The harbor seals gather in a sheltered cove to give birth. But even hidden from predators, there is no guarantee of survival, and we witness the tragic death of one newborn that gets trapped in its amniotic sac. Within a few hours, the pups that survive the birth are already into the waves, getting to know their new watery world.

Life can be hard in the Californian desert, but many plants and animals are adapted to survive the hot, dry conditions. Jackrabbits, owls, hummingbirds, and the green stick tree all thrive in this harsh climate as they wait for the rare blessing of rain.

Here is a new take on a classic Christmas song by British electronic music band Clean Bandit. The smooth beats and vocals of the song are mixed with some levity and silliness in the music video.

Decades later, the events of the nineteen eighty-eight Winter Olympics seem harder and harder to believe, even to the men at the heart of the original Jamaican Bobsled team. But it really did happen, and the proof is in the strong sporting and commercial legacy they leave for the next generations.

Alive since ancient times, the giant sequoia trees stand colossal and majestic. Deep in the valley, a pair of coyote hunt in the winter snow, while in the Mojave Desert, Joshua trees and cactus plants have adapted to survive the searing heat.

“Lover” is the title track from Taylor Swift's album of the same name. Taylor revealed that she considers this song a kind of love letter to all the heartbreak she ever wrote about in the past, which she now knows to have been worth it.

Brothers Dudley and Chris had the honor of being part of the first ever Jamaican bobsled team, competing at the nineteen eighty-eight Winter Olympics. We hear the true story of how this unlikely team came into existence, and how Chris went from being a spectator to an Olympic competitor with less than a week’s training.

James Blunt sings “Cold,” the first single from his album Once Upon A Mind. James seems to be lacking warmth in his life as he sings about his loneliness and his faraway love a thousand miles across the cold ocean.

Watch the famous speech delivered by Charlie Chaplin's character in the film The Great Dictator from 1940. "We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery we need humanity. More than cleverness we need kindness and gentleness."

This is Dido performing “Thank You,” the hit song from her debut album No Angel. Life is not always easy, but Dido is thankful to have a special person who makes everything all right.

Every fall, the monarch butterflies migrate back to their breeding grounds in California. These fascinating and stunningly beautiful creatures weigh only a gram, yet travel extraordinary distances to complete their lifecycle. In the early spring, deep in the Yosemite valley, the sun warms the wet ground, forming clouds of misty fog.

The Ocean Cleanup is a Netherlands-based, non-government environmental engineering organization that develops technology to extract plastic pollution from the oceans. They have developed a "passive" cleanup system that takes advantage of the natural oceanic forces of wind, water, and currents.

"Nothing Breaks Like a Heart" is the lead single from British musician Mark Ronson’s album Late Night Feelings and features American superstar Miley Cyrus, with whom he co-wrote the song. It carries the unmistakable melancholy of something coming to an end, or as she sings, "Things fall apart, but nothing breaks like a heart."

Opposition MPs react after parliament voted against Boris Johnson's extremely tight Brexit bill timetable, which the government said was necessary to reach the prime minister’s target of leaving the EU on October 31st.

Kelp is a fascinating plant. What we see on the surface has little in common with what's actually there. Californian harbor seals are mammals but they do a lot of hunting underwater.