Planet Earth

WATCH: Cute Kids + Cute Animals = This

The Huffington Post | Ileana Llorens | Posted 04.23.2012

Move over, David Attenborough. The "Planet Earth" narrator has competition -- and they haven't even graduated from second grade. In this video, ...

Humble Pie

Seth Shostak | Posted 03.05.2012

Seth Shostak

The next time you check your moves in the mirror and reflect on how special you are, consider that somewhere in this universe or in another parallel universe, your double might be doing the same.

WATCH: The Making Of Earth, From 'A Boiling Ball Of Liquid Rock'

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 09.29.2011

Every once in a while there's something so cool that you forget about work, errands, or whatever else you have to do for a few minutes to watch it. ...

The Best Books For The Armchair Traveler

flavorwire.com | Posted 06.27.2011

Skiing in the Alps, laying back in roomy, first-class seats, shopping in Milan — it’s the life, isn’t it? Unfortunately, it’s not the life tha...

Where are Planet Earth and Humanity Today?

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 05.27.2011

Patrick Takahashi

In the beginning, there was the Big Bang... 13.75 billion years ago. Humans first developed as long as 100,000 years ago. In a 24-hour clock, this i...

Water, Water, Everywhere

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011

George Heymont

What happens when a profession becomes obsolete? Or when no one wishes to carry on a tradition? A tiny community of skin divers in the Korean Strait constitutes the last generation that will earn its living underwater.

Easy on the Eye, Easy on the Planet!

Anna Griffin | Posted 05.25.2011

Anna Griffin

One of the more brilliant aspects of my job as Editor in Chief of Coco Eco is meeting amazing and inspiring people who are out there actively engaged ...

Twitter's earthXplorer: Simply Amazing!

2morrowknight | Posted 05.25.2011

2morrowknight

"What a Wonderful World" could easily be the theme song for the award-winning, world-class adventurer J.D. Andrews, who tweets under the name, earthXplorer.

What Mother Nature Is Saying About Us

Deepak Chopra | Posted 05.25.2011

Deepak Chopra

Today, few people connect ecology with a divine creation. We ruthlessly plunder the limited resources that remain. The question, then, is whether a new set of beliefs about Nature can emerge?

Michael Jackson Remembered: 'Planet Earth' (VIDEO)

Deepak Chopra | Posted 05.25.2011

Deepak Chopra

On the one year anniversary of Michael Jackson's death I'd like to share with you a poem I co-wrote with him which was published in his book "Dancing the Dream."

Open Your Eyes To The Wonder Of Life

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 05.25.2011

Cathleen Falsani

Life, which airs in two one-hour episodes each Sunday night for five weeks, is a joint project between Discovery and the BBC and is the follow-up to the much-heralded, truly epic series Planet Earth.

LIFE Is Here (VIDEO): The Discovery Channel's Planet Earth Follow-Up Begins

Posted 05.25.2011

The moment has arrived-- LIFE is finally here! The 11-part Discovery Channel series exploring the animal kingdom premiered Sunday, and we at HuffPost ...

Our Vanishing Wilderness: First Environmental T.V. Series Now Available Online (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Before Planet Earth came Our Vanishing Wilderness. The 70s environmental T.V. series was groundbreaking for its time, as it was not only the first env...

Under The Sea: Half Of Earth's Life May Lie Below Land, Sea

McClatchy | Robert S. Boyd | McClatchy Newspapers | Posted 05.25.2011

Scientists estimate that nearly half the living material on our planet is hidden in or beneath the ocean or in rocks, soil, tree roots, mines, oil wel...

LIFE, Discovery Channel's New Series, Follows Up On Planet Earth (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Attention all Planet Earth fanatics. After four years of production, the Discovery Channel is releasing a follow-up series called LIFE that will fill ...

The Moon's Feud With NASA

R. B. Stuart | Posted 05.25.2011

R. B. Stuart

NASA came forward today, not to discuss their erroneous decision to lob a Centaur rocket at the moon on October 9, 2009---but to share their probe ...

A Look At Michael Jackson's New Poem 'Planet Earth'

John Lundberg | Posted 11.17.2011

John Lundberg

The newly released Michael Jackson album This It It, a twenty track, two-CD set accompanying the release of the movie of the same name, features one of Jackson's poems, called "Planet Earth."

Fighting the Big Lie of Mass Consumption

Natalia Rose | Posted 05.25.2011

Natalia Rose

Keeping people employed is not a good enough reason to perpetuate the plunder of our precious resources. Convenience is not a good enough reason. Fear of change is not a good enough reason.

Home: A Truly Global Event Celebrating Planet Earth

Cameron Sinclair | Posted 05.25.2011

Cameron Sinclair

Shot in 54 countries, Home takes us on an journey all around the planet, to contemplate and understand how humanity has upset the balance of the planet, established by nearly four billion years of evolution.

Will A Vow Of Poverty Fill The Void In My Soul?

Jim Luce | Posted 11.17.2011

Jim Luce

As I approach my fiftieth birthday, I am feeling incomplete. Part of me - my soul? - is still missing. In secular terms, I think I am not yet in tou...

Disneynature's Earth: Q&A with the Directors

Adriana Dunn | Posted 05.25.2011

Adriana Dunn

"There was no pressure to Disney-fy it in terms of having no hunting. We did want to show the circle of life, and we didn't shy away from that, but we did feel there was a limit."

Earth 2.0: Yes We Can

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 11.17.2011

Alvaro Fernandez

The financial crisis has made obvious the obvious: that we live in a truly new and global world.

Amazon.com Has Best Season Ever

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Amazon.com Inc. said Wednesday its 2007 holiday season was its strongest to date, with Nintendo Wii game systems and the "Harry Potter and the Order o...