Secrets of the Forest

Can forests help cool the planet? Follow scientists through spectacular landscapes as they study complex networks of trees, fungi, and creatures large and small – all in a quest to tackle the twin threats of climate change and species extinction.

Season 52 Episode 8 Length 53:41 Premiere: 04/16/25

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Stone Age Temple Mystery

S53 E6 Length 53:25 Premiere Date 02/25/26

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Can Dogs Talk?

S53 E3 Length 53:39 Premiere Date 02/04/26

Angkor: Hidden Jungle Empire

S53 E2 Length 53:39 Premiere Date 01/28/26

Asteroids: Spark of Life?

S53 E1 Length 53:31 Premiere Date 01/21/26

Operation Space Station: Science and Survival

S52 E20 Length 53:41 Premiere Date 11/12/25

Clips & Previews

These Are the World’s Oldest Mummies

Clip Length 02:49 Premiere Date 12/09/25

The Next Big Earthquake Could Sink Parts of the Pacific Northwest

Clip Length 05:08 Premiere Date 08/04/25

How Harvard Discovered It Has an Original Copy of the Magna Carta

Clip Length 03:13 Premiere Date 07/10/25

This Giant Telescope Will Reveal The Universe in Unbelievable Detail

Clip Length 05:59 Premiere Date 07/07/25

The Science of Scratch-Offs: What Your Brain Can’t Resist

Clip Length 06:39 Premiere Date 07/07/25

These Smart Glasses Know Who You Are, and Much More

Clip Length 04:18 Premiere Date 04/17/25

Secrets of the Forest Preview

Preview Length 00:30 Premiere Date 04/16/25

Why Just Planting Trees Won’t Save the Planet

Clip Length 03:04 Premiere Date 04/16/25

4 Ways the Universe Could End

Clip Length 05:07 Premiere Date 03/13/25

Do Aliens Exist? This Famous Equation Offers a Clue

Clip Length 05:04 Premiere Date 03/13/25

The Rocket-Less Future of Space Travel

Clip Length 05:17 Premiere Date 03/13/25

Building Blocks of Life Discovered on Distant Asteroid

Clip Length 06:03 Premiere Date 03/07/25

This Asteroid Might Make Impact With Earth in 2032

Clip Length 03:33 Premiere Date 02/20/25

Specials

Interview: Discovering Dark Energy and the Hubble Tension with Nobel Prize Winner Adam Riess

Length 1:16:19 Premiere Date 12/19/25

Interview: Evolution of New Species, Venom, Wings, and More with Sean B. Carroll

Length 1:24:09 Premiere Date 12/05/25

Interview: De-Extinction, Dire Wolves, and Jurassic Park with Beth Shapiro

Length 54:49 Premiere Date 11/21/25

Particles of Thought: The Extremophile’s Guide to Life

Length 1:11:15 Premiere Date 11/04/25

Interview: The Animal Translator with Erich Jarvis

Length 1:03:49 Premiere Date 10/21/25

Interview: Brain Guru with Heather Berlin

Length 1:28:59 Premiere Date 10/07/25

Interview: Bob and Mike’s Big Idea with Bob Hazen and Mike Wong

Length 1:11:13 Premiere Date 09/23/25

Interview: Black Hole Badass with Janna Levin

Length 1:19:54 Premiere Date 09/05/25

Interview: The Deepfake Detective with Hany Farid

Length 1:25:01 Premiere Date 08/26/25

Interview: Mind of a Fossil Hunter with Kirk Johnson

Length 1:37:18 Premiere Date 08/18/25

When Machines Prescribe

Length 17:19 Premiere Date 04/30/25

Sands of Time

Length 06:47 Premiere Date 09/13/24

Keepers of the Coastline

Length 11:56 Premiere Date 09/13/24

Tides of Tradition

Length 09:47 Premiere Date 09/13/24

Standing the Heat

Length 08:44 Premiere Date 09/13/24

Megadroughts and Indigenous Voices

Length 07:51 Premiere Date 09/13/24

Harvesting the Future

Length 09:22 Premiere Date 09/13/24

Sea Change: Survival in the Gulf of Maine

Length 53:30 Premiere Date 08/07/24

Sea Change: Peril in the Gulf of Maine

Length 53:30 Premiere Date 07/31/24

Sea Change: Bounty in the Gulf of Maine

Length 53:30 Premiere Date 07/24/24

When Whales Could Walk (Español)

Length 53:30 Premiere Date 01/01/24

Ancient Builders of the Amazon (Español)

Length 53:21 Premiere Date 02/15/23

Ancient Maya Metropolis (Español)

Length 53:31 Premiere Date 01/26/22

Picture a Scientist (with Audio Description)

Length 1:52:37 Premiere Date 04/14/21

Treasures Metals Eiffel Tower

Length 02:09 Premiere Date 12/09/16

A Labyrinth of Lava

Length 01:13 Premiere Date 11/02/15

From Mud to Rock

Length 01:36 Premiere Date 10/22/15

Finding Stromatolites

Length 01:23 Premiere Date 10/22/15

Stromatolites Were Kings

Length 01:05 Premiere Date 10/22/15

Ancient Life

Length 00:28 Premiere Date 10/22/15

Millions of Years Captured in Chalk

Length 01:17 Premiere Date 10/22/15

A Fourteen-Foot Fish From Kansas

Length 01:38 Premiere Date 10/22/15

Hell Creek Formation

Length 01:10 Premiere Date 10/22/15

No Dinosaurs Above the Line

Length 02:00 Premiere Date 10/22/15

Mammal Survivors

Length 01:40 Premiere Date 10/22/15

Dinosaur Fossils

Length 01:53 Premiere Date 10/22/15

King of Gore

Length 02:00 Premiere Date 10/22/15

Driving Dinosaur Diversity

Length 01:47 Premiere Date 10/22/15

Pangea

Length 00:56 Premiere Date 10/22/15

Making Granite From Volcanic Rock

Length 02:16 Premiere Date 10/22/15

A Massive Volcanic Eruption

Length 01:14 Premiere Date 10/22/15

Rock Time Capsules

Length 01:18 Premiere Date 10/21/15

The Sandstone Top of the Canyon

Length 01:15 Premiere Date 10/21/15

Fossil-Filled Limestone

Length 00:54 Premiere Date 10/21/15

The Grand Canyon's Oldest Rocks

Length 00:19 Premiere Date 10/21/15

From Lava to Land

Length 02:14 Premiere Date 10/21/15

Semi-Precious Pebbles

Length 00:57 Premiere Date 10/21/15

Five Steps of Volcanic Rock

Length 00:26 Premiere Date 10/21/15

Tearing North America Apart

Length 01:01 Premiere Date 10/21/15

Fossilized Sand Dunes

Length 01:15 Premiere Date 10/21/15

Volcanoes of Sand

Length 01:33 Premiere Date 10/21/15

Rockies 2.0

Length 02:00 Premiere Date 10/21/15

Manhattan Schist

Length 01:13 Premiere Date 10/21/15

Manhattan Skyline

Length 00:52 Premiere Date 10/21/15

New York's Mountains

Length 01:13 Premiere Date 10/21/15

Mendenhall Glacier

Length 02:51 Premiere Date 08/02/15

Monument Rocks 1

Length 01:18 Premiere Date 08/02/15

Monument Rocks 2

Length 01:48 Premiere Date 08/02/15

Exuma Cays 1

Length 01:26 Premiere Date 08/02/15

Exuma Cays 3

Length 00:28 Premiere Date 08/02/15

Exuma Cays 4

Length 03:22 Premiere Date 08/02/15

Gooseberry Falls 1

Length 00:57 Premiere Date 08/02/15

Gooseberry Falls 2

Length 00:24 Premiere Date 08/02/15

Gooseberry Falls 3

Length 01:06 Premiere Date 08/02/15

Gooseberry Falls 4

Length 01:01 Premiere Date 08/02/15

Mount Kilauea

Length 01:30 Premiere Date 08/02/15

Grand Canyon 1

Length 01:19 Premiere Date 08/02/15

Grand Canyon 2

Length 01:05 Premiere Date 08/02/15

Grand Canyon 3

Length 00:58 Premiere Date 08/02/15

Grand Canyon 4

Length 00:19 Premiere Date 08/02/15

Lethal Seas Excerpt 1

Length 04:11 Premiere Date 05/12/15

Lethal Seas Excerpt 2

Length 01:00 Premiere Date 05/12/15

Lethal Seas Excerpt 3

Length 00:35 Premiere Date 05/12/15

Lethal Seas Excerpt 4

Length 00:51 Premiere Date 05/12/15

The Mother of Hubble

Length 02:28 Premiere Date 04/14/15

Formation of a Typhoon

Length 01:34 Premiere Date 06/25/14

Flatfish Larvae

Length 00:51 Premiere Date 05/06/14

RNAi Explained

Length 01:47 Premiere Date 04/22/14

Dolphin Mirror

Length 03:18 Premiere Date 04/22/14

Dogs' Sense of Time

Length 01:28 Premiere Date 04/13/14

Cockatoo Excerpt

Length 01:30 Premiere Date 04/08/14

How Solar Cells Work

Length 00:33 Premiere Date 02/26/14

Solar Power's Promise

Length 00:51 Premiere Date 02/26/14

Microneedle

Length 01:41 Premiere Date 12/30/13

GM Plants

Length 01:27 Premiere Date 11/15/13

Non-Newtonian Gel

Length 01:00 Premiere Date 11/15/13

Soft-Story Buildings

Length 07:36 Premiere Date 11/13/13

Levitation

Length 00:50 Premiere Date 10/24/13

Superconductor

Length 01:47 Premiere Date 10/24/13

Animal Robot 1

Length 02:35 Premiere Date 10/24/13

Animal Robot 2

Length 02:02 Premiere Date 10/24/13

Therapeutic Hypothermia

Length 01:11 Premiere Date 10/24/13

Therapeutic Hypothermia 2

Length 01:07 Premiere Date 10/24/13

Therapeutic Hypothermia 3

Length 01:43 Premiere Date 10/24/13

Therapeutic Hypothermia 4

Length 02:01 Premiere Date 10/24/13

Swarming Robots

Length 01:31 Premiere Date 10/21/13

Sneak Peek: Making Stuff Wilder

Length 06:14 Premiere Date 10/21/13

Virus Battery

Length 02:21 Premiere Date 10/19/13

Robot Arm

Length 00:56 Premiere Date 10/19/13

Elephant Arm

Length 01:22 Premiere Date 10/19/13

FinGripper

Length 00:55 Premiere Date 10/19/13

Sail Wing

Length 01:02 Premiere Date 10/19/13

Hydrofoil

Length 01:01 Premiere Date 10/19/13

Chicken Feathers

Length 01:56 Premiere Date 10/19/13

KillaCycle

Length 00:48 Premiere Date 10/19/13

How Batteries Work

Length 00:49 Premiere Date 10/19/13

Muon Detection

Length 01:52 Premiere Date 10/19/13

Muons

Length 01:25 Premiere Date 10/19/13

Plants White

Length 02:11 Premiere Date 10/19/13

DNA Patch

Length 01:19 Premiere Date 10/19/13

DNA Vaccine

Length 00:38 Premiere Date 10/19/13

Earthquake Test

Length 02:03 Premiere Date 10/19/13

David Drives

Length 01:27 Premiere Date 10/19/13

Shelley

Length 02:07 Premiere Date 10/19/13

Pitcher Plant

Length 01:48 Premiere Date 10/17/13

SLIPS

Length 01:01 Premiere Date 10/17/13

Hagfish

Length 00:51 Premiere Date 10/17/13

Hagfish Defense

Length 01:36 Premiere Date 10/17/13

Slime Clothes

Length 01:00 Premiere Date 10/17/13

New York City One Year Later: Telecommunications

Length 03:14 Premiere Date 10/16/13

Sneak Peek: Making Stuff Faster

Length 05:06 Premiere Date 10/15/13

David's Race

Length 01:28 Premiere Date 10/15/13

Steffen's Plan

Length 01:59 Premiere Date 10/15/13

Traveling Salesman

Length 01:21 Premiere Date 10/15/13

Eye Robot

Length 01:51 Premiere Date 10/10/13

Corkscrew Robot

Length 00:32 Premiere Date 10/10/13

Slow Goldfish

Length 01:39 Premiere Date 10/10/13

Bee Toxin

Length 01:31 Premiere Date 10/10/13

Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Length 03:36 Premiere Date 10/07/13

Invisibility Cloak

Length 01:22 Premiere Date 09/24/13

Shape Memory Alloys

Length 00:32 Premiere Date 09/08/13

Jellyfish

Length 00:38 Premiere Date 09/08/13

Bird Wings

Length 01:56 Premiere Date 09/08/13

Shrinking Chips

Length 01:06 Premiere Date 09/05/13

Pizza Transistor

Length 01:34 Premiere Date 09/05/13

Graphene

Length 01:11 Premiere Date 09/05/13

Wheat Straw Plastic

Length 01:04 Premiere Date 08/29/13

Solar Leaves

Length 00:53 Premiere Date 08/29/13

Battle Jacket

Length 01:49 Premiere Date 08/29/13

Oobleck

Length 00:40 Premiere Date 08/29/13

Magnetic Oobleck

Length 00:54 Premiere Date 08/29/13

Life-Saving Non-Newtonian Fluids

Length 01:43 Premiere Date 08/29/13

Silicon Transistors

Length 00:50 Premiere Date 08/29/13

Starling 8

Length 00:44 Premiere Date 07/15/13

sandy-raw-1-2

Length 00:04 Premiere Date 07/08/13

sandy-raw-5-1

Length 01:02 Premiere Date 07/08/13

Chemotherapy Goes Small

Length 01:17 Premiere Date 07/01/13

The Making of a Cloud Old

Length 03:10 Premiere Date 06/30/13

Why So Many Cloud Types?

Length 03:35 Premiere Date 06/30/13

Clouds and Weather

Length 03:21 Premiere Date 06/30/13

Severe Storms

Length 03:37 Premiere Date 06/30/13

The Climate Wild Card

Length 03:02 Premiere Date 06/30/13

Life on Europa?

Length 02:25 Premiere Date 06/09/13

CloudLab_Megastorm_03

Length 01:41 Premiere Date 05/29/13

CloudLab_Megastorm_04

Length 01:43 Premiere Date 05/29/13

CloudLab_Megastorm_05

Length 01:04 Premiere Date 05/29/13

CloudLab_Megastorm_06

Length 00:40 Premiere Date 05/29/13

CloudLab_Megastorm_07

Length 03:07 Premiere Date 05/29/13

CloudLab_Megastorm_01

Length 00:35 Premiere Date 05/28/13

CloudLab_Megastorm_02

Length 00:31 Premiere Date 05/28/13

What Made the 1918 Flu So Deadly?

Length 01:28 Premiere Date 05/13/13

How the 1918 Flu Infected People

Length 00:25 Premiere Date 05/13/13

Fertilizing the Amazon

Length 03:27 Premiere Date 04/21/13

Flu Probabilities

Length 01:53 Premiere Date 04/16/13

Rare Earth Elements

Length 04:17 Premiere Date 04/01/13

CHNOPS: Ingredients for Life

Length 02:36 Premiere Date 03/12/13

Electromagnetic Spectrum

Length 00:44 Premiere Date 02/28/13

MODIS Sensor

Length 00:26 Premiere Date 02/28/13

Solving the Storage Problem

Length 02:26 Premiere Date 10/25/12

Putting Energy to Use Old

Length 02:14 Premiere Date 10/08/12

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Operation Space Station: Science and Survival

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Superfloods

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Ancient Desert Death Trap

S52 E17 Length 53:21 Premiere Date 10/22/25

Human: Building Empires

S52 E16 Length 53:32 Premiere Date 10/15/25

Human: Into the Americas

S52 E15 Length 53:25 Premiere Date 10/08/25

Human: Neanderthal Encounters

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Human: Journeys

S52 E13 Length 53:25 Premiere Date 09/24/25

Human: Origins

S52 E12 Length 53:32 Premiere Date 09/17/25

Ultimate Crash Test: Impact

S52 E11 Length 53:27 Premiere Date 05/14/25

Ultimate Crash Test: Countdown

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Critical Condition: Health in Black America

S52 E9 Length 1:36:42 Premiere Date 04/30/25

Secrets of the Forest

S52 E8 Length 53:41 Premiere Date 04/16/25

Revolutionary War Weapons

S52 E7 Length 53:39 Premiere Date 04/09/25

Baltimore Bridge Collapse

S52 E6 Length 53:32 Premiere Date 02/26/25

Pompeii's Secret Underworld

S52 E5 Length 53:40 Premiere Date 02/19/25

Egypt's Tombs of Amun

S52 E4 Length 53:40 Premiere Date 02/12/25

Dino Birds

S52 E3 Length 53:35 Premiere Date 02/05/25

Extreme Airport Engineering

S52 E2 Length 53:40 Premiere Date 01/29/25

What Are UFOs?

S52 E1 Length 53:29 Premiere Date 01/22/25

These Are the World’s Oldest Mummies

Clip Length 02:49 Premiere Date 12/09/25

The Next Big Earthquake Could Sink Parts of the Pacific Northwest

Clip Length 05:08 Premiere Date 08/04/25

How Harvard Discovered It Has an Original Copy of the Magna Carta

Clip Length 03:13 Premiere Date 07/10/25

This Giant Telescope Will Reveal The Universe in Unbelievable Detail

Clip Length 05:59 Premiere Date 07/07/25

The Science of Scratch-Offs: What Your Brain Can’t Resist

Clip Length 06:39 Premiere Date 07/07/25

These Smart Glasses Know Who You Are, and Much More

Clip Length 04:18 Premiere Date 04/17/25

Secrets of the Forest Preview

Preview Length 00:30 Premiere Date 04/16/25

Why Just Planting Trees Won’t Save the Planet

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4 Ways the Universe Could End

Clip Length 05:07 Premiere Date 03/13/25

Do Aliens Exist? This Famous Equation Offers a Clue

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The Rocket-Less Future of Space Travel

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Building Blocks of Life Discovered on Distant Asteroid

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This Asteroid Might Make Impact With Earth in 2032

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Stone Age Temple Mystery - S53 E6

New evidence sheds light on Turkey's Gobekli Tepe, the world's oldest temple, and how archaeologists think about the roots of civilization.

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The Planets: Mars - S46 E13

Premiered On: 07/24/2019

Mars was once a blue water-world studded with active volcanoes. But when its magnetic field and protective atmosphere faded, it became the frozen desert planet we know today. With so many necessary elements in place, did life ever form on Mars?

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Pompeii's Secret Underworld - S52 E5

Archaeologists uncover new truths about Pompeii, a wealthy Roman playground with dark secrets.

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Baltimore Bridge Collapse - S52 E6

Explores the March 2024 collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, a busy four-lane bridge that served as a crucial link in the global shipping chain on the U.S. Eastern Seaboard.

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Building the Eiffel Tower - S51 E3

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Mammal Origins - S53 E4

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Can Dogs Talk? - S53 E3

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Angkor: Hidden Jungle Empire - S53 E2

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Asteroids: Spark of Life? - S53 E1

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Secrets of the Forest

Recent Episodes

Stone Age Temple Mystery

Mammal Origins

Can Dogs Talk?

Angkor: Hidden Jungle Empire

Asteroids: Spark of Life?

Operation Space Station: Science and Survival

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Clips & Previews

These Are the World’s Oldest Mummies

The Next Big Earthquake Could Sink Parts of the Pacific Northwest

How Harvard Discovered It Has an Original Copy of the Magna Carta

This Giant Telescope Will Reveal The Universe in Unbelievable Detail

The Science of Scratch-Offs: What Your Brain Can’t Resist

These Smart Glasses Know Who You Are, and Much More

Secrets of the Forest Preview

Why Just Planting Trees Won’t Save the Planet

4 Ways the Universe Could End

Do Aliens Exist? This Famous Equation Offers a Clue

The Rocket-Less Future of Space Travel

Building Blocks of Life Discovered on Distant Asteroid

This Asteroid Might Make Impact With Earth in 2032

Specials

Interview: Discovering Dark Energy and the Hubble Tension with Nobel Prize Winner Adam Riess

Interview: Evolution of New Species, Venom, Wings, and More with Sean B. Carroll

Interview: De-Extinction, Dire Wolves, and Jurassic Park with Beth Shapiro

Particles of Thought: The Extremophile’s Guide to Life

Interview: The Animal Translator with Erich Jarvis

Interview: Brain Guru with Heather Berlin

Interview: Bob and Mike’s Big Idea with Bob Hazen and Mike Wong

Interview: Black Hole Badass with Janna Levin

Interview: The Deepfake Detective with Hany Farid

Interview: Mind of a Fossil Hunter with Kirk Johnson

When Machines Prescribe

Sands of Time

Keepers of the Coastline

Tides of Tradition

Standing the Heat

Megadroughts and Indigenous Voices

Harvesting the Future

Sea Change: Survival in the Gulf of Maine

Sea Change: Peril in the Gulf of Maine

Sea Change: Bounty in the Gulf of Maine

When Whales Could Walk (Español)

Ancient Builders of the Amazon (Español)

Ancient Maya Metropolis (Español)

Picture a Scientist (with Audio Description)

Treasures Metals Eiffel Tower

A Labyrinth of Lava

From Mud to Rock

Finding Stromatolites

Stromatolites Were Kings

Ancient Life

Millions of Years Captured in Chalk

A Fourteen-Foot Fish From Kansas

Hell Creek Formation

No Dinosaurs Above the Line

Mammal Survivors

Dinosaur Fossils

King of Gore

Driving Dinosaur Diversity

Pangea

Making Granite From Volcanic Rock

A Massive Volcanic Eruption

Rock Time Capsules

The Sandstone Top of the Canyon

Fossil-Filled Limestone

The Grand Canyon's Oldest Rocks

From Lava to Land

Semi-Precious Pebbles

Five Steps of Volcanic Rock

Tearing North America Apart

Fossilized Sand Dunes

Volcanoes of Sand

Rockies 2.0

Manhattan Schist

Manhattan Skyline

New York's Mountains

Mendenhall Glacier