In this first part of a two-episode series, we're headed to the Valley of Mexico to explore one of the world's greatest - and most underrated - cities and the stories it tells about the connection between art and science. In this episode, we begin at the beginning to see how the unique natural history of the valley has shaped human culture in the cities that have grown up here, from ancient Cuicuilco, to Tenochtitlan on the eve of the Spanish Conquest, the modern-day Mexico City.
At the same time the first modern geologists and biologists were arguing about the meaning of the distant past, Victorian architects were engaging in...
In this first of a multi-episode series exporing the California Current and the diverse ecosystems and cultures it supports, we're heading to San Francisco...
In the final episode of our exploration of the Missoula Floods, we travel to the Columbia River Gorge and the Willamette Valley, where the...