The Mekong region in Southeast Asia is home to more than a thousand new plant and animal species, says the World Wildlife Fund. But challenges are ahead in balancing conservation and growth.
Jorge Ribas reports.
Professor Erle Ellis is proposing a new way to map the Earth's biomes, taking into account the effect humans have had on the planet. Jorge Ribas reports.
What lives 1,800-feet underwater, spews molton rock and sounds like a rumbling tractor trailer? The erupting Brimstone Pit in the North Pacific, recently recorded by NOAA.
Biologist J. Craig Venter helped crack the human genome. His next goal: create life. Jorge Ribas talks to him about the promise and perils of synthetic biology.
Regrowing skin, bones and even organs might seem like something out of a mad scientist's lab, but the reality isn't so crazy. Jorge Ribas finds out how tissue engineering could help the sick and injured.
While on the hunt for the Ivory-billed Woodpecker in Arkansas, Jorge Ribas encounters all kinds of wildlife, including a particularly venomous critter - the Cottonmouth.
Several Javan rhinos, one of the world's rarest large mammals, were filmed recently by remote-sensing cameras in Indonesia. The footage gives new insights about the elusive beast. Jorge Ribas reports.
Do sci-fi villains have the moonbase market cornered, or will we be living on the moon some day too? Jorge Ribas finds out when NASA's making the next giant leap for mankind.
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