Scientist Tyrone Hayes is studying the how agricultural chemicals, including fertilizers and pesticides, are affecting the health of frogs.

Video from NATURE provides students with dramatic examples of the atmospheric and geologic conditions of one of the most extreme desert environments on earth.

This video-enhanced lesson plan explores how the interactions of air, moisture, wind, and topography in Death Valley, CA contribute to an environment of extremes. (Grades 9-12)

California is the land of natural marvels, including a coastal paradise where wildlife and flora thrive in an unspoiled environment.

Sudden oak death is caused by a mysterious fungus, and its victims are California's beloved oak trees, the leafy, stout-stalked emblems of the Big Sur coast.

Big Sur has attracted scientists bent on understanding this remarkable biological melting pot, where plants and animals from different ecosystems mingle side by side.

View the additional web and print resources for NATURE's "Living Edens: Big Sur - California's Wild Coast."