"Culturally and historically, wolves have a bad rep because they preyed on farmers’ cows. Written records ascribe all kinds of evil qualities to them. And media still perpetuates wolves’ negative image in cartoons and movies."
🏔️🐺🐾 #Wolves #Conservation #Wildlife #Nature #Biology #WinterCritters
WILDLIFE VIDEO (2 min.)
"Moose are specially adapted to dive into Canada’s many lakes and ponds to feast on aquatic plants that other species can’t reach."
🏔️🫎🌅🌿 #Moose #WildlifeVideo #CBCTheNatureOfThings #TheWildCanadianYear #WinterCritters #Nature
WILDLIFE VIDEO (5 min.)
"Stoats can turn white in winter. This film follows a stoat in my garden as she slowly performs this magic trick, becoming white and then turning back to brown again as the days get warmer."
🏔️❄️🐹 #Stoats #Ermines #WildlifeVideo #RobertEFuller #WinterCritters #Nature
WILDLIFE VIDEO (4 min.)
"These devoted Arctic Fox parents have their hands full, as they struggle to feed and raise their young cubs to be independent before winter comes back around."
Adorable fluffie cubs! 🏔️❄️🦊 #ArcticFoxes #WildlifeVideo #BBCEarth #AnimalSuperParents #Nature #WinterCritters
"Imagine a world without pharmacies, where expecting mothers have to find the nutrients they need scattered across the landscape. A recent study reveals how these creatures utilize the chemical makeup of the Arctic to thrive."
🏔️🪨🦬 #Muskoxen #Minerals #Environment #Wildlife #Nature #WinterCritters
"These Arctic-dwelling cetaceans have an organ on their foreheads that’s referred to as the melon. It has long been a source of fascination to scientists, who’ve proposed a variety of theories over the years to explain its presence."
🏔️❄️🌊🐬 #Belugas #Communication #Wildlife #WinterCritters #Nature
"The complex ecological bonds between grazers, grasslands and climate emerge from one of the most important transformative processes in the Earth system: co-evolution, the reciprocal evolution of two or more entities."
⛰️🦣🦬 #Ecosystems #Grasslands #Wildlife #Nature #Restoration #WinterCritters
"Siberia may be a harsh and challenging environment, but that doesn't stop the Turuchan pika from having fun. These small, fluffy mammals are known for their love of all types of play — from swinging from branches to chasing each other."
🐹🌲🪵 #TuruchanPikas #Siberia #Wildlife #Nature #WinterCritters
"European hedgehogs are listed as near-threatened on the IUCN Red List. In the UK, rural populations are declining due to threats such as road collisions, while urban populations remain stable or are increasing in some areas."
❄️💤🦔 #Hedgehogs #Hibernation #Biology #Wildlife #Nature #WinterCritters
WILDLIFE VIDEO (3 min.)
"The collared pika is hard at work for the months ahead, gathering food meticulously ensuring his own survival."
Winter preppers! 🏔️❄️🌿🐹 #Pikas #WildlifeVideo #WildAlaska #BBCEarth #WinterCritters #Nature #Biology
WILDLIFE VIDEO (3 min.)
"Get a first look at this adorable baby wolverine, out on a walk with its mother."
Cute fluff baby! 😍🏔️❄️🦨🦡 #Wolverines #WildlifeVideo #BBC #Mammals #WinterCritters #Nature #Biology
WILDLIFE VIDEO (4 min.)
"With the adults gone Gordon tries to get a closer look at the wolf pups and see if he can spot any differences between them."
Adorable babies! 🏔️❄️🐺🐶 #WolfPups #WildlifeVideo #BBCEarth #SnowWolfFamilyAndMe #WinterCritters #Biology #Nature
WILDLIFE VIDEO (8 min.)
"The Wrangel Island mammoths would end up being the final survivors of a once-widespread genus. In their final years, the very last mammoths that ever lived experienced what’s known as a mutational meltdown."
🏔️🦣 #Mammoths #WildlifeVideo #PBSEons #WinterCritters #Biology
WILDLIFE VIDEO (3 min.)
"Also called cougars or mountain lions, pumas range over much of the Western Hemisphere. New video reveals that pumas are more social than commonly thought."
🏔️❄️🐆 #Pumas #WildlifeVideo #NatGeoAnimals #WinterCritters #Biology #Nature #Social
WILDLIFE VIDEO (2 min.)
"Ussurian tube-nosed bats spend the coldest months in snow-covered dens—the only mammal species known to do so besides polar bears."
Amazing creatures! 🏔️❄️🦇💤 #Bats #WildlifeVideo #NatGeoAnimals #WinterCritters #Hibernation #Biology #Nature
WILDLIFE VIDEO (3 min.)
"For these young Kea birds, there is always time to play. This apparently carefree behaviour helps establish long-lasting relationships between the youngsters, and even diffuses tension."
🏔️❄️🦜 #KeaBirds #WildlifeVideo #BBCEarth #WinterCritters #Nature #Biology #Play
WILDLIFE VIDEO (4 min.)
"With only one day a year to mate, a female hooded seal is understandably choosy. Luckily, at six years of age, the males develop an unusual trick…"
And I would do anything for love... 🏔️❄️🦭💘 #HoodedSeals #WildlifeVideo #BBCEarth #WinterCritters #Nature #Biology
WILDLIFE VIDEO (3 min.)
"The high Arctic is the realm of the Arctic wolf. On Ellesmere Island, these wolves line is unbroken, reaching back ten thousand years."
Majestic animals! 🏔️🐺 #ArcticWolves #WildlifeVideo #NatGeoAnimals #WinterCritters #Nature #Biology
WILDLIFE VIDEO (3 min.)
"There's a lot of mystery that surrounds narwhals. We here to set the record straight on these fascinating creatures."
Amazing creatures! 🦄🌅🐬❄️ #Narwhals #WildlifeVideo #NatGeoAnimals #WinterCritters #Nature #Oceans #Biology
WILDLIFE VIDEO (3 min.)
"It takes a special breed of animal to handle the Michigan winter, and the river otter is better prepared than most. Preparation starts with a roll in the snow to keep its fur coat insulated."
🏔️🌅🦦 #RiverOtters #WildlifeVideo #Smithsonian #WinterCritters #Nature
WILDLIFE VIDEO (3 min.)
"A Siberian squirrel mother feeds her babies to build their strength throughout the winter. But once Spring arrives, these youngsters must take to the skies themselves."
Cute and elegant! 🌲🐿️🪽 #FlyingSquirrels #WildlifeVideo #BBCEarth #WinterCritters #Nature #Mammals
WILDLIFE VIDEO (3 min.)
"How's this for a birth announcement? Weight: 100 pounds. And a face only a mother could love. On second thought, walrus pups are kind of cute in their own way."
❄️🏔️🌅🦭 #Walrus #WildlifeVideo #NationalGeographic #WinterCritters #Nature
WILDLIFE VIDEO (3 min.)
"A herd of musk ox on the Siberian Tundra. Plummeting temperatures don't phase them, they are blizzard proof. It's a calf's first taste of winter, and she is protected by the whole herd."
🏔️❄️🦬 #MuskOx #WildlifeVideo #NatGeoAnimals #Siberia #WinterCritters #Nature
WILDLIFE VIDEO (3 min.)
"In the French Alps, this male common frog comes out of hibernation – single and ready to mingle. But it's not easy when you have to battle predators, icy slopes and plenty of competition."
🏔️❄️🐸💘 #Frogs #WildlifeVideo #BBCEarth #PlanetEarthIII #WinterCritters #Nature
WILDLIFE VIDEO (3 min.)
"The painted turtle is the world’s most northernly turtle. This means freezing temperatures, but luckily, these turtles have a unique adaptation up their sleeves (or shells)."
🏔️❄️🐢 #PaintedTurtles #WildlifeVideo #BBCEarth #FrozenPlanetII #WinterCritters #Nature #Biology
WILDLIFE VIDEO (4 min.)
"After watching humans dip into the hot springs of Japan, these monkeys are quick to follow their lead and escape the harsh snow-filled environment with a relaxing bath!"
🏔️🐒🏞️ #Monkeys #WildlifeVideo #BBCEarth #Cousins #Japan #WinterCritters #Nature
WILDLIFE VIDEO (4 min.)
"Head behind the scenes with the Frozen Planet 2 team as they see the amazing spectacle of two killer whales sharing a meal, and notice a tagged orca, once in captivity, thriving in the wild."
🌊🐳 #Orcas #WildlifeVideo #BBCEarth #FrozenPlanetII #WinterCritters #Nature
WILDLIFE VIDEO (4 min.)
"Seal mothers give birth to a pup each year after an 11-month pregnancy period, so there is only a very short window of time to teach their offspring all the tricks of the trade."
🌊🦭🧊 #Seals #WildlifeVideo #BBCEarth #AnimalSuperParents #WinterCritters #Swimming #Nature
WILDLIFE VIDEO (4 min.)
"Penguins seem ill-suited to their environment - rotund abdomens, stubby little legs and stiff wings. In fact it is these very traits that enable this bird to thrive."
Penguins doing physics to "fly" 🌊🫧🐧 #Penguins #WildlifeVideo #BBC #WinterCritters #Physics #Biology #Nature
“It’s about coexistence. We’re on their territory. This is their home too. Every time I deal with a bear, I think, 'Hey, thank you—thank you for gracing us with your presence, and it really was a pleasure meeting you.' ”
🏘️🏔️🐻❄️ #PolarBears #Churchill #Coexistence #Wildlife #WinterCritters #Nature
