What If We Just Burned All Our Trash?
AdultsHealthHumanNatureEnvironmentSociety With Starbucks banning plastic straws and zero waste on trend, is the solution to plastic pollution and climate change burning all the trash?
How do crystals work? - Graham Baird
AdultsLifeNatureScienceBiology What makes crystals grow into their signature shapes? Dig into the atomic patterns and unique properties of crystals.
These Plants Eat Salamanders | National Geographic
AdultsAnimalsEnvironmentNatureScienceWildlife Pitcher plants like these are known to feast on insects like flies. However, at a bog in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario Canada, scientists have found many pitcher plants with a more ambitious diet.
Fireflies Put on a Spectacular Mating Dance | Short Film Showcase
AdultsAnimalsFilmWorldNature Every year, hundreds of thousands of fireflies begin their mating dance in the pine forests of Mexico. Filmmaker Blake Congdon captured this incredible phenomenon as never before seen.
Why Pink Himalayan Salt Is So Expensive | So Expensive
AdultsFoodIndustryNatureEconomy Pink Himalayan salt is used in speciality foods, spa treatments, and even home design.
Could We Survive Without the Sun? | Because Space
AdultsNatureScienceWeatherSpaceFuture While gremlins, goblins, and Mr.Burns may think it sounds like a good idea, would a world without the Sun even be possible?
The lovable (and lethal) sea lion - Claire Simeone
AdultsAnimalsMediaScienceNatureEnvironment Plunge into the ocean’s depths to take a closer look at the sea lion’s hunting skills, and to learn more about how climate change is affecting its habitat.
Hummingbird in a Rain Storm | Hostile Planet
AdultsAnimalsLifeNatureWildlife In the cloud forest a booted racket-tail braves a rain storm to find enough food to survive.
The wild world of carnivorous plants
AdultsBiotechnologyLifeNatureBiologyScience Venus fly traps, bladderworts and sundews, oh my! Learn about carnivorous plants and their predatory antics to lure, trap and digest prey.
How Spiders Use Electricity to Fly | Decoder
AdultsScienceNatureAnimals Can spiders fly? When you think of the greatest aviators in the natural world, you probably think of the usual winged suspects like birds, bees, and butterflies. But some of the earth's eight-legged creatures also have specialized ways of soaring through the skies—no wings necessary.
Under the Dark Skies
AdultsHumanNatureSpaceScienceEnvironment National Geographic partnered with the International Dark-Sky Association to provide families with a true ‘dark sky’ observatory experience, free from the artificial light prevalent in city and suburban communities.
Amphibians Face Mass Extinction as Fungus Spreads Across the World
AdultsAnimalsEnvironmentNatureScience Results from a recent global survey of amphibians shows that chytrid fungus has threatened twice as many species than previously thought.
How to grow your own glacier
AdultsEnvironmentNatureScience Explore the ancient methods of growing glaciers, the homemade bodies of ice used as water sources, and how they can be used to combat climate change.