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The amazing world of whales. So much of what we know has come from whalers themselves-until the technology explosion of the last 50 years. Steve looks at four stories of how recent advances in technology give us a much better feel for how whales have lived their lives, how they live them now and what they future is likely to be like. From Sonograms to DNA analysis to skin samples detailing worldwide pollution, join Steve on a journey through four stories of how cutting-edge technology is revealing untold mysteries about whales.
Very few people know where to find sharks anymore. Join Steve and his undergraduate class on the streets of San Francisco as they search for sharks in an unlikely place. The untold history of who are the sharks in your soup.
Did you know that when you buy "Pacific Red Snapper" it often isn't Red Snapper at all? Pacific Red Snapper actually isn't a species at all, it describes a number of different species, usually of Rockfish which are sold under that name. Steve shows Lynne Rosetto Kaspar (of NPR's "The Splendid Table") how to extract and sequence DNA from supermarket fillets to tell what kind of fish they really are.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: microdocumentary short film content hosted and presented by Garthwait & Griffin Films, Inc.
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