Archive for the ‘Vídeo’ Category

A pair of leaping humpback whales nearly crush some curious onlookers. Jorge Ribas talks to a whale researcher to find out what the whales were doing right, and the people doing wrong.

Multiple videos of bioluminescent waves off the coast of California have us wondering: What kind of otherworldly phenomenon is this? To find out, Jorge Ribas talks to a marine biologist.

Archaeologists have uncovered the legendary grotto in which Rome’s founders were said to have been nursed by a “she-wolf.” James Williams reports.

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo is growing Elkhorn coral from scratch as part of a program to save the endangered species. Jorge Ribas reports.

Biologists in Maryland hope an adult female Atlantic sturgeon can help replenish local populations of the ancient species. Jorge Ribas gets the tale

Archaeologists have uncovered more buildings that made up a slave village where Frederick Douglass once lived. Jorge Ribas visits the dig.

This isn’t your grandfather’s museum. The Marian Koshland Science Museum in Washington, D.C., gets interactive with its exhibits. Jorge Ribas goes inside.

: A rehabilitated loggerhead sea turtle was released by staff from the Turtle Hospital in Marathon, Florida. Discovery News reporter Jessica Marshall was there to witness the turtle’s return to its habitat.

James Williams visits the site of the most infamous massacre of El Salvador’s civil war.

Could the future of boxing be robots? The new movie “Real Steel” thinks so, showing massive bots duking it out. To find out where the sport may really be headed, we talked to Discovery News blogger and boxing reporter Kieran Mulvaney.

Winter the dolphin stars as herself in the new movie Dolphin Tale, which details her rescue and rehab after losing her tail. Jorge Ribas interviews the cast and crew to find out how much of the movie remains true to life.

When a young dolphin lost its tail in a fishing accident, an aquarium and prosthetics company teamed up to build her a new one. Jorge Ribas meets Winter the dolphin, who stars in the new movie about her rescue.

In southern Arkansas, Nature Conservancy officials set 80 acres of prairie ablaze. Jorge Ribas walks through fire to find out why they do it.

Kasey-Dee Gardner finds out why man’s best friend can’t eat the same foods as humans.

Of all the methods being used to fight a fire ant invasion in the Southeast, this one might be the grossest. James Williams takes some heat to get the story.

In the movie Contagion, panic ensues as an unknown illness threatens to become a global epidemic. To make this scenario as accurate as possible, producers consulted with real life virus hunter Dr. Ian Lipkin.

No longer just a date, the phrase “9/11″ is now part of our national lexicon, forever reminding us of that horrific day. Jorge Ribas reports.

Nothing beats draping a wet towel on your face to cool off on a hot summer day. And this orangutan heartily agrees. So how did she learn to do this? Jorge Ribas finds out.

Jorge Ribas learns how wildlife specialists trap nutria, invasive rodents originally from South America that have been destroying wetlands for decades.

Eat your heart out , Shangri-La. If you’re a dino digger, Ghost Ranch, New Mexico, might just be paradise. James Williams finds out why.

A cat that barks? What is going on here? Yasmin Gazelle finds out the truth behind this canine-impersonating feline.

A Washington, D.C. rooftop is now home to thousands of bees, thanks to restaurant Founding Farmers, which owns one of the nation’s largest urban beehives.

Zola the Gorilla has got some serious b-boy moves. But what’s really going on here? Jorge Ribas talks to zookeeper Garth Irvine from the Calgary Zoo to find out.

On Maryland’s Eastern Shore, wildlife biologists look for new ways to control nutria, 20-pound rodents from South America. Jorge Ribas reports from the marsh.