Nature

Science and Nature Series / 38 Seasons

NATURE brings the beauty and wonder of the natural world into your home, becoming in the process the benchmark for natural history programs.

Watch Latest: S43 E5

53m 3s / TV-PG

Why Citizen Science - Mary Mooney

2m 23s

Meet Mary Mooney - a lawyer who volunteers as a citizen scientist with the Terrapin Project. Hear how her involvement has served as an antidote to her busy urban life and has helped her reconnect with nature.

Can a teenager befriend an octopus?

1m 57s

The idea that humans and mollusks could have any kind of relationship is remarkable when considering the evolutionary distance between the species. Yet watch the playful relationship between a teenager, Laurel, and an octopus, Heidi.

Octopus: Making Contact Preview

35s

Follow an Alaskan professor as he raises and studies a day octopus in his home, making remarkable discoveries about its extraordinary intelligence, personality and skills. Octopuses are able to recognize faces and interact with other individuals.

Why Citizen Science - Mara Davi Gaines

3m 40s

This month, we're asking folks why they personally want to be involved in Citizen Science. Meet Mara Davi Gaines, a Broadway and television actress and zero-waste advocate who just learned about Citizen Science. Hear how she plans to incorporate it into her nature-loving lifestyle and why she believes everyone should find ways to connect with nature.

Why Citizen Science - George Gurgis

1m 56s

George Gurgis is an undergrad studying zoology, but he's also an active citizen scientist. Here he shares how participating in citizen science projects gives him a way of connecting with his community and sharing his love of animals with others.

Citizen Science Story: The New York Botanical Garden

2m 33s

See the great citizen science work going on at the New York Botanical Garden. Meet a group of retirees who have volunteered to be citizen scientists and are tracking the pollinators in the Native Plant Garden.

Citizen Science Story: Project TRUE

3m 53s

Project TRUE is an initiative by the Bronx Zoo/WCS that allows high school students to get hands-on experience in biological fieldwork studying urban ecology. Learn about the valuable research one group of students are doing this summer on the urban snapping turtle population in New York.

The Great Sunflower Project - English

1m 19s

In 2008, we started this project as a way to identify where pollinators are doing well and where they are not. We also aim to give people like you the tools to learn about what is happening with the pollinators in the places they care about. While we love to get data from our namesake species, Lemon Queen Sunflowers, you can participate by watching any plant.

American Spring LIVE ~ Episode 3: Connections Preview

35s

Learn how plants and animals depend on each other to survive. See first-hand how climate change can break those connections, altering the timing of weather and plant growth, and disrupting the delicate relationships between plants and pollinators such as moths, bees and butterflies.

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