SCIENCE SUPERHEROES CLIP

Updated on April 22, 2024

Not all superheroes wear capes … some wear lab coats! Watch as Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant and Peter Gros encounter conservation superheroes.

Peter and Dr. Rae meet real-life superheroes of science who are developing cutting-edge tools for protecting the wild. Dr. Rae visits a marine laboratory in California that’s growing an army of giant sea stars in a last-gasp attempt to save the giant kelp forests. Then they hit Channel Islands National Park to learn how scientists stepped in to save one of the world’s rarest foxes from extinction. Finally, Dr. Rae goes behind the scenes at the Saint Louis Zoo to see the robust system they developed to raise thousands of hellbenders for release into the wild.

Want to take a deeper dive? Learn more about hellbenders and Channel Island foxes. Plus, explore the world of kelp forests, home to sea stars and sea otters.

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