I have been fascinated since childhood with snapping turtles, the source of folklore and legend in the Eastern United States. On this adventure I explore Blendon Woods Metro Park in Columbus, Ohio where I hope to encounter one of these...

This video features a park ranger who shares his experience of being inspired by national parks to become a ranger and how he is passionate about protecting and preserving Grand Canyon National Park. He also gives advice to stay curious...

This 15-minute video provides an orientation to visiting Yosemite National Park.

In which we visit artist Lee Boroson in his summer studio in upstate New York, where he was hard at work on his exhibition at Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, which opened this week! Boroson assigns us to create a desktop monument.

In this episode of "From A to B", Adrian asks Brit about the relationships between intelligence, evolution, biodiversity, and tool use.

Our second lesson will break down the finer elements of prose fiction. We’ll explore narrative style and techniques. We’ll revisit some basic language features before building on your understanding. To help us, we’ve selected extracts...

Environmental concerns have never been higher on the agenda for business and political leaders. Global warming, plastics in the oceans, sharply declining biodiversity and air quality in cities are all on the corporate agenda. How should...

When future astronauts explore the surfaces of the Moon, Mars, or beyond, they’ll have big challenges communicating with Mission Control back on Earth.

ChangeMakers Ralph Chami – IMF & The Carbon Capacity of Marine Mammals

Improve your advanced speaking with environment vocabulary in English. Useful for the IELTS speaking exam.

The goal of phylogenetic trees is to track the organisms we know of through their place in evolution.

From the archives: journalist, environmentalist and author of Uncertain Peril: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Seeds, Claire Hope Cummings speaks out on behalf of the natural world. Cummings argues for a radical new approach to...

A deep dive into the career and works of conceptual artist Anicka Yi who blurs the line between science and art, human and non-human, and every other boundary one can think of. This focuses specifically on her work Biologizing the...

What is “the environment”? Well, it’s everything, and it’s everywhere, including you and me. Just about every part of human civilization depends on a healthy and stable environment. Yet, human activity is causing pollution, climate...

The Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica is described as the most bio intense area on the planet. It is also the home of entomologist Jim Cordoba Alfaro and his BioSur Foundation. We join Jim and his team as they take young students from the Osa...

Are you ready to take your analysis to the next level? Join us for a stimulating lesson on the values approach to essay writing. If you are studying advanced English literature, or would just like to go beyond themes in your essays,...

On April 22, 1970, the US went climate crazy – as 20 million Americans took part in the very first Earth Day.

Since the time of the ancient Greeks, there was a belief in the divine property of numbers. Some held that number held the secret to aesthetics and the very nature of the universe itself. Let’s learn about the golden ratio.

Marine biologist and writer Rachel Carson demanded that the US government take responsibility to protect people and the planet. Her book Silent Spring was a turning point in the modern environmental movement.

This video explores the intricate components of culture, from shared societal experiences to cultural universals, innovation, and diffusion. It delves into how cultural values influence various aspects of society, such as sports,...