Biology


New! Episode 1: Strangers in Paradise (Human Footprint) 55 min.

Invasive species are reshaping the world’s ecosystems, but who’s to blame? Shane wrestles a python, hunts a wild pig, and gets sucker-punched by a carp to answer the question: in the Age of Humans, how does our species decide what belongs?

Formats: Streaming Copyright Date: 2023

New! Episode 2: Top Predator (Human Footprint) 55 min.

There’s a killer inside us. Our biology, culture, technology, and economy have transformed our species into the greatest predator the world has ever seen. From Yellowstone to Mozambique, Shane explores our global impact as the planet’s Top Predator.

Formats: Streaming Copyright Date: 2023

New! Episode 3: Man's Best Friend (Human Footprint) 55 min.

We call them man’s best friend. But there’s more to our ancient alliance than friendship. Humans have transformed dogs from their wolf ancestors into a dazzling array of breeds, from beautiful to bizarre. And just as we’ve left our human footprint on dogs, they’ve left their pawprint on us… and the world we both share.

Formats: Streaming Copyright Date: 2023

New! Episode 4: The Replacements (Human Footprint) 55 min.

For every human alive 12,000 years ago, two thousand of us live on the planet today. As we multiplied, people spread around the world, conquering virtually all the planet’s ecosystems. But we didn’t do it alone. In this episode of Human Footprint, Shane meets “The Replacements:” a group of animal and plant species that accepted humanity’s helping hand, hitching their destinies to our own.

Formats: Streaming Copyright Date: 2023

New! Episode 5: The Urban Jungle (Human Footprint) 55 min.

The modern city might just be our ultimate invention: a whole ecosystem built by us, for us. In The Urban Jungle, Shane meets three species thriving in the city. He goes on a rat hunt led by a pack of terriers, lassos city-dwelling lizards, and helps collect urban coyote scat. Along this journey, Shane reckons with our complex history in cities, and envisions a new and wilder urban future.

Formats: Streaming Copyright Date: 2023

New! Episode 6: The Ground Below (Human Footprint) 55 min.

This episode hits close to home as Shane unravels the history and science of cotton, a crop that reshaped a landscape, a culture, and the very DNA of the American people. Shane explores how a prehistoric coastline laid the foundation for the cultivation of cotton, which became a cornerstone of the American economy. Along the way, Shane begins to realize, “This part of the Human Footprint… is me.”

Formats: Streaming Copyright Date: 2023

New! Human Footprint 360 min.

Earth has never experienced anything like us: a single species dominating and transforming the planet. Biologist Shane Campbell-Staton travels the globe to explore our impact. Because while we may tell ourselves what it means to be human, the clearest vision of who we are emerges from what we do. In that way, Human Footprint tackles the biggest story of all – the story of who we really are.

Formats: Streaming Copyright Date: 2023

New! Panthera Britannia 86 min.

Panthera Britannia is a feature-length documentary exploring the unusual phenomenon of the United Kingdom’s population of mysterious large cats, which are alleged to be prowling the wilderness and countryside of rural Britain.

Formats: DVDStreaming Copyright Date: 2022

The Science of Fatherhood 53 min.

What happens to men when they become fathers? How do men change psychologically and physically during pregnancy, birth, and the first years of having children? In this film we go on a journey of discovery and ask brain researchers, geneticists, sociologists, and psychologists. And we accompany three men during their adventure of becoming a father. Human fathers are special: they belong to the...

Formats: DVDStreaming Copyright Date: 2022

Brink of Extinction 6 min.

Roughly 1 million species of wildlife face extinction worldwide, according to a recent United Nations report. Ecologist and author Rebecca Nesbit joins Geoff Bennett to discuss the ethics and decision-making process behind figuring out which species to save.

Formats: Streaming Copyright Date: 2022