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From Dehli to Dallas, and places in between, just about everybody loves shrimp - but at what cost?
- Added: Jul 26, 2007
- Length: 01:32
Sometimes good old Mother Nature seems a bit mixed up. Take the Okapi, for example...
- Added: Jul 26, 2007
- Length: 01:32
Since we're using more corn for ethanol, are we gonna run out of corn for popping?
- Added: Jun 26, 2007
- Length: 01:30
There's nothing like ice cream on a sweltering summer day. And it doesn't much matter whether it's in a cone, a shake, a sundae, or a banana split.
- Added: Jun 26, 2007
- Length: 01:32
Tropical rainforests are home to a spectacular variety of frogs. This rich diversity of species helps drive conservation efforts in the tropics. Th...
- Added: Jun 26, 2007
- Length: 01:32
Sometimes you don't have to look far to find a solution. While three hundred million people in Africa suffer from hunger and malnutrition, the mos...
- Added: Jun 26, 2007
- Length: 01:32
Once upon a time in the West, there were 30 million American bison. Now, around Yellowstone National Park, there are only 3900-but that's up from j...
- Added: Jun 26, 2007
- Length: 01:32
What's about the size of a small cat, but looks like a bizarre cross between a miniature antelope and an anteater?
- Added: Jun 26, 2007
- Length: 01:32
Not long ago, a kindergartener snapped a photo of a rare bird...
- Added: Jun 26, 2007
- Length: 01:32
The next time your significant other complains about your stinky socks, just tell them you're doing scientific research...following in the foot-ste...
- Added: Jun 26, 2007
- Length: 01:32
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade - or so the saying goes. But what if a river of mud were to swamp four towns, 20 factories and many acres...
- Added: Jun 26, 2007
- Length: 01:32
Domestic tranquility has its place, but we all need a little walk on the wild side from time to time. And, apparently, the same goes for bees...
- Added: Jun 26, 2007
- Length: 01:32
It's no news to anyone that hurricanes can be devastating. Luckily, hurricane forecasting has improved a lot over the years. We owe much of that im...
- Added: Jun 26, 2007
- Length: 01:32
Climate scientists say that a weak El Nino helps explain why the Atlantic hurricane season was less active last year than forecasters predicted.
- Added: Jun 26, 2007
- Length: 01:32
You've probably seen those daring para-surfers who use wind power to skip across the waves. Well, the gusts and gales that these terrestrial mammal...
- Added: Jun 26, 2007
- Length: 01:32
The decomposition of tiny sea animals and plants that died hundreds of thousands of years ago created enormous natural gas deposits under the seafl...
- Added: Jun 26, 2007
- Length: 01:17
With all the pressure these days to develop desirable land, the wide, open spaces don't stay that way without help.
- Added: Jun 26, 2007
- Length: 01:28
A beached whale is a heartbreaking sight.. While nobody's sure exactly why "beachings" occur, scientists have offered several theories.
- Added: Jun 26, 2007
- Length: 01:23
The seas off the West Coast of the United States are thick with giant kelp that grows up to 120 feet tall... But today, kelp faces two key man-made...
- Added: Jun 26, 2007
- Length: 01:26
Forty-seven of the 69 wolf pups born last year died and experts who monitor the Yellowstone packs believe they died from a virus that's found in do...
- Added: Jun 26, 2007
- Length: 01:28
Each year, Americans dump nearly 180 million tons of trash into landfills according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
- Added: Jun 26, 2007
- Length: 01:29
It's said that "time and tide wait for no man." But it looks like there's considerable power waiting for us in the tides.
- Added: Jun 26, 2007
- Length: 01:29
Solar power is gaining attention as an energy source in developing countries.
- Added: Jun 26, 2007
- Length: 01:21
While cacti can really stick it to us, the plight of the giant saguaro is nothing to poke fun at.
- Added: May 24, 2007
- Length: 01:32
This isn't how fertilizers are supposed to work. You'd think that more nutrients in water would be good for aquatic life.
- Added: May 24, 2007
- Length: 01:32