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Wasted: Fast Fashion

Youth Environment
New season, new styles, buy more, buy cheap, move on, throw away: the pollution, waste, and emissions of fast fashion are fuelling an ecological crisis.

Saving Wild Salmon Populations

Adults Environment
In her film 'Salmon Reflection' Norwegian and Unangax? filmmaker Anna Hoover explores the effects of a changing world on the communities of Bristol Bay, one of the last surviving wild salmon ecosystems.

The Science Behind James Cameron’s Avatar

Adults Environment
James Cameron is diving into the deep: this time, into the oceans of an alien world. The director shares how Earth's oceans inspired The Way of Water—and his hope it will motivate viewers to protect our own planet.

Rescuing Indigenous Knowledge In The Andes To Restore Ecosystems

Youth Environment
Constantino Aucca Chutas has pioneered a community reforestation model driven by local and Indigenous communities, which has led to three million trees being planted in Peru.

Why Do We Release So Much Gas?

Adults Environment
The carbon dioxide we’re pumping into the air every day is causing unprecedented global warming and climate change.

Pet Shop Breakout Sparks Chameleon Invasion

Adults Environment
When dozens of Jackson chameleons escaped a Hawaiian pet shop in 1972, they started to wreck havoc on the local ecosystem.

Locust Plague Devours 40,000 Tonnes of Vegetation

Youth Environment
When there is an abundance of crops, flightless locusts create a plague-like swarm, which can run a kilometre long, in search for food.

Plastic Bricks In Kenya

Youth Environment
Nzambi Matee (Kenya), a materials engineer and head of Gjenge Makers, which produces sustainable low-cost construction materials made of recycled plastic waste and sand.

How To Make Plastic From Seaweed

Youth Environment
A California startup makes compostable replacements for thin-film plastic out of seaweed.

What Is Ocean Stratification?

Youth Environment
The ocean has layers that mix—sometimes. What are the layers made of? And why is it bad news when they don’t?

How Many Animal Species Are There, Really?

Youth Environment
It's harder than you might think to know how many animal species live on Earth.

Anteater Rescue

Kids Environment
A tiny baby anteater fell from the tree where he was sleeping, and animal rescuers can't find his mom anywhere in sight.

4 Plants that Hunt Underground

Adults Environment
Carnivorous plants tend to live in environments where the soil can’t provide enough of the nutrients they need to survive, so they have developed all sorts of methods to trap and consume the critters of the area, including hunting underground!

Are Hurricanes Getting Stronger?

Youth Environment
Although we’ll never see a Category 6 hurricane, data does show that more hurricanes are becoming more severe.

Harp Seal Pups are Losing their Homes I Our Frozen Planet I BBC Earth

Adults Environment
On opposite ends of our planet, two remarkably similar stories are playing out... and what links them is our changing climate. Meet the scientists witnessing events unfold in these polar regions, and discover their hopes for a better future.

Moth Rescue

Kids Environment
When Tala found a giant moth struggling in the parking lot, she quickly came to her rescue!

King Penguins and Melting Glaciers I Our Frozen Planet I BBC Earth

Adults Environment
Melting glaciers in South Georgia have opened up new habitat for penguin colonies, but the impacts of ice loss globally are far-reaching – with potentially devastating consequences. If Greenland’s ice sheet were to fully melt, global sea levels could rise by seven metres. Can we work together for a different future?

Befriending A Millipede

Youth Environment
David Attenborough makes friends with one of natures creepiest crawlies: the millipede.

Earth From Space: UK Heatwave

Kids Environment
The Copernicus Sentinel-3 images show the scale of Britain’s heatwave in August.

Protecting the Okavango Ecosystem | National Geographic

Adults Environment
From the air to the ground, innovations in science and technology are helping scientists explore an ecosystem of rivers that supply water to the Okavango Delta in Botswana.

Why Are So Many Sharks Disappearing?

Youth Environment
Bill Nighy explains why humans have become a Great White Shark's greatest threat.