While backpacking through Africa, Naftali Honig became aware of the corruption driving wildlife crime. Realizing he wanted to do something about it, Honig co-founded the EAGLE Network with the main goal of bringing wildlife traffickers to justice. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe ➡ Get More Nat Geo Live: http://bit.ly/MoreNatGeoLive About Nat Geo …
Read More »How Finding Blue Whale Poop Changed My Life | Nat Geo Live
There are not many people who can say their career started with a pile of poop, but marine biologist Asha De Vos is one of them. De Vos takes the stage to share her passion for whales and the work she is doing to protect an “unorthodox” population. ➡ Subscribe: …
Read More »This Guy Is Making Furniture and Buildings out of Your Trash | Nat Geo Live
How many objects in your vicinity contain recycled material? Probably none. Engineer Arthur Huang is trying to change this by designing from trash new materials that can be used to make furniture, buildings, and even airplanes. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe ➡ Get More Nat Geo Live: http://bit.ly/MoreNatGeoLive About Nat Geo Live …
Read More »Ice Age Cave Art: Unlocking the Mysteries Behind These Markings | Nat Geo Live
When it comes to European Ice Age cave art, researchers have primarily focused their attention on the animal and human art, largely ignoring the geometric signs found to the sides of these beautiful paintings. At most sites, the geometric signs outnumber the animal paintings by two to one. That intrigued …
Read More »This Low-Cost Robot Can Help You Explore the Ocean | Nat Geo Live
Originally interested in building an underwater robot to explore a cave rumored to have gold and treasure, 2016 National Geographic explorer David Lang and a friend had no idea where their curiosity and drive for exploration would lead them. They turned to the Internet for help building their underwater robot, …
Read More »How Finding This Human Ancestor Is Making Us Rethink Our Origins | Nat Geo Live
The recent and incredible discovery of the human ancestor Homo naledi is changing the field of paleoanthropology. Biological anthropologist Marina Elliott, a 2016 National Geographic emerging explorer and the first scientist to enter the cave chamber after the initial bones were found, takes the stage to talk about what is …
Read More »Searching For Life in Volcanoes and Other Extreme Environments | Nat Geo Live
Found everywhere from the rim of a lava lake to the inside an iceberg, microbes are remarkable organisms that can live in places humans can only dream of. How do they do it? And what can we learn from them about the limits of life both on our planet and …
Read More »Black Holes, Blazars, and Women of Color in Science | Nat Geo Live
From the young age of 12, Jedidah Isler, a 2016 National Geographic emerging explorer, knew she wanted to be an astrophysicist. Despite the fact that there are so few women of color in the disciple of astrophysics, Isler and her family knew that if anyone could do it, she could. …
Read More »Capturing the Beauty of Africa’s Wildlife and Fighting to Save It | Nat Geo Live
We lose five elephants every hour, five lions per day, and a rhino every six hours. We are in a race against time to save these magnificent animals from extinction. For the past 30 years, award-winning filmmakers and National Geographic Explorers Dereck and Beverly Joubert have dedicated their lives to …
Read More »Saving Lions: How I’m Protecting Wildlife in My Homeland | Nat Geo Live
The Luangwa Valley in Zambia is one of the last remaining strongholds for lions in Africa, and 2016 National Geographic Emerging Explorer Thandiwe Mweetwa plans to do everything she can to keep it that way. After losing both her parents as a young girl, Mweetwa left her small town in …
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