Tonight, in celebration of the West Coast premiere of The Great Animal Orchestra, we tune in to the sounds and the science of the biophony, the total nonhuman symphony of our wild environments.

Explore the complexity and enormity of this grand, once-living organism.

This NOAA buoy gathers data on CO 2 levels, which are increasing in our oceans and affecting marine life.

The Solar Hour Benches are a set of six oval benches, each with a slit aperture aligned with the sun for one particular hour: 10:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., noon, 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m. or 3:00 p.m. solar time

Select archived time-lapse sequences that reveal human and natural processes at work.