What would Latin America look like if colonization hadn't interrupted its ancient civilizations? Imagining a future where ancestral knowledge intertwines with modern aesthetics, designer Catalina Lotero shows how "pre-Columbian futurism"...

The short-faced bears turned out to be remarkably adaptable, undergoing radical changes to meet the demands of two changing continents. And yet, for reasons we don’t quite understand, their adaptability wasn’t enough to keep them from...

All of today’s big cat species evolved less than 11 million years ago and yet their evolutionary history remains an almost total mystery. But scientists have recently discovered a major clue about the origins of the big cats, one that...

Turns out humans aren't the only animals that can medicate themselves - many other animals have found ways to deal with illness by using natural remedies. Hank will tell you about some of the most interesting methods animals have found...

When you see a black cat, you might think of witches and goth bands, but they're also a great example of a melanistic animal, and they're not the only ones!

It's easy to assume a cat's coat pattern is based exclusively on genetics, but that isn't entirely the case for Siamese cats. Their unique coloration comes from a combination of genetics, a fragile enzyme, and losing heat from little...

So by the mid-90s the video game industry was once again booming and this attracted the attention of the Japanese electronics giant Sony. In 1994, Sony introduced their Playstation console which successfully coupled cutting edge...

When you see a black cat, you might think of witches and goth bands, but they're also a great example of a melanistic animal, and they're not the only ones! Chapters MELANISTIC ANIMAL 0:24 PYGMY GRASSHOPPERS 0:48 BLACK PANTHERS 1:53...

Turns out humans aren't the only animals that can medicate themselves - many other animals have found ways to deal with illness by using natural remedies. Hank will tell you about some of the most interesting methods animals have found...

Technologist and TED Fellow Gautam Shah invites us to imagine how the metaverse could redefine the relationships between humans and other species. By giving individual wild animals a personal identity (such as Fio, a young orangutan in...

Hank talks about the Maya, and helps dispel some myths about their historic civilization, revealing how, ultimately, they were just like us: smart, flawed, and awesome.

Paul Andersen explains the importance of biodiversity. He starts by describing how biodiversity can be species, genetic or ecosystem diversity. He explains the importance of keystone species in an environment and gives two examples;...

Chak Ek', the morning star, rose from the underworld to the surface of the eastern sea and on into the heavens. His brother K'in Ahaw, the sun, followed. Though Chak Ek' had risen first, K'in Ahaw outshone him, and the resentful Chak Ek'...

He's a little more confident than graceful, and a budding sense of adventure is getting him into all sorts of trouble.

A budding sense of adventure is getting him into all sorts of trouble.

Keepers aren't entirely sure why she loves the bowl so much, only that it may be a natural behavior similar to dragging a carcass away for later consumption.

He's a little more confident than graceful, and a budding sense of adventure is getting him into all sorts of trouble.

Watch this cool cat explore his habitat.

A budding sense of adventure is getting him into all sorts of trouble.

Nindiri and Guapo may have some things to work out first.

Because it's a critically endangered animal, every birth is incredibly important.

A budding sense of adventure is getting him into all sorts of trouble.

Watch as the adventurous cub explores the exhibit, testing out his climbing skills.

From driving a vintage sports car to learning to make perfume, cool adventures in Nice, Antibes and Grasse in the Cote d'Azur, France.