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🎉Turtle Walker wins Best International Film at the San Francisco Frozen Film Festival! Congratulations to director Taira Malaney and the entire film team, we are honored to be working alongside such a talented and creative group of filmmakers.
@TigerBabyFilms @Subdeluxe @DOCNYCFest @impactdocsaward

We are thrilled to share that our film “The Birds” has received three nominations for the Wildscreen Panda Awards! It is an honor to be recognized for the Cinematography, In-Country Production and Independent Film Awards. Congrats to the team!

📣Last Call to all librarians! Don't miss your chance to apply for “Flight Path” and bring fun, engaging, FREE resources about the science of bird migration to your library.

Applications are open until July 10.
Apply Today: community.starnetlibraries.org/flightpathap...

Thank you to the librarians who joined us at this year’s ALA conference to help us kick off “Flight Path,” our latest campaign to bring the science of bird migration to public libraries.

Apply for Flight Path, now: community.starnetlibraries.org/flightpathap...

Hunt for the Oldest DNA Follow the quest to recover DNA millions of years old for the very first time.

🎉 "Hunt for Oldest DNA" won the Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary Emmy tonight!

Congratulations to director Niobe Thompson and the incredibly talented filmmaking team at Handful Of Films. We are proud to share this honor with you and our partners at NOVA.

Huge congratulations to Chad Cohen, Mariana van Zeller and the National Geographic and Muck Media teams behind Trafficked on an incredible night at the Emmys!

The series earned 4 well-deserved awards including one for Outstanding Health or Medical Coverage.

Help your community learn about the science of bird migration and keep birds safe from window strikes by participating in the “Flight Path” library campaign!

Tell your local library to apply now to bring quality, FREE resources to your community.

community.starnetlibraries.org/flightpathap...

🌍 It’s World Pollinator Week! 🌼
Watch these films to learn more:

🎥Wild Hope: Birds on the Brink: wildhope.tv/episode/birds-on-the-brink/
🎥Hummingbirds of Hollywood: pbs.org/wnet/nature/about-hummingbirds-of-hollywood/
🎥My Garden of a Thousand Bees: pbs.org/wnet/nature/my-garden-thousand-bees-about

What an amazing way to spend a Saturday! Thank you to everyone who joined us for the screening of our film “The Birds,” and thank you @dcdoxfest.bsky.social for hosting such a captivating discussion on how documentaries are made during the Behind the Greenlight panel.

Welcome Emmy Award-winning producer, writer, director, and showrunner Chad Cohen to our studio as Executive Producer, Development & Production! Thanks @variety.com for sharing: variety.com/2025/film/news/chad-cohen-named-executive-producer-development-production-hhmi-tangled-bank-studios-1236429655/

Go behind the scenes with our Head of Studio, Jared Lipworth, during a panel discussion exploring the power of documentary storytelling at @dcdoxfest.bsky.social

📆 Sat, June 14, 2:00 P.M.
📍 Planet Word, Friedman Family Auditorium
🎟️ dcdoxfest.com/events/reality-check-panel-behind-the-greenlight

We have joined forces with the STAR Library Education Network to launch Spark of Science @ My Library, a multi-year initiative that encourages public libraries to use free, high-quality resources to inspire an appreciation for how science can improve our world! 🚀📚

“The Birds” is flying to @dcdoxfest.bsky.social! 🐦‍⬛🎉 Spend an afternoon in awe as you watch the stunning cinematography of wildlife filmmaker Martin Dohrn as he explores the mysteries of our natural world.

📆 Saturday, June 14, 3:30 P.M.
📍 Regal Gallery Place
🎟️ Get tickets at dcdoxfest.com/attend

At @gorongosapark.bsky.social , groundbreaking science and conservation efforts are driving a remarkable recovery of wildlife and biodiversity. Once devastated by conflict, the park is now teeming with life.

Catch the incredible story on @60minutes.bsky.social Sunday, May 25, at 7 PM ET/PT on CBS!

Happy World Bee Day! 🐝 Bees play a crucial role in the health of our planet and help grow our food.

Learn about how you can make outside spaces safe for bees at mygardenofathousandbees.com

🎥 Watch “My Garden of a Thousand Bees” pbs.org/wnet/nature/my-garden-thousand-bees-about

“Turtle Walker” won the Jury Award at the Santiago Wild Film Festival! 🐢🎉
We’re thrilled that the moving story of Satish Bhaskar’s contribution to science and to sea turtle conservation is being honored on this global stage. Huge congratulations to director Taira Malaney and the entire team!

We are proud to announce that our film “In the Prime of Life,” our third collaboration with Janet Tobias and the Global Health Reporting Center, will premiere on CNN in 2026.

We’re looking forward to sharing this important story with audiences across the country.
@cnn.com

Thank you to everyone who joined us to celebrate World Migratory Bird Day at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute!

We were proud to highlight the work by the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute and @cornellbirds.bsky.social to protect birds!

Catch director Sally Aitken’s heartwarming documentary “Hummingbirds of Hollywood” airing tonight at 8/7c on PBS and YouTube! Stick around after the screening for a live Q&A with Sally Aitken, producer Bettina Dalton and wildlife rehabilitator Terry Masear.
@pbs.org @dogwoofdocs.bsky.social

Thank you everyone who joined us for “The Birds” at this year’s Doclands Documentary Film Festival! We can’t think of a better way to spend an evening than talking about birds with one of the film’s executive producers, David Elisco.

We're proud to share that “Hunt for the Oldest DNA” has been nominated for an Emmy in the Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary category!

Congratulations to director Niobe Thompson, Nova | PBS and the filmmaking team that helped bring this project to life.

Don’t miss “The Birds” and “Turtle Walker” at DocLands Documentary Film Festival!
📆 “Turtle Walker” Friday, May 2, 7:30 P.M.
📆 “The Birds” Saturday, May 3, 11:30 A.M.
📍 Smith Rafael Film Center
🎟️ Get tickets here: doclands.com/browse

We’re thrilled to share that “Turtle Walker” has won the Best Film Award at the 60th Academia Film Olomouc International Festival of Science Documentary Films! 🐢🎬
It’s an honor to be recognized by the world’s oldest science film festival. Congrats to the team!

Thank you, @nyasciences.bsky.social, for recognizing our studio head, Jared Lipworth, and filmmaking partner, Janet Tobias, with the Communicating Science Award. Congratulations to Jared, Janet, and fellow honorees Dr. Albert Bourla, CEO of Pfizer, and Yann LeCun, VP & Chief AI Scientist at Meta.

“Wild Hope: Pangolin Protectors,” “Turtle Walker,” and “The Birds” are all screening at the IWFF!

📆“Wild Hope: Pangolin Protectors” + “Turtle Walker” - 4/19 at 2:30 P.M. and 4/23 at 5:15 P.M.
📆 “The Birds” - 4/23 at 5:00 P.M.
📍 The Roxy Theater
🎟️ wildlifefilms.org/tickets-and-passes/

“The Birds” and “Turtle Walker” are coming to DocLands Documentary Film Festival!

📆 “Turtle Walker” Friday, May 2, 7:30 P.M.
📆 “The Birds” Saturday, May 3, 11:30 A.M.
📍 Smith Rafael Film Center
🎟️ Get tickets here: doclands.com/browse

Big news! The “Wild Hope” Series and “Wild Hope: Mission Impossible" have been nominated for the BANFF Rockie Awards!

It is an honor to be recognized alongside incredible series and films. Congrats to the team! 🎉 #RockieAwards #BanffMediaFestival @pbs.org

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for the opening night screening of “Turtle Walker” at the International Ocean Film Festival!

We're honored to share this story with a passionate ocean conservation community and are proud to have received this year’s Conservation Award 🎉

A huge thank you to @wcs.org and the REEL WILD Film Festival for hosting a packed theater for the world premiere of Wild Hope: Thunder and Fire! We were honored to share this conservation story featuring the captive breeding program at the Bronx Zoo with its home audience in NYC.

Thank you to everyone who joined us at the REEL WILD Film Festival! We were thrilled to showcase “Turtle Walker,” followed by a discussion between Natalie Cash and director Taira Malaney about the importance of mentorship and community in filmmaking.

Thank you to @wcs.org!