TED Talks

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4:43

Grace Smith-Viduarre and Tim Wright

Why can parrots talk?

Posted Jun 2022

4:44

Victoria Hwang

What is the rarest color in nature?

Posted Jun 2022

13:27

Resson Kantai Duff

Why Africa needs community-led conservation

Posted May 2022

8:54

Nonette Royo

Why Indigenous forest guardianship is crucial to climate action

Posted May 2022

8:59

Nat Keohane

A new economic model for protecting tropical forests

Posted Apr 2022

6:52

Vera Songwe

The African swamp protecting Earth's environment

Posted Mar 2022

0:00

Cameron Webb

How to design mosquitoes out of cities

Posted Mar 2022

3:55

Erin Meezan

What nature can teach us about sustainable business

Posted Feb 2022

8:47

Susan Ruffo

The ocean's ingenious climate solutions

Posted Feb 2022

5:55

Zac Goldsmith

How to boost nature-based solutions to climate change

Posted Jan 2022

11:58

Carlos M. Duarte

The unexpected, underwater plant fighting climate change

Posted Jan 2022

11:42

Virginia Smith

How we could better predict and stop floods

Posted Dec 2021

8:12

Nemonte Nenquimo

The forest is our teacher. It's time to respect it

Posted Nov 2021

0:00

Lucas C. Majure

Nature's fortress: How cacti keep water in and predators out

Posted Nov 2021

5:57

Jack Dangermond

An ever-evolving map of everything on Earth

Posted Nov 2021

4:11

Naima Penniman

"Being Human"

Posted Nov 2021

7:23

Farwiza Farhan

The powerful women on the front lines of climate action

Posted Nov 2021

9:21

Enric Sala

A bold plan to protect 30 percent of the Earth's surface and ocean floor

Posted Nov 2021

9:25

Tanya Berger-Wolf

How your nature photos can help protect wild animals

Posted Oct 2021

4:47

Carol Farbotko and Ingrid Boas

Where will you be able to live in 20 years?

Posted Oct 2021

4:01

Zoe Pierrat

Earth's mysterious red glow, explained

Posted Sep 2021

2:22

Susan Graham

A new way to restore Earth's biodiversity — from the air

Posted Sep 2021

14:03

Emma Marris

Are wild animals really "wild"?

Posted Jul 2021

5:16

Kathy Hannun

How to heat your home without hurting the planet

Posted Jun 2021

5:28

Luka Seamus Wright

The sharks that hunt in forests

Posted Jun 2021

4:25

Philip Renaud and Kenneth Kostel

Could you survive the real Twilight Zone?

Posted May 2021

4:44

Rebecca J. Barthelmie and Sara C. Pryor

How do wind turbines work?

Posted Apr 2021

4:57

Justin Schmidt

The world's most painful insect sting

Posted Apr 2021

10:28

Steven Allison

Earth's original inhabitants — and their role in combating climate change

Posted Apr 2021

5:20

Joseph Goffman

Whatever happened to acid rain?

Posted Apr 2021

39:54

Far Flung with Saleem Reshamwala

Mantua Townshi‪p‬

Posted Apr 2021

19:36

Michael Levin

The electrical blueprints that orchestrate life

Posted Mar 2021

11:07

Emily Leproust

How synthetic biology can improve our health, food and materials

Posted Mar 2021

12:50

Knut Ivar Bjørlykhaug

Love, sorrow and the emotions that power climate action

Posted Mar 2021

4:20

TED-Ed

The "myth" of the boiling frog

Posted Feb 2021

5:18

Alex Gendler

Building the world's largest (and most controversial) power plant

Posted Dec 2020