In 2011, the Philippines’ government promised to deliver one of the world’s most ambitious regreening projects. The idea was simple: pay locals to restore forests and cultivate barren land by planting and tending millions of trees. But 15 years on, a joint investigation by 101 East and Lighthouse Reports reveals how the National Greening Program has failed to meet most of its targets.
Satellite imagery shows that instead of being protected, some forests are being destroyed, while some Indigenous communities fear losing the land their livelihoods depend on.
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Forged by bitter experience, Brazil has embraced new techniques to combat mosquitoes. Our reporter, Apoorva Mandavilli, goes inside a mosquito factory in the country, where scientists are producing millions of mosquitoes to fight deadly tropical diseases in a warming world.
In this video we explore the physics of protein evolution and the bacterial flagella using... Play-Doh? Yep. It sounds childish but it is surprisingly enlightening!
After watching this video you'll understand why evolution keeps generating protein complexes that are perfect, rods, rings, and tubes. These are among the easiest structure for evolution to generate at the level of protein complexes.
The ape family is a hugely diverse group of gibbons, gorillas, orangutans, chimps, and - yes - humans. MinuteEarth explains who they are and how they’re related.
Explore the incredible wildlife of Japan and China, where ancient forests, towering mountains, rugged coastlines and bamboo forests provide the backdrop for extraordinary animal behaviour and inspiring stories of survival, adaptation and coexistence.
National Geographic explorer and wildlife filmmaker, Bertie Gregory, travels to South America for his most audacious mission yet: filming great white sharks without a protective cage as they hunt in the shallows. While filming the massive apex predators, Bertie learns about their challenges in the face of climate change, and the changes to oceans around the globe.
Paid content for @jeepuk. Hit the open road with a wildlife photographer Charlie Hamilton James and his son as they head into the countryside for a weekend of adventure, discovery, and photography lessons. From getting the perfect shot of magnificent red kites in flight to exploring in the Jeep Compass, their journey becomes about more than the extraordinary photos they capture. The memories created and time spent together are the ultimate reward.
Why are shark attacks on the rise, and what can be done to help sharks and humans peacefully coexist? In this Investigation Shark Attack livestream from National Geographic, the team travels around the globe to research shark behavior and shark attacks. From California to the Bahamas to Florida, these shark experts seek ways to make the planet's oceans safer for both humans and sharks alike.
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is worsening, with fears it could spread beyond the country's borders. We speak to Dr Jean Kaseya, Director General of Africa CDC, about efforts to contain the virus, the challenge posed by a strain with no approved vaccine, and whether new treatments could help turn the tide.
What if we could measure every leaf, branch and tree across the world's forests?
New technologies are making that possible. Scientists are using satellites, laser scanners and AI to create super detailed 3D maps, revealing how much carbon is stored by forests and how they're changing because of climate change and deforestation.
Tech Now's Yasmin Morgan-Griffiths spoke to leading tree ecologists and went exploring in the woods to find out more.
A new fund is working to save 100 of the world's most threatened species.
The Phoenix Species Project will put $200m (£149m) towards restoring animals in the wild and stopping them from going extinct. It's one of the largest funds ever focused on species recovery.
The project is a collaboration between the Bezos Earth Fund and Re:wild - a non profit co-founded by actor Leonardo DiCaprio.
It comes at a time when conservationists have warned about a decline in global biodiversity, and just a few weeks after the Trump administration rolled back endangered species protections.
Prolonged drought linked to El Nino has caused water levels at the Philippines' Magat Dam to plunge, devastating fish farms and threatening rice harvests. Farmers face mounting losses as they wait for rain to replenish the reservoir.
South Korea’s trap-neuter-release policy for stray cats has been in place for over 20 years, but populations keep rising. Conservationists call for culling to protect wildlife, while animal welfare groups oppose it. The issue is now headed to parliament.
While one wolf pack must work together to bring down a hare which can reach speeds of up to 60 km/h, another wolf pack targets an elk, testing whether they can outmanoeuvre their weakened prey.
Steve Brusatte has the dirt on dinosaurs and joins Hakeem to trace the full 100-million-year history of the tyrannosaur dynasty, the asteroid that ended it, and the remarkable truth that dinosaurs never actually disappeared. One small lineage survived to become every bird alive today, and Steve walks through the long and contested scientific history of how we came to understand that connection. He also shares what it was like to serve as the official paleontology consultant on the Jurassic World films, and how to find the balance between science and cinema.
Legendary director, Steven Spielberg, shares his exclusive story behind the making of the iconic film, JAWS (1975), now considered the first modern blockbuster. Featuring interviews with Cameron Crowe, James Cameron, J.J. Abrams, Jordan Peele, Guillermo del Toro, Emily Blunt, and many more, this film delves into the creation and impact of the shark film over the course of the 50 years since it first premiered.
In this Sharkfest MEGA episode special, National Geographic investigates the lives and unique behaviors of the ocean's top apex predator, sharks. Experts go around the globe to study why sharks are drawn to Hawaii's volcanoes, why there are rising reports of bull shark attacks in Australia, and why great white sharks are swimming so far north, resulting in the first suspected white shark attack in Canada in over 150 years. This mega episode features three, full episodes:
What happens to all the waste—including human waste—in Antarctica?
Under the Antarctic Treaty System, an international agreement to protect the continent, waste of any kind—garbage, human poop, you name it—can’t be left on the continent. So what happens to it? To find out, Caitlin and Arlo embark on their most peculiar Antarctic quest yet.
Carl McDaniel, 65, from Washington state suffered broken bones after he was charged by a 2,000lb (900kg) bull during a visit to Yellowstone with his grandson on Friday.
For 40 years, the identity of a tiny seaweed living in a secret underwater world has been a mystery. But a team of scientific divers exploring the waters off south Cornwall have made a breakthrough.
They discovered a seaweed that is now known to be an entirely new species to science. The discovery is so new, it doesn't have a common name yet, so you are being invited to make suggestions.
Now scientifically documented for the first time globally, and shared exclusively with the BBC, and has joined the Natural History Museum's official collection. We’ve been to under-explored and well-known marine habitats in Cornwall to find out more.
In 2011, the Philippines’ government promised to deliver one of the world’s most ambitious regreening projects. The idea was simple: pay locals to restore forests and cultivate barren land by planting and tending millions of trees. But 15 years on, a joint investigation by 101 East and Lighthouse Reports reveals how the National Greening Program has failed to meet most of its targets.
Satellite imagery shows that instead of being protected, some forests are being destroyed, while some Indigenous communities fear losing the land their livelihoods depend on.
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