Nature S00E21 · Coral Comeback | WILD HOPE

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Coral reefs around the world are threatened by rising ocean temperatures, but hope is growing off the coast of Hawaii. There, researchers at the Coral Resilience Lab selectively breed corals to withstand ever-increasing amounts of heat stress.

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1. 1 1. Why Bees Are Important · 53mScientists and bee experts discuss the crucial role that honeybees, a "keystone species," play in our economy and ecosystems, as well as bees' fascinating social organization and w
2. 2 2. Best of Birds2014-12-01 · 50mThis pledge period special airs throughout December, 2014 and contains segments from 16 of Nature's films about birds.
3. 3 3. A Life Among the Clouds: A NATURE Short Film2018-12-03 · 50mJoin Lisa Dabek and her team with Woodland Park Zoo’s Tree Kangaroo Conservation Program as they journey into the remote cloud forests of Papua New Guinea. Meet one of the most elu
4. 4 4. Running With The Herd: A NATURE Short Film2018-12-10 · 50mBiologist Jack Hogg has been studying a herd of wild bighorn sheep on Montana’s National Bison Range for more than 35 years. When Jack’s herd gets infected with a deadly form of pn
5. 5 5. Living with Snow Leopards – Tashi’s Story: A NATURE Short Film2018-12-17 · 50mIn the frigid Indian Himalayas, people manage to eke out a living alongside one of Asia’s most elusive cats: the snow leopard. Today there may be as few as 4,000 of these great cat
6. 6 6. Spend An Hour in Snowy Yellowstone: Sights & Sounds2020-01-07 · 1h 0mSit back, relax, and experience the animals, landscapes, and awe of Yellowstone National Park in winter.
7. 7 7. Great Moments with Nature's Filmmakers1988-03-13 · 50mA five-year retrospective includes clips from The Flight of the Condor, Leopard: A Darkness in the Grass, Kingdom of the Ice Bear, Cats, The Gooneys of Midway, and Yellowstone in W
8. 8 8. The Big Oyster | WILD HOPE2023-06-12 · 28mNew York Harbor was a haven of incredible underwater biodiversity—until centuries of pollution turned it into a cesspool. Today, an alliance of architects, restaurateurs, scientist
9. 9 9. Beaver Fever | WILD HOPE2023-06-12 · 28mThe surprise return of beavers to the British countryside brings benefits and controversy for humans and wildlife alike. The work of these famously busy rodents increases local bio
10. 10 10. Woodpecker Wars | WILD HOPE2023-06-12 · 28mOne of the most inspiring conservation stories in American history is playing out on, of all places, a live-fire training ground at Ft. Bragg Army base in North Carolina. There, an
11. 11 11. Does Nature Have Rights? | WILD HOPE2023-06-12 · 28mEcuador is one of the most biodiverse places on the planet, yet its wild spaces are also among the most threatened. In 2008, the country became the first nation in the world to ens
12. 12 12. The Beautiful Undammed | WILD HOPE2023-06-12 · 28mTen years after the largest dam removal in history—on the Elwha River, in Washington State—scientists are chronicling an inspiring story of ecological rebirth. Recovering salmon po
13. 13 13. Coffee for Water | WILD HOPE2023-06-12 · 28mDecades of war and unsustainable agriculture have stripped almost half the trees from the rainforest atop Mozambique’s Mount Gorongosa. The devastation threatens the watershed that
14. 14 14. Salamander of the Gods | WILD HOPE2023-06-12The axolotl—an amphibian with incredible regenerative abilities—is ubiquitous in pet stores, science labs and pop culture, yet almost extinct in the wild. Now, scientists and farme
15. 15 15. Canine Conservationists | WILD HOPE2023-06-12 · 28mDogs are often thought of as humans’ best friends. But in Australia, they’re also being enlisted to save other species. Canine conservationists—and their sensitive noses—are helpin
16. 16 16. The Serpent's Lair | WILD HOPE2024-03-14 · 12mIn the face of extreme habitat loss, wildlife biologist Dr. Chris Jenkins puts an ambitious plan in motion to save two uniquely American reptiles, the eastern indigo snake and the
17. 17 17. Vertical Meadows | WILD HOPE2024-03-14 · 8mAs urban expansion quickly replaces natural habitats, façade engineer Alistair Law has discovered a new way to restore native ecosystems for pollinators and create natural spaces f
18. 18 18. Turtle Trackers | WILD HOPE2024-03-14 · 11mThree species of sea turtles nesting in southeast Florida face a range of manmade threats. Thanks to conservation measures, loggerhead and green sea turtles are recovering, but lea
19. 19 19. A Farm Goes Wild | WILD HOPE2024-03-14 · 9mFor years, Derek Gow worked his 400-acres in western England as a conventional sheep and cattle farm. But as both a farmer and conservationist, he knew that wasn’t right for nature
20. 20 20. Return of the Manatees | WILD HOPE2024-03-14 · 16mCrystal River has long been a safe haven for the Florida manatee, but when an invasive algae wiped out the eelgrass that manatees need for food, the community rallied to restore th
21. 21 21. Coral Comeback | WILD HOPE2024-03-14 · 11mCoral reefs around the world are threatened by rising ocean temperatures, but hope is growing off the coast of Hawaii. There, researchers at the Coral Resilience Lab selectively br
22. 22 22. Seabird Sanctuary | WILD HOPE2024-03-14 · 11mAll around the world, seabirds provide a critical link between land and sea. On Hawai’i, ecologists are working to protect two vital shearwater species that helped life first take
23. 23 23. Birds on the Brink | WILD HOPE2024-03-14 · 10mHawai’i is home to a broad, beautiful array of bird species found only on its islands — like the stunningly diverse honeycreepers, many on the border of extinction. Now, a local te
24. 24 24. Rewilding Rio | WILD HOPE2024-03-14 · 15mIn the middle of Rio de Janeiro sits the world’s largest urban rainforest: Tijuca National park. To combat a century of deforestation and hunting, a team of researchers are repairi
25. 25 25. Gardener to Guardian | WILD HOPE2024-03-14 · 13mAmid collapsing biodiversity worldwide, Mary Reynolds of Ireland is building a movement to turn gardeners into guardians of the planet by returning our own patch of land to nature
26. 26 26. One Golden Chance | WILD HOPE2024-04-08 · 10mThe golden lion tamarin stands as a beacon of hope and survival in the face of extinction after an outbreak of yellow fever led to a loss of nearly a third of their wild population
27. 27 27. Rebuilding a Forest | WILD HOPE2024-04-22 · 16mIn Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, Mauricio Ruiz has turned his love for nature into action by working with the community to reforest a critical stretch of the nation’s most endangered f
28. 28 28. Road Warriors | WILD HOPE2024-05-13 · 9mFernanda Abra leads a crucial conservation initiative along the roadways of Brazil, where vehicles annually kill about 475 million vertebrates — more than double the country's huma
29. 29 29. Jaguar Passage | WILD HOPE2024-05-27 · 13mJaguar populations are falling worldwide, but the big cats are thriving in Belize, where one-third of the Central American country is protected habitat — but even this paradise isn
30. 30 30. The Frog Ark | WILD HOPE2024-05-28 · 16mMany of the world’s most beloved frogs and amphibians are headed for extinction, but inside “The Ark” in Panama, some of those threatened species are given a fighting chance. Using
31. 31 31. Protecting Paradise | WILD HOPE2024-06-10 · 14mOn Panama’s remote Pearl Islands, marine biologist Callie Veelenturf is using her research on endangered sea turtles to help the country enshrine the rights of nature into law — an
32. 32 32. America's BFF | WILD HOPE2024-06-24 · 18mBlack-footed ferrets, North America’s only native ferret, still depend on humans for survival. That’s why a dedicated team has engineered new and innovative tools to help them make
33. 33 33. Unleaded | WILD HOPE2024-07-08 · 13mGolden eagles are one of the largest raptors in North America, and their numbers are declining due to an unlikely poison: lead ammunition left behind by game hunters. Eagles scaven
34. 34 34. The Great Ocean Cleanup | WILD HOPE2024-07-22 · 15mInventor Boyan Slat is on a mission to rid oceans of plastic. His team at The Ocean Cleanup designs and deploys systems that pull trash from the open ocean. Now, he’s stopping the
35. 35 35. Cougar Crossing | WILD HOPE2024-08-12 · 14mLos Angeles is well known for its celebrities, so when the fearless cougar P-22 gained fame for making its home in the midst of the city, he inspired an effort to build the world’s
36. 36 36. Stork Sisters | WILD HOPE2024-08-26 · 16mIn the northeastern part of India, the greater adjutant stork has been considered an ill omen for generations, and the endangered bird has paid the price. Its breeding population h
37. 37 37. AI of the Tiger | WILD HOPE2024-09-09 · 15mIn Madhya Pradesh, renowned as India’s “tiger state,” a team installs AI-integrated camera traps to reduce conflict and safeguard lives in a vital wildlife corridor home to 2 milli
38. 38 38. Whale Shark Homecoming | WILD HOPE2024-09-23 · 17mAlong the coast of Gujarat, India, a renowned spiritual leader is inspiring fishermen to become guardians of the world’s biggest fish: the endangered whale shark.
39. 39 39. Way of the Elephants | WILD HOPE2024-10-07 · 15mElephant migration corridors in India are a necessary thoroughfare for one of the planet’s largest animals — but when conflicts with human residents along these routes caught the a
40. 40 40. Pangolin Protectors | WILD HOPE2024-10-21 · 12mPangolins are amazing, bizarre, adorable creatures, but due to the demand for their scales on the illegal market, they’re also the most trafficked animal in the world. In order to
41. 41 41. Guano Gold | WILD HOPE2024-10-28 · 9mEconomic growth and wildlife conservation often run in conflict, but Mozambican scientist Cesária Huo hopes to support a new fully sustainable and economically viable model for har
42. 42 42. Mission Impossible | WILD HOPE2024-11-18 · 40mIt was a late-career epiphany that led “wacky genius” Pat Brown to abandon his academic career and commit himself to fighting global warming and biodiversity collapse. He did it, a
43. 43 43. Building for Birds | WILD HOPE2025-04-07 · 16mMillions of birds pass through our yards during their bi-annual migrations, but they face an invisible killer along the way: glass windows. In the US alone, an estimated one billio
44. 44 44. Reclaiming Bear River | WILD HOPE2025-05-12 · 17mOver 150 years after suffering the worst massacre in U.S. history, the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation has purchased their ancestral homeland — called Wuda Ogwa, or Bear R