An archaeologist and a chemist try to revive the perfumes of antiquity in southern Italy 2500 years ago, in the Mediterranean, perfume permeated every stage of life and guaranteed beauty, vitality and success to whoever wears it.
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Korea's mountains and seas were significantly damaged during the Japanese colonial period and the Korean War.
Across Thailand's myriad landscapes, animals face a constant challenge to find food many are locked in a deadly battle either to capture or evade, while others must rely on their wits, guile and tenacity to win their prize.
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An archaeologist and a chemist try to revive the perfumes of antiquity in southern Italy 2500 years ago, in the Mediterranean, perfume permeated every stage of life and guaranteed beauty, vitality and success to whoever wears it.
Despite being an essential element for life, we are making worse and worse use of water.
Even in small quantities, water holds big surprises, and streams, gullies and brooks form humble yet extraordinary micro-ecosystems teeming with diverse and vibrant life.
Is it possible that animals have pharmaceutical knowledge of the power of certain substances? Why do species of curassow consume kaolin (china clay) after eating certain fruits? Arrowhead frogs devour poisonous insects that somehow manufacture batracotoxina, the most potent poison created by nature. What type of antidote does a certain sea nudibranquios possess?
Hygiene is synonymous of health, and the elaboration of techniques, above all for evolution of cleaning instruments, and this also implies a very elaborate and complex developmental behaviour. For now, many of these techniques do not have a plausible explanation, such is the case of the blazing saunas.
In the mountains, water produces the purest and wildest lakes that are the source of all the rivers on the planet this ecosystem is home to creatures that must adapt to the cold, clear waters.
This Spanish island was made a biosphere reserve over 25 years ago and is now inhabited by animals and plants that can be found nowhere else in the world.
With the latest film-making technology, Sir David Attenborough uncovers the unseen natural treasures of Singapore and explores how the wildlife has adapted to the human world.
Stretching 2,300 kilometres down the northeast coast of Queensland, the reef is home to over 900 islands each with their own unique biology and fauna.
Across Thailand's myriad landscapes, animals face a constant challenge to find food many are locked in a deadly battle either to capture or evade, while others must rely on their wits, guile and tenacity to win their prize.
What if the veil was finally lifted on one of the greatest enigmas in the history of mankind, namely the disappearance of the Rapa Nui?
In Serra Capivara, a national park in the Northeast Region of Brazil, a Franco-Brazilian team found traces of the very first Americans...
Beautiful golden sands washed over by glassy, placid... or furious seas.
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As one of the ecosystems on Earth, city was the latest to be born. It was born to meet human needs, but other lives are also endeavouring to find their own living space here.
The Great Barrier Reef is the only place in the world where ancient rainforest meets a tropical reef, with the coastal fringe supporting a variety of unique wildlife.
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