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National Geographic and Disney are teaming up to bring families a month-long celebration of our planet's beauty through a special streaming collection. The "Step into Wonder" campaign launches this April with curated nature content designed to inspire young explorers.
The BBC's groundbreaking nature documentary series Planet Earth turns 20 this year, marking two decades of bringing never-before-seen wildlife moments into our homes. The network just released an hour-long compilation celebrating iconic scenes that changed how we see our world.
After four months in complete darkness, a polar bear mother and her newborn cubs have emerged from their winter den. BBC Earth captured the tiny cubs taking their very first wobbly steps into the world.
A vodka company with eco-friendly barrel packaging joined thousands of volunteers to clean Santa Monica's coastline and is donating cocktail proceeds to protect California's coastal waters. The partnership proves that businesses can create real environmental impact when sustainability moves beyond packaging.
A new satellite company just proved it can track changes on Earth every single day with unprecedented accuracy. After months of testing, EarthDaily is ready to launch six more satellites in May, bringing daily global coverage online by summer 2026.
The groundbreaking nature documentary series Planet Earth is marking its 20th anniversary with a celebration of the most breathtaking wildlife moments ever filmed. Among the highlights: the extraordinary courtship dance of New Guinea's birds of paradise.
A Nigerian payments company spent eight months training staff before launching a single product. That patience has paid off with 543 businesses now moving $6.5 million through their systems every month.
Federal regulators just slashed approval times for small hydropower projects from nearly three years to under a month. The move will fast-track clean energy while protecting the environment.
Scientists discovered Earth's core contains enough hydrogen to equal 45 oceans of water, suggesting our planet formed with water already inside rather than getting it from comets. This breakthrough helps solve the mystery of where Earth's water really came from.
Scientists discovered two massive zones of superheated rock deep inside Earth that help control our planet's protective magnetic shield. This breakthrough explains mysteries about how Earth stays geologically active and magnetically protected.
Scientists discovered Earth's core may contain up to 45 oceans' worth of hydrogen, making it the planet's largest water reservoir. This finding rewrites our understanding of how Earth got its water during the earliest days of planetary formation.
The brightest planet in our solar system is beginning a spectacular months-long show in the evening sky that anyone can see without a telescope. Venus will grow brighter through September as it moves closer to Earth, reaching peak brilliance that will outshine everything except the moon.
After 340 days in orbit, astronaut Scott Kelly found Earth's sensory experiences overwhelming—rain smelled too strong, furniture burned his skin, and driving felt like piloting a rover. Every astronaut who spends months in space returns to a planet their nervous system must relearn. #
The University of Wisconsin is transforming Black History Month with a fresh theme that celebrates Black love in all its forms. From symbolic weddings to art showcases, students designed a month of joy-centered events that break away from trauma-focused narratives.
Japan just made a breakthrough that could end its dependence on imported rare earth minerals. The nation successfully collected rare earth mud from 6,000 meters below the Pacific Ocean near a remote island.
Scientists discovered that a nearby exoplanet in the habitable zone is more Earth-like than they thought. The planet, twice Earth's mass instead of five times, is now a top candidate for potentially supporting life.
Scientists discovered Earth's core contains vastly more hydrogen than all the oceans combined, solving a 4.5-billion-year mystery. This breakthrough reveals our planet has been hiding its biggest hydrogen reservoir right at its center all along.
A three-armed robot just launched on a daring mission to save a 21-year-old space telescope from burning up in Earth's atmosphere. Built in just nine months, this $30 million rescue could keep Swift scanning the cosmos for years to come.
Scientists say our planet has a better shot at surviving the sun's fiery death than we thought. New calculations suggest Earth could drift to safety as the dying sun loses mass.
The European Space Agency is offering African researchers a year in Italy to study Earth observation technology, complete with €2,500 monthly stipends and scientific networking funds. The fellowship aims to build Africa's capacity in satellite data analysis for everything from crop monitoring to climate tracking.
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