Mastodons and woolly mammoths were both ancient relatives of elephants, but they were very different! Join Jessi and Squeaks to see how we can learn all about what an ancient animal ate, just by looking at its teeth.

By the mid-1700s, many Plains nations survived on North America’s largest land mammals: bison. They ate its meat, made the hides into winter coats and blankets, and used the bones and horns for tools. But in the following decades,...

Refugees arriving in upstate New York in recent years have increasingly come from active conflict zones, including Syria and Iraq -- many fleeing with injuries of war and deep emotional scars. As the refugee populations in places like...

In addition to recovering and rebuilding after a brutal war with ISIS, Iraq is facing a dire water shortage. Levels in the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers have plummeted, in part because neighboring Turkey built a dam upstream that restricts...

Climate change is the epic challenge of our lives, and community leaders like Rahwa Ghirmatzion and Zelalem Adefris are already working on sustainable, resilient solutions. Through their organizations in Buffalo and Miami, they're...

Land thrives in Indigenous hands, and there are real, tangible ways you can help return what was stolen by colonizers from tribes across North America. Indigenous scholar Lindsey Schneider addresses the ill-gotten legacy of settler...

Bison are magnificent! Join Jessi and Squeaks and learn all about America's National Mammal.

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo' is a grammatically correct sentence. How? Emma Bryce explains how this and other one-word sentences illustrate some lexical ambiguities that can turn ordinary words and...

Hank shares news about two unusual animals in crisis: the saiga, which have lost about half of their total population in the past month, and the smalltooth sawfish which has been found to reproduce in the wild, without sex.

Mike Rugnetta continues to teach you about Tricksters in myth, and this time we're headed to the Americas. Coyote and Raven appear in stories from many Native American groups, and more often than not, they're tricky. They're also often...

The Duomo, or Florence Cathedral, is one of the greatest architectural achievements of the Renaissance. Its massive red-brick dome, designed by Filippo Brunelleschi, changed the course of architecture forever. Built over centuries, the...

What does food sovereignty mean—and why does it matter? In this episode of Crash Course Native American History, we’ll explore how Native peoples’ deep ties to their traditional foods splintered under colonization, and why many Native...

Red meat is a good source of protein, zinc, and iron. Here are ways to take advantage of red meat's nutritional benefits while minimizing potentially adverse health effects.

Weighing 2,000 pounds and with characteristic mustache-shaped horns forming what's known as a "boss," this is one tough animal you wouldn't want to mess with.

Males can weigh more than 2,000 pounds!

Males can weigh more than 2,000 pounds!

Hint: it's a species that hails from Africa, where its name derives from.

Males can weigh more than 2,000 pounds!

Weighing 2,000 pounds and with characteristic mustache-shaped horns forming what's known as a "boss," this is one tough animal you wouldn't want to mess with.

Males can weigh more than 2,000 pounds!

Weighing 2,000 pounds and with characteristic mustache-shaped horns forming what's known as a "boss," this is one tough animal you wouldn't want to mess with.

Discover the story of Red Cloud, a powerful leader of the Lakota Sioux who stood up to protect his people and their land. Known for his bravery, wisdom, and determination, Red Cloud led his warriors in one of the few Native American...

A brief Native American documentary about the Comanche people. The Comanches played a crucial role in the history of North America. They were a nomadic tribe, fierce in warfare and had no equals when it comes to horsemanship. Known for...

The Comanche tribe were nomadic people of the Great Plains. They hunted buffalo and lived in the territory known as Comancheria, which occupied todays west Texas, a part of New Mexico and Oklahoma. In the 17th century they acquired...