Episode 1 of Dr Rob Brander’s Science Of The Surf series, which covers everything from waves to tides to rips.

Edward Norton discusses the problems that plastic bags pose to our environment, and suggests the practical solution of bring your own bag when you shop.

Ten times more oil than originally thought leaked from a ship to blacken miles of white sand beaches along Australia’s northeast coast, a government official said.

On location for BBC Nature’s Great Events Didier finds “ze sharks were too much aggressive”.

By piecing together a complex ecological puzzle, biologist Willie Smits has found a way to re-grow clearcut rainforest in Borneo, saving local orangutans — and creating a thrilling blueprint for restoring fragile ecosystems.

Capt. Charles Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation first discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch — an endless floating waste of plastic trash. Now he’s drawing attention to the growing, choking problem of plastic debris in our seas.

Watch behind the scenes footage of the clean coal clean ads, directed by the Coen brothers.