We have archives of films, newspapers, even seeds -- what if we could make one for the entire surface of the earth? Drawing on his experience mapping an ancient city in the Honduran jungle, archaeologist Chris Fisher makes the case for...

American Museum of Natural History researcher Mark Siddall is fascinated by creatures that give most people the heebie-jeebies: leeches. In this clip from the 2014 World Science Festival program "Cool Jobs," he opens a window into the...

Our planet's diverse, thriving ecosystems may seem like permanent fixtures, but they're actually vulnerable to collapse. Jungles can become deserts, and reefs can become lifeless rocks. What makes one ecosystem strong and another weak in...

You can walk among the remnants of a Mayan empire in Guatemala’s Tikal National Park. Here, in the midst of 142,000 acres of a lush jungle stand the beautiful ruins of an ancient civilization that thrived from 600 BCE until its...

The Amazon used to be praised as our planet’s lungs, absorbing a lot of Earth’s carbon dioxide, but things are going very wrong in the world’s last great wilderness.<br/>

The Amazon rainforest is being cut down for resources and land at a rapid rate. Learn how alternative farming methods, incentives to cut carbon emissions and protected reserves are helping to conserve the rainforest from further harm....

We bring you a few upcoming missions that will be testing technology for future asteroid prospecting, trying to find more exoplanets, and continuing China's quest for a crewed moon mission.

At the present rate of extinction, some biologists predict that we could lose half of the species on the planet by 2100. Every individual’s very existence, every single day, is fueled by the plant and animal diversity on Earth. However,...

After strange events during his first moon landing, Neil Armstrong headed to the jungle in search for a hidden source of knowledge. Could this be because he came in contact with extraterrestrial life?! #nasasunexplainedfiles...