New York Zoological Society. Department of Tropical Research
Dates
- Existence: 1916 - 1964
Found in 78 Collections and/or Records:
[Various animals at Caripito and Rancho Grande, Venezuela II], 1942-1948
A compilation reel with macro photography footage subjects including insects, amphibians, and reptiles on various flora; also footage highlighting the pupa and chrysalis stages of the development of a butterflies.
[Various animals at Caripito and Rancho Grande, Venezuela III], 1942-1948
[Various animals at Caripito and Rancho Grande, Venezuela IV], 1942-1948
William Beebe walking with bush dog; footage of snakes, insects, squid, and fish; lizard eating insects, antlion, fish, and crabs in front of a sunset.
[Various animals at Caripito and Rancho Grande, Venezuela V], 1942-1948
Close up of the eyes of amphibians, and lizards eating butterflies. Motion studies of reptiles in trees.
[Various animals at Caripito and Rancho Grande, Venezuela VI], 1942-1948
"Frogs, coral snake, caterpillar (sphinx). Moths at light, [...], ends with Macaw"--Note in original can. Henry Fleming's field experiments in attracting moths and butterflies. Contains some duplicate material from reel 104247 and 103945.
[Various animals at Caripito and Rancho Grande, Venezuela VII], 1942-1948
[Various crabs], 1961
An edited film study of various crab species, shot by Jocelyn Crane as part of her field research the social behavior of crabs.
[Various footage at Caripito, Venezuela I], 1942
Footage taken during the 43rd expedition of the Department of Tropical Research, headquartered at Caripito, Venezuela. "Children in forest, finding [ocelot], boy in hammock scrap, good unused mudhole collect, fighting beetle"--Note in original can. Also shows William Beebe and Henry Fleming collecting various animals. Much of the footage is reproduced in the film Curioseando en la Selva.
[Various footage at Caripito, Venezuela II], 1942
Footage taken during the 43rd expedition of the Department of Tropical Research, headquartered at Caripito, Venezuela. Includes landscapes and shots of local people. Shows the process of a building being constructed with local plant materials. Much of the footage is reproduced in the film Curioseando en la Selva.
[Various footage at Caripito, Venezuela III], 1942
Footage from the DTR's 43rd expedition, headquartered at Caripito, Venezuela. A compilation reel showing local children, Chiriqui (the DTR's pet monkey), and various wild animals engaged in eating, climbing, and cleaning themselves. Much of the footage is reproduced in the film Curioseando en la Selva.
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- Type
- Archival Object 63
- Collection 15
- Subject
- Zoological specimens -- Collection and preservation 7
- Bathysphere 4
- Scientific expeditions -- Bermuda Islands 3
- Scientific expeditions -- Galapagos Islands 3
- Scientific expeditions -- Trinidad and Tobago 3
- Scientific expeditions -- Tropics 3
- Amphibians -- Venezuela 2
- Birds -- Venezuela 2
- Fishes -- Catalogs and collections 2
- Invertebrates -- Catalogs and collections 2
- Mammals -- Venezuela 2
- Reptiles -- Venezuela 2
- Scientific expeditions 2
- Scientific expeditions -- California, Gulf of (Mexico) 2
- Scientific expeditions -- Guyana 2
- Scientific expeditions -- Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.) 2
- Scientific expeditions -- Peru Current 2
- Scientific expeditions -- Sargasso Sea 2
- Scientific expeditions -- Venezuela 2
- Submersibles 2
- Wildlife conservation 2
- Amphibians -- Guyana 1
- Amphibians -- Trinidad 1
- Arima (Trinidad and Tobago) 1
- Bats -- Venezuela 1
- Biological illustration 1
- Birds -- Bermuda Islands 1
- Birds -- Guyana 1
- Birds -- Trinidad 1
- Butterflies -- Venezuela 1
- Fishes -- Bermuda Islands 1
- Fishes -- Guyana 1
- Fishes -- Trinidad 1
- Fishes -- Venezuela 1
- Fishes -- West Indies 1
- Ichthyologists 1
- Insects -- Trinidad 1
- Insects -- Venezuela 1
- Invertebrates -- Identification 1
- Mammals -- Guyana 1
- Mammals -- Trinidad 1
- Marine animals -- Bermuda Islands 1
- Marine laboratories 1
- Meteorology -- Observations -- Trinidad 1
- Moths -- Venezuela 1
- Oceanographic submersibles 1
- Parque Nacional Henri Pittier (Venezuela) 1
- Public aquariums 1
- Public aquariums -- Administration 1
- Public aquariums -- Design and construction 1
- Reptiles -- Guyana 1
- Reptiles -- Trinidad 1
- Scientific expeditions -- Haiti 1
- Scientific expeditions -- Pacific Ocean 1
- Scientific expeditions -- West Indies 1
- Syrinx (Bird anatomy) 1
- Tropics -- Research 1
- Underwater exploration 1
- Vertebrates -- Catalogs and collections 1
- Vertebrates -- Identification 1
- Wildlife art 1
- Wildlife conservation -- Africa 1
- Wildlife conservationists 1
- Wildlife research 1
- Zoo exhibits 1
- Zoos -- Administration 1
- Zoos -- Design and construction 1
- Zoos -- Employees 1 ∧ less