In North America, bats are in mortal danger, and the poor little guys can't even activate their own Bat-Signal to call for help. A terrible infection is ravaging their populations, and it's as serious as a heart attack. Hank has the...

While we can’t explore every cultural trait in the world, language is an important system of spoken, signed, or written symbols humans use to express themselves. It’s a major marker of identity that often unites members of the same...

Today we’re going to talk about glaciers. These behemoth globs of compressed ice and snow moving across the land created fertile soils and physical features while also serving as frozen time capsules. They recorded both Earth’s climatic...

A new strain of bird flu has been detected in North American birds for the first time in seven years. And U.S. President Biden is temporarily lifting the country's summertime ban on E15 gasoline.

Which Bear Is Best?

When people live throughout the solar system, we'll need some way to feed them that doesn't involve constant shipments of Earth-grown food. Will the asteroid belt be our new cosmic food court?

Why is Al Gore optimistic about climate change? In this spirited talk, Gore asks three powerful questions about the man-made forces threatening to destroy our planet -- and the solutions we're designing to combat them. (Featuring Q&A...

The murder hornets of your nightmares aren't totally unstoppable - all you need is a little poop.

In this collection of classic MinuteEarth videos, we examine the weird world of what we like to eat.

Today we're talking about evolution_basically the history of all life on Earth. The thing is, why are we talking about this. Well, the story of life, all the way back to single celled microbes billions of years ago, is all part of our...

How much do you know about the world? Hans Rosling, with his famous charts of global population, health and income data (and an extra-extra-long pointer), demonstrates that you have a high statistical chance of being quite wrong about...

Researchers mapped the mammoth family tree by extracting DNA from fossils. Also, scientists found some sessile animals living under Antarctica's ice shelf, and they're really cool.

Sebastian Junger has seen war up close, and he knows the impact that battlefield trauma has on soldiers. But he suggests there's another major cause of pain for veterans when they come home: the experience of leaving the tribal closeness...

Evolution is a never ending process, but there are some cases where humanity has given it a big push.

The best evidence we have suggests that, while Caviomorpha originated in South America, they came from ancestors in Africa, over 40 million years ago. So how did they get there?

During autumn in the northeastern US, deciduous trees sport a stunning display of yellows, oranges, and reds. But in some places, like Europe, autumn tends to look much more yellow. So why is it that only certain parts of the world get...

Today we’re going to discuss what it means for a place to be “developed”. Development is often associated with economic success — that is countries with higher standards of living and material wealth like those found in Europe and North...

Squeaks and Jessi are spending the afternoon playing "Guess That Animal" and learning about some of their favorites!

Both North and South America have their own species of marsupial, the opossum, but how they got so far away from their Australian relatives is a bit of a mystery.

Worms cause major changes to ecosystems, but those changes aren’t always new.ommunication.

I took a trip to Washington D.C. to check out some of our nation's most famous monuments. Where do they come from? From the depths of the Earth to the distant reaches of the cosmos, you'll never look at history the same way again

Strange landscapes, scorching heat and (sometimes) mad crocodiles await scientists seeking clues to evolution's genius. Paleontologist Paul Sereno talks about his surprising encounters with prehistory -- and a new way to help students...

Sometimes it seems like the past favored large animals, but it turns out that each one on this list has a different reason for its size.

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Lice... the mere mention of them is enough to make most people all itchy. Well, get ready to get scratching, because we've compiled seven squirm-inducing lice facts on this week's List Show!