How would building a wall along the US-Mexico border affect animals?
The border between the US and Mexico is 2,000 miles long. It passes through deserts, mountains, rivers, streams, forests, wetlands, marshes, and swamps. Many of these are biologically diverse. Some species live nowhere else on Earth. Fences harm wildlife, disrupt animal behaviors, and block migration routes. Those are just a few of the problems walls…
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New Bronze Age sites heighten dispute of highway under Stonehenge
A busy highway near Stonehenge is causing traffic jam and pollution near the historic site. A plan is in place to build a bigger road tunnel underground. Historians worry there…
Searching for evidence of past humans in Yellowstone
Yellowstone is working to piece together some of its lost history. Long before it was a park, native people hunted and camped on the land for at least 11,000 years.…
Broken record: American explorer dives deep
In May 2019, American explorer Victor Vescovo and his team completed the deepest-ever ocean dive—35,849 feet below the surface. Descending in a submersible to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean’s…
Where can you go to swim with sharks? Hike along rooftops in a city? Race across a desert? Watch icebergs being born? Discover the distant past? This exciting series is all about daring, dreaming, and exploring. Get ready to learn about the farthest, deepest, highest, coldest places on the planet—and beyond.