Dickinson Research Takes Spotlight on NBC’s New Show ‘The Americas’
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Series to feature Professor of Biology Scott Boback's rattlesnake research in the March 2 episode, 'The Wild West'
Back in the summer of 2022, the BBC’s Natural History Unit got in touch with Professor of Biology Scott Boback, seeking to capture video footage of prairie rattlesnakes at a field site in northwestern Colorado.
The project Boback runs there, Project RattleCam, is a livestream of rattlesnake (with cameras also set up in California), where researchers can study the behavior of hundreds of these reptiles and share the experience with the public in real time.
Project RattleCam has brought in viewers from all over the world and attracted of the likes of the Washington Post and NPR (and is featured in an episode of Dickinson's own ). Now, footage the BBC captured for more than a month will be featured on an upcoming episode of the NBC TV series The Americas.
The series, narrated by Tom Hanks and scored by Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer, explores 10 distinct regions of the American continent—"The Atlantic Coast,” “Mexico,” “The Amazon” and beyond. The episode titled “The Wild West” will include RattleCam footage in a segment highlighting Boback’s research on the surprising role that rattlesnake mothers play in the survival of the species.
The Americas premiered Sunday, February 23, and “The Wild West” episode is scheduled for Sunday, March 2, at 8 p.m. Eastern.
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Published February 25, 2025