What Can Be Saved?
Heroic efforts to save or revive ecosystems are being waged around the world, reversing some of humankind’s most destructive past actions and preserving vital natural habitats in the face of climate change.
WATCH: Episode 12 - Everglades Evolution | What Can Be Saved?
Nearly two decades and $4 billion into a sweeping restoration program, new data about the pace of climate change has raised questions about how much of Everglades National Park can ever be regained.
Spotlight Synopsis: What Can Be Saved?
Efforts to restore Everglades | What Can Be Saved?
Sanctuaries safeguard the seas | What Can Be Saved?
Butterfly on a bomb range: Endangered Species Act at work | What Can Be Saved?
China wants its own Yellowstone | What Can Be Saved?
Ghost ponds come back to life | What Can Be Saved?
Gorillas rise against the odds | What Can Be Saved?
Dams threaten wild river | What Can Be Saved?
Owl killings spur moral debate | What Can Be Saved?
How to live alongside lions | What Can Be Saved?
Planting trees on scarred lands | What Can Be Saved?
Preserving science in Venezuela | What Can Be Saved?
Jamaica corals come back from the brink | What Can Be Saved?
WATCH: Episode 11 - Safeguarding the Seas | What Can Be Saved?
Off the U.S. coast, a decades-old marine sanctuary has emerged as a global inspiration for safeguarding our oceans.
WATCH: Episode 10 - Fight for Survival | What Can Be Saved?
The tiny St. Francis Satyr butterfly is found in only one place on Earth: on a military base in North Carolina. It’s among more than 1,600 U.S. species that have been protected by the Endangered Species Act.
WATCH: Episode 9 - China's Yellowstone | What Can Be Saved?
China wages an enormously ambitious plan to protect and restore natural habitats in one of the most densely populated places on Earth, building on the example of pioneers of the U.S. national parks system.
WATCH: Episode 8 - Ghosts of the Past | What Can Be Saved?
Ghost ponds. Prairie potholes. Around the world, efforts are being made to reclaim wetlands that have been filled in and plowed over.
WATCH: Episode 6 - Wild River | What Can Be Saved?
The Vjosa is one of Europe’s last wild rivers, but it faces threat from dam construction. As pressure to build dams intensifies in less developed countries, the opposite is happening in the U.S. and western Europe.
WATCH: Episode 5 - Owl vs. Owl | What Can Be Saved?
Kill an owl to save another owl? Sometimes uncomfortable choices are made to save a species from extinction. "Owl vs. Owl" was chosen as an official selection of the 2019 International Wildlife Film Festival.
WATCH: Episode 4 - Living With Lions | What Can Be Saved?
A grand experiment is underway in Tanzania, where people are trying to find a way to coexist with lions. Watch episode 4 of AP's environment series What Can Be Saved?
WATCH: Episode 3- Taking Root | What Can Be Saved?
Around the world, efforts are under way to rebuild forests -- a remedy for climate change. Watch episode three of AP's environment series "What Can Be Saved?" now and tune in next Tuesday for a new episode.
Watch: Episode 2 – Vanishing Venezuela | What Can Be Saved?
Scientists in Venezuela persevere in their quest to study fragile alpine ecosystems as the country's only glacier quickly disappears and their country is in chaos.
WATCH: Episode 1 - Back From The Brink | What Can Be Saved?
Coral reefs are on steep decline all over the world, but care and dedication in Jamaica have helped bring them back from the brink. One effort: growing tiny pieces of coral by hanging them on undersea clotheslines.