Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
On Hilton Head Island, between the coastal cities of Charleston and Savannah, Lara and her partner Brian are busy restoring their sailboat in preparation for a new voyage across the seas. Lara sells paintings to raise funds for their project, and in their downtime, the pair enjoy exploring the local coastline by kayak.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
The sea off the coast of Charleston is known as one of the best fishing grounds on the East coast. As well as fishermen, there are marine researchers out on the waves. We join a boat where sharks are being caught, tagged, and released in order to monitor their movements and gain a better understanding of their habits and lifecycles.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Marine Biologist Erin Levesque explains the significance of the otolith when examining fish. While Myrtle Beach's extensive sandy shoreline caters to mass tourism, the challenge for local artist Chris Wilson is to find the lesser known extraordinary scenes that inspire his paintings.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Chris Wilson’s dedication to art is unquestionable. A patriotic American artist, his love of the coast and the great outdoors inspires him, though the works are produced at a home studio where he can be unaffected by weather conditions or interruptions.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Despite many years of experience, Nema Triplett is still as enthusiastic about diving as someone discovering the sport for the first time. This area is scattered with many shipwrecks, and a leisure diving industry thrives as a result. Today, a boat full of divers is visiting the wreck of the famous U-352 German submarine which was sunk here during the Second World War.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
From scuba diving to big-game fishing, many activities here involve water. But it was also on this wild, windswept coastline of islands, shallow banks, and sand dunes that the Wright brothers made the first motorized flight in history.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Eva Mendes talks about how PETA awoke her awareness for animal rights. Help to protect our nature and environment by clicking this link before you subscribe to Yabla.
Difficulty:
Beginner
USA
This Yabla news broadcast features stories about two different kinds of animals, one enormous and one tiny. Sometimes we can predict how animals will behave, and sometimes not.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
United Kingdom
People are increasingly interested in seeing animals in natural settings, so traditional jail-like zoos are giving way to open-plan zoos, and to eco-tourism.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
United Kingdom
Barbary macaques are among the most popular tourist attractions in Gibraltar. The apes have a taste for junk food, which enables tourists to see them up close and allows scientists to easily capture them for research.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
United Kingdom
We leave the macaques in Gibraltar to travel to the Galapagos Islands to learn about marine and land iguanas.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
United Kingdom
The segment focuses on the alien striped iguanas of the Galapagos Islands, albinism in a variety of animals, and the peppered moth.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Australia, United Kingdom
The last segment focuses on Australia. We visit the Warrawong Earth Sanctuary, where there are breeding programs to reintroduce such indigenous animals as bandicoots and quolls, creatures that came close to extinction.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Orca365 combines exciting travel opportunities and breathtaking remote communities to help make a difference. Their trips offer a unique mix of full-on action-packed itineraries with the ability to give back and be involved in the communities one visits.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom
Here is a short animated video about the importance of fisheries for food security, health and growth in developing countries, highlighting the commitment of the EU to helping promote sustainable management of seafood resources and inclusive opportunities for trade and growth.
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