How will you make a difference this Earth Day? The environmentally conscious holiday is all about doing your part to make the planet better for creatures great and small, and one of the best ways you can learn about the variety of cute animals that inhabit this big blue rock (even if you're not a biology major) is through the world of documentary film.
This Earth Day weekend, you have multiple documentary options to help you gain a better appreciation of adorable wildlife. Disneynature will be releasing "Chimpanzee," chronicling the story of Oscar the chimp, and Warner Bros. will be releasing "To The Arctic," about a mother polar bear raising twin cubs.
From these new releases to beloved classics like "March of the Penguins," there's been a zoo-full of cute animals spotlighted in the world of documentaries, and Moviefone has put together a special gallery of all of them. Enjoy!
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By: Jennifer Welsh, LiveScience Staff Writer Published: 04/19/2012 02:13 PM EDT on LiveScience Polar bears have been chilling on the ice far longer than is...
To the Arctic is a celebration of Arctic life in its many resilient forms with intimate glimpses of our fellow mammals -- polar bears, foxes, walruses, caribou and others who share with humans a common need for water, warmth, food, shelter -- and protection from predators.
To the Arctic, like the cable series Frozen Planet, provides a precious historical record. At some point in the future, films like this will provide the only visual record of polar bears, caribou and other Arctic fauna that will eventually disappear.
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Posted: 04/18/2012 6:38 pm Updated: 04/19/2012 6:31 pm