Brendan Price

Stream now with the PBS app + YouTube / Watch Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025 at 8:30 p.m. on KPBS 2. Ancient Greece laid the foundations of Western art. Traveling from its sun-splashed isles to the rugged mainland to bustling Athens, we trace the rise of Greek culture. We marvel at the timeless Acropolis, perfect Parthenon, and Golden Age theaters. And we watch as art evolves from stiff statues to perfectly balanced Venuses to the exuberant Winged Victory, capturing the spirit of the age.

Ancient Greece laid the foundations of Western art. Traveling from its sun-splashed isles to the rugged mainland to bustling Athens, we trace the rise of Greek culture. We marvel at the timeless Acropolis, perfect Parthenon, and Golden Age theaters. And we watch as art evolves from stiff statues to perfectly balanced Venuses to the exuberant Winged Victory, capturing the spirit of the age.

Stream now with the PBS app + YouTube. We’ve been selectively breeding dogs, crops, and livestock for thousands of years — but to select for resilience in threatened wild species is a new arena. In the case of coral polyps, natural selection shows a promising future for corals able to withstand rising temperatures and resist coral bleaching. So can researchers kick this natural process into high gear fast enough to save coral reefs?

We’ve been selectively breeding dogs, crops, and livestock for thousands of years — but to select for resilience in threatened wild species is a new arena. In the case of coral polyps, natural selection shows a promising future for corals able to withstand rising temperatures and resist coral bleaching. So can researchers kick this natural process into high gear fast enough to save coral reefs?

Stream now with the PBS app + YouTube. Light pollution confuses and disorients seabirds around the globe, luring them towards land — and potentially dangerous situations. However, one Icelandic community has banded together to save lost young puffins.

Light pollution confuses and disorients seabirds around the globe, luring them towards land — and potentially dangerous situations. In the Westman Islands off the southwest coast of Iceland, however, one community has banded together to save lost young puffins.