The article "Understanding Water: The Key to Life on Earth" from BBC's Science Focus explains how water’s physical properties, like hydrogen bonding, allow it to support life on Earth. It highlights the importance of water in living organisms, the water cycle, and the discovery of water in space.
In Life on Earth and Mars, Professor Brian Cox explains the conditions that are required for life to begin. Learn how Earth and Mars had these conditions at the same time. Could life have started in two places at once? Or might the life on Earth have come from outer space? This video is excerpted from BBC’s The Planets, a series that explores the dramatic lives of the eight planets in our Solar System.
In Orca Life and Hunting Skills, narrator Sir David Attenborough explores the world of orcas, the largest and most powerful members of the dolphin family. Follow this pod of nine, including a mother and her calf, as they navigate a narrow channel to hunt elephant seals. Using careful timing and strategy, the mother secures a meal, highlighting the intelligence and skill of these apex predators. This video is excerpted from BBC's Life, a show that explores the remarkable strategies animals and plants use to ensure their survival.
In The Life of a Namaqua Chameleon, narrator Sir David Attenborough follows a determined Namaqua chameleon as it leaves tiny footprints in the sand as it treks along the desert. Its hunt for food is a game of patience — waiting for beetles to seek shade before striking with its lightning-fast tongue. Life here is tough, and even finding a mate comes with challenges, but this remarkable chameleon shows how to thrive in one of the harshest places on Earth. This video is excerpted from BBC's Life, a show that explores the remarkable strategies animals and plants use to ensure their survival.
In The Strange Life of the Sea Krait, narrator Sir David Attenborough discovers the mysterious sea krait snake, a reptile that has completely adapted to life underwater. Unlike most land-dwelling reptiles, the female sea krait only leaves the ocean when it's time to lay her eggs, finding secret caverns with air pockets. Six months later, the baby snakes hatch and make their way back to the water, continuing this fascinating cycle. This video is excerpted from BBC's Life, a show that explores the remarkable strategies animals and plants use to ensure their survival.
In Intelligent Life — Is It Out There?, Professor Brian Cox explains what happened when complex life developed and what this means for the search for life beyond Earth. This video is excerpted from BBC’s The Planets, a series that explores the dramatic lives of the eight planets in our Solar System.
In The Search for Life Continues, Professor Brian Cox wonders about the possibility of complex life and civilization on other planets. And, if we are, in fact, alone in our galaxy, what does that mean for our value in the Universe? This video is excerpted from BBC’s The Planets, a series that explores the dramatic lives of the eight planets in our Solar System.
In Europa and Life on Moons, Professor Brian Cox explains how the geological discoveries on faraway moons have impacted what scientists think about them. Then he visits an ice cave in Iceland to discuss how the ice cave can teach us about Europa, Jupiter’s moon. This video is excerpted from BBC’s The Planets, a series that explores the dramatic lives of the eight planets in our Solar System.
In Microscopic Life in Ice, Professor Brian Cox explores an ice cave and finds microorganisms that are living in the ice. He discusses what this means for life on other planets and moons with scientist Richard Hoover. This video is excerpted from BBC’s The Planets, a series that explores the dramatic lives of the eight planets in our Solar System.
In Breathing Life Into Earth, geologist Iain Stewart explains how oxygen left the ocean and filled the atmosphere, creating a huge turning point in the story of life on Earth. This oxygen helped form the ozone layer, which acts like a protective shield, blocking harmful radiation from the Sun and allowing life to thrive. Without oxygen, Earth wouldn’t have been able to support all the amazing life forms we know. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Earth: The Power of the Planet, a documentary series in which Dr. Iain Stewart discovers how Earth's forces can shape nature, species, and even the climate.
In A Trap in Bloom: The Venus Flytrap’s Double Life, narrator Sir David Attenborough introduces the Venus flytrap, a carnivorous plant that attracts insects with sweet nectar on its leaves. When an insect triggers the hairs on the trap, it snaps shut. After a few days it reopens, leaving only the insect’s dry remains. However, Venus flytraps also need to pollinate, so it grows tall flowers away from its traps, allowing insects to safely feed on nectar and spread pollen, ensuring the plant can reproduce. This video is excerpted from BBC's Life, a show that explores the remarkable strategies animals and plants use to ensure their survival.
In The Sarcastic Fringehead's Turf War, narrator Sir David Attenborough discovers the sarcastic fringehead fish, known for its temper and fierce competition for food and shelter. Watch one fish defend its prized shell from an octopus that enters its territory. But the battle doesn’t stop there — fringeheads also fight each other to protect their space and food, proving just how tough life can be under the sea! This video is excerpted from BBC's Life, a show that explores the remarkable strategies animals and plants use to ensure their survival.
The article "Understanding Water: The Key to Life on Earth" from BBC's Science Focus explains how water’s physical properties, like hydrogen bonding, allow it to support life on Earth. It highlights the importance of water in living organisms, the water cycle, and the discovery of water in space.
In Life on Earth and Mars, Professor Brian Cox explains the conditions that are required for life to begin. Learn how Earth and Mars had these conditions at the same time. Could life have started in two places at once? Or might the life on Earth have come from outer space? This video is excerpted from BBC’s The Planets, a series that explores the dramatic lives of the eight planets in our Solar System.
In Orca Life and Hunting Skills, narrator Sir David Attenborough explores the world of orcas, the largest and most powerful members of the dolphin family. Follow this pod of nine, including a mother and her calf, as they navigate a narrow channel to hunt elephant seals. Using careful timing and strategy, the mother secures a meal, highlighting the intelligence and skill of these apex predators. This video is excerpted from BBC's Life, a show that explores the remarkable strategies animals and plants use to ensure their survival.
In The Life of a Namaqua Chameleon, narrator Sir David Attenborough follows a determined Namaqua chameleon as it leaves tiny footprints in the sand as it treks along the desert. Its hunt for food is a game of patience — waiting for beetles to seek shade before striking with its lightning-fast tongue. Life here is tough, and even finding a mate comes with challenges, but this remarkable chameleon shows how to thrive in one of the harshest places on Earth. This video is excerpted from BBC's Life, a show that explores the remarkable strategies animals and plants use to ensure their survival.
In The Strange Life of the Sea Krait, narrator Sir David Attenborough discovers the mysterious sea krait snake, a reptile that has completely adapted to life underwater. Unlike most land-dwelling reptiles, the female sea krait only leaves the ocean when it's time to lay her eggs, finding secret caverns with air pockets. Six months later, the baby snakes hatch and make their way back to the water, continuing this fascinating cycle. This video is excerpted from BBC's Life, a show that explores the remarkable strategies animals and plants use to ensure their survival.
In Intelligent Life — Is It Out There?, Professor Brian Cox explains what happened when complex life developed and what this means for the search for life beyond Earth. This video is excerpted from BBC’s The Planets, a series that explores the dramatic lives of the eight planets in our Solar System.
In The Search for Life Continues, Professor Brian Cox wonders about the possibility of complex life and civilization on other planets. And, if we are, in fact, alone in our galaxy, what does that mean for our value in the Universe? This video is excerpted from BBC’s The Planets, a series that explores the dramatic lives of the eight planets in our Solar System.
In Europa and Life on Moons, Professor Brian Cox explains how the geological discoveries on faraway moons have impacted what scientists think about them. Then he visits an ice cave in Iceland to discuss how the ice cave can teach us about Europa, Jupiter’s moon. This video is excerpted from BBC’s The Planets, a series that explores the dramatic lives of the eight planets in our Solar System.
In Microscopic Life in Ice, Professor Brian Cox explores an ice cave and finds microorganisms that are living in the ice. He discusses what this means for life on other planets and moons with scientist Richard Hoover. This video is excerpted from BBC’s The Planets, a series that explores the dramatic lives of the eight planets in our Solar System.
In Breathing Life Into Earth, geologist Iain Stewart explains how oxygen left the ocean and filled the atmosphere, creating a huge turning point in the story of life on Earth. This oxygen helped form the ozone layer, which acts like a protective shield, blocking harmful radiation from the Sun and allowing life to thrive. Without oxygen, Earth wouldn’t have been able to support all the amazing life forms we know. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Earth: The Power of the Planet, a documentary series in which Dr. Iain Stewart discovers how Earth's forces can shape nature, species, and even the climate.
In A Trap in Bloom: The Venus Flytrap’s Double Life, narrator Sir David Attenborough introduces the Venus flytrap, a carnivorous plant that attracts insects with sweet nectar on its leaves. When an insect triggers the hairs on the trap, it snaps shut. After a few days it reopens, leaving only the insect’s dry remains. However, Venus flytraps also need to pollinate, so it grows tall flowers away from its traps, allowing insects to safely feed on nectar and spread pollen, ensuring the plant can reproduce. This video is excerpted from BBC's Life, a show that explores the remarkable strategies animals and plants use to ensure their survival.
In The Sarcastic Fringehead's Turf War, narrator Sir David Attenborough discovers the sarcastic fringehead fish, known for its temper and fierce competition for food and shelter. Watch one fish defend its prized shell from an octopus that enters its territory. But the battle doesn’t stop there — fringeheads also fight each other to protect their space and food, proving just how tough life can be under the sea! This video is excerpted from BBC's Life, a show that explores the remarkable strategies animals and plants use to ensure their survival.