and they fiercely defend it even from the little woodpecker who made it. Director Ann Johnson Prum Writers Janet Hess George Page (uncredited) Stars Paul Giamatti (voice) Akito Kawahara It's different from land, with its isolated islands and habitats. Several little birds may even roost together overnight if the weather is severe. Insects, too, love the tree's sweet, sticky flow. They are not long-distance travelers. Fish coordinate their movements through electromagnetic and pressure sensors, almost like a single nervous system. Fish travel to a particular cleaning station and often change color as a signal that they're hoping to be cleaned. JERRY ALLEN, SCIENCE ADVISORS They typically fly from tree to tree and come in for vertical landings. The more you look the more it changes your perspective. In fact, they only want to eat what the shrimp goby feeds his shrimp. [ Birds crying ] Look beyond the desolation and the mistakes. Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III This is a single home, miles deep, and full of life that can link almost anywhere. Gregg Peters Monsees Foundation 2022 THIRTEEN PRODUCTIONS LLC [ Tapping ] Woodpeckers like to make noise. With about 120 known ocelots remaining, the future of the U.S. ocelot population relies on ranchers, scientists and government agencies working together. In November, when the calves are strong enough, the families return south to feed. Vast, wild and remote, the Arctic . 3,000 miles to the east, off Mexico, Clarion angelfish wait for a different customer. ROMUALD MIKUSEK Hummers live so close to the edge, they fiercely defend every source of food they have. DAVE FORSYTH With large, impressively clawed feet, they move across a tree trunk like rock climbers on walls of bark. NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER WATCH EPISODES. JULIN MANRIQUE When the year turns and the New England woods are cold and snowy [ Tapping ] the Pileated remains in his forest. DARRYL CZUCHRA If an anemone fish feels really threatened, it even can hide in the anemone's stomach. A 19-inch killer dinosaur is at the door! NATURE is an award-winning signature PBS series created by The WNET Group and made possible by all of you. Most of these trees are young, less than a century old. Nature. It's a nursery for juvenile sardines. It takes good communication for all relationships to work. The stinging arms defend their personal clownfish from reef predators like moray eels. Inside the tree, carpenter ants are frantic. And it's the same with government. SANDESH KADUR POND 5 No matter where they live, every woodpecker of every kind makes a hole for a home. Between wreck and reef, home improvements are finished for the clownfish. Aired: 03/01/23. 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Trees can't hide their secrets from him. [ Whales singing ] Animals are very trusting. Intelligent animals reach out to each other, for reasons we barely understand. [ Woodpeckers squawking ] Any outsider, whether furry or feathered, is swiftly dispatched. 1:00 am. Maggies research opens a window to a world of pollinators and highlights the importance of creating habitat for native pollinators across the Western United States. But while they're still standing, dead trees are essential architecture just as they are. NATURE, television's longest-running weekly natural history series, has won more than 200 honors from the television industry, parent groups, the international wildlife film community and environmental organizations, including the only award ever given to a television program by the Sierra Club. It's thin but full of minerals and hormones. THIS PROGRAM WAS PRODUCED BY THIRTEEN PRODUCTIONS LLC, WHICH IS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS CONTENT. The sailfish work together like wolves. This is prosperity for the family, a true measure of wealth. A manta ray may have traveled thousands of miles between appointments. Copyright 2023 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), all rights reserved. Immerse yourself in Scotlands wild highland landscape and meet its long-lived forest keeper, a magnificent Scots pine tree. Super Cats I'm not a modernist. Arlene and Milton D. Berkman Find standards-aligned teaching resources for Shana Fischer Kathy Chiao and Ken Hao Once chicks are in the nest, both parents fly out on foraging sorties with the typical flap-flap-glide that works so well in forests. But one female has her own agenda. It'll replace one that was stolen from the capitol grounds. Arizona Republican Rusty Bowers stepped into the national spotlight when he testified before Congress about refusing President Trump's requests to help overturn the 2020 election. Justswimming by. The angelfish gets a meal, but that can't quite explain the relationship completely. The urchin gets a free ride, and nothing will attack the crab now. In real time, it's hard to see if she's successful. For Online Streaming on PBS and PBS KIDS. Mythbusting Opossum Facts | Backyard Nature. Capturing the splendor of the natural world, from the African plains to the Antarctic ice.MoreMore. Cooperation was built into life right from the start. He pounds with intent, then pauses to listen. 7:00 AM. MILTON LOVE, SCRIPT CONSULTANTS MARK CARROLL And even bees taste better dipped in sugar. Pacific sea nettle jellyfish, 2 and 1/2 feet wide and 15 feet long. The upwellings are colder here, and there are beds of giant kelp. They break down fallen wood and send its nutrients far and wide to be reincarnated into living trees. Every spring, a new class of young woodpeckers graduates from their nest holes to take on the challenge of growing up. The Pileated woodpecker is a master of this world of wood and striking in every respect. It seems an unlikely relationship -- a plain crab and a venomous beauty -- but partnerships like these are the heart and soul of the ocean. Every member of the family serves on acorn security duty. The magic only happens one night each year. The adults have chiseled down 15 inches into the tree, painstakingly removing all the debris, except for a layer of wood chips that line the bottom of the hole. They attach them to anything solid, even decorating a decorator crab. These unlikely partnerships make up the heart and soul of the ocean. A pair of these large, imposing birds make a home in a beech tree, where they feed their hungry chicks. There are 239 species of woodpeckers, and they live on every continent except Antarctica and Australia. The chicks are naked and blind, but they're loud [ Chicks chirping ] and quick to respond when an adult comes with food. the current count is 239 species in all. Starstruck: Gene Kelly's . And then, there are woodpeckers so unorthodox, they've abandoned trees altogether. Not all arrangements with suckerfish are as comfortable. American horses are icons. The tree works to stem the flow and seal the wound. Corporation for Public Broadcasting KAREN KERR, DIGITAL COLORISTS 19 Oct. 2022. The hawksbill is off to find an easier meal. Elinor Wonders Why. They are all international travelers with their own entourage of personal groomers. THIS PROGRAM WAS PRODUCED BY THIRTEEN PRODUCTIONS LLC, WHICH IS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS CONTENT. At first, the narrator thought that his father was a stereotypical ex-Marine: taciturn, strong and severe. Researchers studying them now believe that the seemingly perfect parents actually eat a few of their babies each night. And tops them off with gooseberries for dessert! Her old nest holes from previous years, even her winter roosting holes, are bringing other creatures back into this forest. [ Ominous music plays ] He's not hunting. [ Whales singing ] The ocean transports nutrients and animals in a way impossible on land. OCEANIC RESEARCH GROUP Special Interest, Nature. When other foods are scarce, acorns will be here - safe in their shells and ready to eat. The golden jacks grab small shrimps that the dugong stirs up. WEEHAN YEO, POSTPRODUCTION SUPERVISORS A jellyfish and a crab start their journey together. Arizona Republican Rusty Bowers stepped into the national spotlight when he testified before Congress about refusing President Trump's requests to help overturn the 2020 election. KEVIN FERRIER, PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS Part of a community matured and refined over millennium. They moved in when the tree was already dead or dying, its inner layers soft and decaying. Yet thousands of miles to the south, there's a woodpecker that has left even the semblance of trees far behind. Thank you! Animals were violent and unsophisticated, nature red in tooth and claw. He teaches trust by . Like closed captioning, DVS was also pioneered by PBS to ensure the widest possible audience is served. He has several works in progress, including this privately commissioned bust of the late Democratic Senator Carl Hayden. [ Calling ] Today, these woodpeckers-on-the-move are continuing their conquest of the North, a range expansion of a thousand miles. KRISTOF ZYSKOWSKI, SCIENTIFIC CONSULTANTS Appaloosa. It was thought that remoras rode with sharks to share their food, but this lemon shark has stopped to allow its remoras to clean it. Humpback bulls sing complex songs on their heads. Camouflage and other anti-predatory tactics and uniqueness of different species and amazing feats and colors are detailed. 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