“We are perishing for want of wonder, not for want of wonders.” ~G.K. Chesterton
Your Content Goes Here At first glance, vultures are seldom considered as beautiful creatures. Their long necks, beady eyes, and hooked beaks can seem ominous and unappealing. Yet, these huge birds of prey are designed for a mission that is absolutely essential to the balance of life on earth. They
Your Content Goes Here In 1941, work on Mt. Rushmore was completed in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The colossal monument—featuring the faces of four presidents—is a silent testimony to American history, the spirit of democracy and something more. You see, this brilliant work of art also conveys a
Your Content Goes Here In December 1964, the story of a Pacific salmon’s extraordinary journey to reach its home waters captured the imagination of the world. Nicknamed “Indomitable”, a relentless Cojo salmon battled its way through a series of perilous obstacles to reach the exact location where it was born.
Your Content Goes Here The Pacific Salmon is an icon of the animal kingdom and a spectacular example of biological purpose and design in the living world. There are five different species of these remarkable fish, and each year millions of them migrate from the Pacific Ocean to the exact
Your Content Goes Here Every year, millions of Monarch butterflies travel up to 2500 miles to reach a dozen small patches of forest in central Mexico. There, they spend the winter safe from the freezing temperatures in Canada and the midwestern United States. These fragile insects have no idea where
Your Content Goes Here For more than 20 centuries, mathematicians, artists and engineers have marveled at the structure of the honeybee hive. Comprised of thousands of perfect hexagonal cells, every inch of a honeycomb wall is a masterpiece of design. Now, recent discoveries have cast even greater light on the
Your Content Goes Here A hummingbird in flight is among the most beautiful creatures on Earth. Designed to hover and fly in every direction (including up-side-down), these tiny birds are endowed with aeronautical abilities that have fascinated scientists and school children for centuries. But how are they capable of such
Your Content Goes Here Every February, a stunning natural phenomenon lights up a granite cliff face in Yosemite Valley. Now known as the “Firefall”, this wondrous display appears for a few minutes on clear nights at sunset during the last two weeks of February. The Yosemite Firefall is the result
Your Content Goes Here Few animals in the living world are more intriguing and beloved than elephants. Beyond their size and power, they are endowed with impressive intelligence, memory, and manual dexterity. Their trunks (equipped with more than 40,000 individual muscles) are marvels of biological engineering and the subject of
Your Content Goes Here On a winter evening in England a flock of 200,000 European starlings congregate to soar in breathtaking formations before roosting for the night. These incredible displays of aerial precision are truly a wonder of creation. Related Videos A BIRD
Your Content Goes Here For all of its power and global scale, it’s possible the largest and most important social media network on our planet isn’t the World Wide Web. Instead, scientists have identified and studied underground communication systems--made of fungi and roots—that enable trees to exchange nutrients, nurture their
Your Content Goes Here Dolphins rank among the most intelligent, elegant and popular animals on earth. There are at least 37 different species, and they thrive in oceans throughout the world. A dolphin’s sophisticated echolocation system enables it to effectively navigate and hunt for food in often dark and murky
Your Content Goes Here On Christmas Day 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope was launched into an orbit that would position the instrument more than a million miles from Earth. It was a banner achievement in the history of astronomy for this extraordinary tool of exploration is at least 100
Your Content Goes Here It’s not particularly big, fast, or strong, yet the archerfish is one of the most proficient hunters in all of nature. Inhabiting shallow estuaries from India to Australia, the archer generates powerful jets of fluid that routinely dislodge insects clinging to branches up to six feet
Your Content Goes Here It has been said that “nature is the art of God.” When looking at our planet from 200 miles above its surface, the truth of that observation comes into magnificent focus. This unforgettable video is a celebration of Earth’s natural beauty and the artistry of its
Your Content Goes Here Sir Isaac Newton. The name is on every shortlist of “the greatest scientific minds in history.” By the age of 25, Newton had laid the foundations for his monumental discoveries of the laws of motion, principles of optics and light, and the invention of calculus. More
Your Content Goes Here In a world filled with living wonders, fireflies rank among the most fascinating and unique. These insects are bioluminescent—they produce their own illumination through a complex chemical process that takes place inside of their abdomens. Their bright flashes are patterned to create distinctive codes that attract
Your Content Goes Here Every year, the Arctic tern (a bird weighing less than five ounces) completes one of the greatest journeys in the animal kingdom. In their constant search for daylight, moderate temperatures and small fish on which to feed, the terns literally follow the sun from the North
Your Content Goes Here Humpback whales. They are among the largest and most magnificent creatures on Earth. But how did these warm blooded, air-breathing, fully aquatic mammals come into existence? Evolutionary scientists have long proposed a slow, gradual process driven by random mutations and natural selection. Yet, 21st century biology
Your Content Goes Here It has been said that nature is often the greatest inspiration for human technology. An excellent example of this observation is the winged seed of a maple tree. These fragile, yet ingenious creations are designed to transport packages of life more than mile from their parent
Your Content Goes Here Sir Isaac Newton once wrote that “in the absence of any other proof, my thumb alone would convince me of God’s existence.” Newton’s observation takes on even greater relevance when applied to the 206 bones that make up the human skeleton. In this engaging video, you’ll
Your Content Goes Here There’s an old proverb that says, “God is in the details.” The truth of those words has never been more obvious. Every day, 21st century technology opens extraordinary windows on biological systems once too small to see with our unaided eyes. In this fascinating video, superb
Your Content Goes Here Few sights in nature are as beautiful and wondrous as a bird in the air. This visually stunning short film explores the biological systems that make avian flight possible. In the process, compelling evidence for the purpose, foresight, and design on display throughout the created order
Your Content Goes Here Of all the epic animal migrations on earth, the sea turtle’s odyssey is one of the most remarkable. After hatching, baby sea turtles instinctively race to the sea where they float, swim, and grow for many years. Then, after reaching maturity, each uses a sophisticated navigational
Your Content Goes Here On a planet filled with living organisms that are wonderfully equipped to travel though water, one surprising creature stands out as the most efficient swimmer of them all—the jellyfish. This remarkable animal has no skeleton, blood or heart, yet it’s designed to expend the least amount
Your Content Goes Here On a winter morning they fall gracefully from the sky. Snowflakes – some of the most beautiful works of art to adorn planet earth. But how do these extraordinary creations take shape? Through breathtaking macro and time-lapse photography and computer animation, explore the science behind the
Your Content Goes Here It is considered to be one of the most thrilling displays of animal behavior on earth – a hundred thousand starlings in flight. These small birds gather into highly coordinated formations, while moving at speeds up to 50mph. But how is such precision possible without instruction
Your Content Goes Here In Romans 1:20 the Apostle Paul explained that glimpses of God’s invisible attributes and divine character are revealed through the things He has made. In other words, the entire created order – including the universe, planet earth and every living creature – tells us something important
Your Content Goes Here Enter a living human cell to discover a world of unimaginable precision, complexity and design. Measuring less than 2/1000th of an inch in diameter, the cell is packed with molecular machinery that makes life possible. These microscopic wonders include our DNA – the genetic code. Through
Your Content Goes Here Few events in nature can rival the extraordinary life cycle of a butterfly. This stunning transformation from a slow, earth-bound caterpillar to a magnificent flying insect is the epitome of mystery and wonder. Through breathtaking photography and cutting edge research you’ll explore this miracle of God’s
Your Content Goes Here Of all the world’s wonders there is perhaps none greater than God’s creation of human life. From physical gifts like our opposable thumbs and the ability to walk upright, to our capacity for self-awareness, speech, creativity and rational thought, we are, to quote the psalmist, “fearfully
Your Content Goes Here A ripened fruit catapults its seeds to fertile soil. Dead tissue is energized to move dynamically under its own power. A seed sows itself. Witness all this and more in the fascinating life cycle of a plant known as stork’s bill. This unforgettable video is a
Your Content Goes Here To fuel its heart and wings, a hummingbird eats 4-8 times an hour. The mechanisms that enable the bird to consume several times its body weight in nectar each day are revealed in this unforgettable study of biological engineering and intelligent design.
Your Content Goes Here There are at least six million species of animals and each is a masterpiece of biological design, engineering and artistry. Reflect upon the brilliance of God’s creative power in this unforgettable celebration of life on Earth. Related Videos STARLING
Your Content Goes Here Charles Darwin once wrote that the sight of a male peacock’s tail made him physically ill. Why? Because he knew that the gratuitous beauty so prevalent throughout the living world points unmistakably to intelligent design, foresight and plan. Explore the artistry and stunning implications of natural
Your Content Goes Here How did life on Earth begin? Are plants, animals and human beings the products of blind chance and random interactions of matter and energy? Or are the complexity, beauty and diversity inherent in all living organisms confirmation of intelligent design and purpose? Explore the evidence in
Your Content Goes Here The Auroras (or Northern and Southern Lights) rank among the seven greatest natural wonders in the world. For millennia, they have captured the imaginations of anyone who has witnessed their ethereal beauty in the polar skies. HEAVENLY FIRE: The Mystery of the Auroras is an
Your Content Goes Here On February 14, 1990, the Voyager 1 spacecraft photographed Earth from 3.7 billion miles away. The result was one of the most iconic images in history. Astronomer Carl Sagan called it the “pale blue dot”—a reflection of Earth’s insignificance in the cosmos. But, is our planet
Your Content Goes Here The question is timeless. Pondered, throughout history, by human beings of every culture, age, and nationality: how many stars are there in the universe? This fascinating film explores worlds gigantic and microscopic to reveal answers that challenge our perceptions of creation. Travel with us through
Your Content Goes Here In 1929, astronomer Edwin Hubble confirmed that the universe was expanding. This discovery strongly implied that the cosmos had a beginning in the finite past. Robert Jastrow, founding director of NASA’s Goddard Space Institute, reflects on how contemporary evidence—when objectively viewed—points to the existence of a
Your Content Goes Here Take a journey from Earth to the edge of the observable universe—in seven unforgettable minutes. Spectacular computer animation will transport you 45 billion light years to discover glimpses of God’s creative power and divine attributes as revealed through the wonders of the cosmos he once spoke
Your Content Goes Here Enter a fertilized egg to witness the growth of a chicken embryo—a process similar to the development of almost every species of bird. Spectacular animation and live action document extraordinary biological organization from a few cells into an avian masterpiece. Related
Your Content Goes Here A total eclipse of the sun is a mysteriously beautiful display of God’s design and purpose. Explore the science and significance of one of the most remarkable wonders in the universe. Related Videos A HUMMINGBIRD’S TONGUE STARLING