Videos

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  Cool Job: Ancient DNA Detective

  Generally, the best way to study how the Earth was in prehistoric times is to learn more about the animals that lived back then. That’s where Beth Shapiro comes in. As a self...

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  Cool Job: Ecological Adventurer

  Ecologist and explorer Mark Moffett has trekked across the globe to find his stories and capture them on film. Just like the creatures he photographs, Mark can be found crawling...

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  Spotlight: Do Not Touch the Frog

  Strip away the trimmings of a traditional science presentation, add cocktails, and you have WSF Spotlight. Here, ecologist and National Geographic photographer Mark Moffett...

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  What Biodiversity Really Means

  At the present rate of extinction, some biologists predict that we could lose half of the species on the planet by 2100. Every individual’s very existence, every single day, is...

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  Spinning Spider Yarns

  Mark Moffet is an ecologist and wildlife photographer by trade, but he is also naturally gifted in spinning yarns. Here, Moffet shares exceptional stories about...

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  Let’s Talk about Frogs

  There are roughly 1.75 million identified frog species in the world, and biologists estimate that there are between 5 and 50 million species that are still completely unknown to...

Blog Posts

• Diary of an Adventurer

  Today on WSFtv, we are featuring clips of legendary adventurer Mark Moffett. An ecologist and photographer by trade, and once called “the Indiana Jones of Entomology,” Moffett's work has graced the pages of countless books and publications including National Geographic and...

• Instant Reaction: Cool Jobs

  What happens when you take a comic-book inspired climbing device, prehistoric mammoth remains, a wisecracking robot, and a six pound frog—then wrap them in a beatboxed, lyrical package? You get some really cool jobs.