The Animal Within

Learn whether the animal kingdom hold the key to immortality; when humans are injured, we have the benefit of medicine and surgery; these skills pale in comparison to nature's super healers.

Each species has undergone eons of beta testing, animal vs. animal, animal vs. element and even animal vs. human; take a peek under the hood of these critters; what does it take to make them top performers?

Speed is a major competitive strategy; while humans measure and focus on how to achieve it in greater quantities, Earth's creatures have adapted and evolved over long periods to achieve acceleration.

Creating and constructing for centuries, humans aren't the only animals built to build; though the process differs greatly across species, nature's architects hold secrets that remain largely unknown.

The human species has long admired strength and power; while people push beyond their own physical capabilities, using science and technology, the animal kingdom has evolved their bodies to achieve things that humans simply dream of.

Fireflies unlock the secret to heat-less light, while hippos create their own sunscreen; in the high north, the arctic cod has evolved to have anti-freeze in its blood; these chemists inspire to dream of a potential future.