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See Giant Pandas For The First Time. So We Can See Them For Generations To Come.

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This YouTube video was produced by the San Diego Zoo.

Giant Pandas are back at the San Diego Zoo and the panda-monium has begun! Join us in celebrating this incredible species and the start of a new chapter in conservation as we welcome the arrival of Yun Chuan and Xin Bao. Every time you visit, you help contribute to the global movement to protect the future of Giant Pandas and the bamboo forests they depend on. At the San Diego Zoo, see Pandas for the first time, so we can see them for generations to come.

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We’re Grateful For You.

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This YouTube video was produced by Defenders Of Wildlife.

We have so much to be grateful for this year.

Protecting critical habitat.

Reintroducing keystone species.

Preventing extinction.

Connecting corridors.

Preserving biodiversity.

Honoring partnerships.

Opening hearts and minds.

Defending wildlife in a moment that matters so much.

There’s so much to be grateful for, but still so much more to do

And most of all, we’re grateful for YOU.

Defenders Of Wildlife works on the ground, in the courts, and on Capitol Hill to protect and restore imperiled wildlife and habitats across North America.

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Myth Busted: Hibernation

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This YouTube video was produced by Defenders Of Wildlife.

Do bears truly hibernate and sleep away the whole winter?? Learn more about torpor and what it means for bears during the cold winter months ❄️🐻💤

Video Transcript:

Yawn As the days get. colder, it’s tempting to curl up for long winter naps.

Just as bears cozy up in their dens to hibernate during the cold winter months.

But are these hibernating bears truly sleeping the whole time?

Well, not so much…

After a period of increased eating to gain fat, bears enter a hibernation–like state known as torpor, in … Continue

Lapland Longspur: Arctic Avian

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This YouTube video was produced by the American Bird Conservancy.

The Lapland Longspur is one of four species of longspur in North America (the other three are the Thick-Billed, Chestnut-Collared, and Smith’s Longspurs). However, the Lapland Longspur is the only member of its genus distributed across both the New and Old Worlds. It’s one of the most abundant breeding songbirds in the Americas, and is also a common breeder in Eurasia, where it’s known as Lapland Bunting.

The male Lapland Longspur is eye-catching in breeding plumage, with a head and upper body of rich chestnut and black, bisected by … Continue