Photographer Anand Varma details his very first natural history adventures—not in Amazonian rainforests or on Polynesian coral reefs but in suburban Atlanta—and how a childhood fascination with catching frogs and turtles in his backyard led to a career documenting the fantastical worlds of “zombie” parasites, fire ant colonies, vampire bats, hummingbirds, an ... Show More
Jul 2023
Trapped in the icy waters of the Northwest Passage
For centuries, the Northwest Passage, the long-sought sea route connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through northern Canada, was a holy grail of Arctic exploration. Even now, sailing through it isn’t guaranteed. Mark Synnott, a National Geographic Explorer, writer, and adv ... Show More
34m 16s
Jul 2023
Playback: Modern Lives, Ancient Caves
There’s a lost continent waiting to be explored, and it’s right below our feet. We’ll dig into the deep human relationship to the underground—and why we understand it from an instinctive point of view, but not so much from a physical one. (Hint: We’re afraid of the dark.) In an e ... Show More
28m 39s
Jun 2023
Playback: This Indigenous Practice Fights Fire with Fire
For decades, the U.S. government evangelized fire suppression, most famously through Smokey Bear’s wildfire prevention campaign. But as climate change continues to exacerbate wildfire seasons and a growing body of scientific research supports using fire to fight fire, Indigenous ... Show More
29m 8s
Nov 2023
Neuroparasitology (NATURE ZOMBIES) with Matt Simon
What’s on your mind? ZOMBIES. The planet is full of mind-controlling foes, and “Plight of the Living Dead” author Matt Simon researched deep and traveled the world to document tales of fungus-controlled zombie ants, bellies and brains full of worms, wasp bunkers, decapitated ants ... Show More
1h 22m
Aug 2019
Les méduses, animaux sous-estimés et merveilles des océans
Ça pique, mais pas que. Peu appréciées des baigneurs, et ignorées par le reste, les méduses jouent pourtant un rôle central dans la biodiversité marine. En compagnie de Oihana Gabriel, journaliste santé à 20Minutes, et de l'experte des profondeurs spatiales et océaniques du magaz ... Show More
15m 24s
Jan 2024
Le massacre des Rhytines de Steller (et des Dodos)
Une étrange créature est découverte en 1741 dans le Pacifique Nord, une sorte de vache de mer. Elle est nommée "Rhytine de Steller", prenant le nom du naturaliste de l'équipage, Georg Wilhelm Steller. Un quart de siècle plus tard (seulement !), cette espèce a été complètement ext ... Show More
3m 55s