Watch Wild Hope

  • 2023
  • 2 Seasons

Along the tropical coast of Gujarat, fishing communities have long used oil from whale sharks to waterproof their boats. Then, a spiritual leader likened the sharks to daughters who come home to give birth to their children. The number of sharks that were harvested fell from 900 a year to fewer than 10--and that gives the next generation of world's largest fish a much greater chance.

Wild Hope is a series that ran for 2 seasons (35 episodes) between July 31, 2023 and on HHMI Tangled Bank Studios

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Mission Impossible
27. Mission Impossible
November 18, 2024
It was a late-career epiphany that led
Guano Gold
26. Guano Gold
October 28, 2024
Economic growth and wildlife conservation often run in conflict, but Mozambican scientist Cesaria Huo hopes to support a new sustainable and economically viable model for harvesting a potent natural resource: bat guano.
Pangolin Protectors
25. Pangolin Protectors
October 21, 2024
Pangolins, the only scaled mammals in the world, are threatened by the illegal wildlife trade. But in Mozambique
Way of the Elephants
24. Way of the Elephants
October 7, 2024
Elephants often move great distances along paths handed down from one generation to the next; but sometimes crops or homes are in the way. An organization in Karnataka has helped relocate entire human communities to establish a wilderness corridor. Today, 13 countries have agreed to consider elephants
Whale Shark Homecoming
23. Whale Shark Homecoming
September 23, 2024
Along the tropical coast of Gujarat, fishing communities have long used oil from whale sharks to waterproof their boats. Then, a spiritual leader likened the sharks to daughters who come home to give birth to their children. The number of sharks that were harvested fell from 900 a year to fewer than 10--and that gives the next generation of world
AI of the Tiger
22. AI of the Tiger
September 4, 2024
Thanks to extraordinary conservation efforts, nearly 3200 wild tigers live in India. Researchers and tech entrepreneurs have teamed up to deploy camera traps that use AI to recognize the big cats (and even poachers!) in the photos they take. They even notify authorities within 30 seconds to warn nearby communities and reduce the threat to villagers, livestock, and the tigers themselves.
Stork Sisters
21. Stork Sisters
August 26, 2024
In parts of India, the greater adjutant stork was an ill omen, and so has become endangered. But when Purnima Devi witnessed fellow villagers chop down a tree crowned with the storks
Cougar Crossing
20. Cougar Crossing
August 12, 2024
Cougar P-22 inspired an effort to build the world
The Great Ocean Cleanup
19. The Great Ocean Cleanup
July 22, 2024
At the age of 18, Boyan Slat founded The Ocean Cleanup and set out to clean plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. 10 years later, they
Unleaded
18. Unleaded
July 8, 2024
Golden eagles are falling victim to deadly lead poisoning introduced to the wild by another potent hunter: us. Across the nation, fragments from lead bullets in the entrails hunters leave behind are poisoning eagles and the other wildlife that scavenge them. But there
America's BFF
17. America's BFF
June 24, 2024
Black-footed ferrets have come back from near extinction thanks to breeding, cloning and reintroduction programs that have brought them back to the western prairie. Now, these wild populations are threatened by a plague that targets the prairie dogs they depend on for food--and even the ferrets themselves. Their best chance? To vaccinate both predator and prey to keep both populations alive.
Protecting Paradise
16. Protecting Paradise
June 10, 2024
Marine biologist Callie Veenlenturf came to the Pearl Islands to study sea turtles, but soon helped spark passage of remarkable laws that grant legal rights to nature and the turtles themselves. Now, she and the local fishing community are tagging turtles to find where they go and using their data and the new laws to create a wildlife refuge for whales, whale sharks and other marine species.
Jaguar Passage
15. Jaguar Passage
May 27, 2024
More than 35 percent of land in Belize is protected, and that
Road Warriors
14. Road Warriors
May 13, 2024
Brazil has over a million miles of roads, and Fernanda Abra has devoted herself to making them less dangerous to local wildlife and biodiversity. Through over 30 projects across the country, she works to minimize roadkill and habitat fragmentation by installing canopy bridges above and underpasses beneath major roadways and railways.
Rebuilding a Forest
13. Rebuilding a Forest
April 22, 2024
Mauricio Ruiz planted his first tree when he was five years old. By the time he was fourteen, he was putting out local fires to protect the forest. In the 24 years since, he has built an organization that has reconnected 20,000 hectares of forest, planted 4.5 million trees, partnered with over 1000 local people, and is now looking to speed up reforestation by using drones.
One Golden Chance
12. One Golden Chance
April 8, 2024
In the past 40 years, golden lion tamarins became a symbol of conservation success when a worldwide breeding and reintroduction program brought their numbers in the wild from 200 to over 3700. Then, yellow fever jumped from humans to the primates and began to decimate their population. Now, an innovative vaccination program has not only stabilized the population, but is now allowing it to recover.
The Frog Ark
11. The Frog Ark
March 18, 2024
In the past 50 years, a deadly fungus known as chytrid has decimated amphibian populations around the world and left a staggering 40% at risk of extinction. In Panama, scientists are fighting back, breeding insurance populations of vulnerable species in a manmade rainforest and discovering promising new avenues to develop a vaccine against the threat.
Rewilding Rio
10. Rewilding Rio
March 4, 2024
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Birds on the Brink
9. Birds on the Brink
February 19, 2024
Humans have introduced new species of plants and animals since they first arrived on the Hawai
Seabird Sanctuary
8. Seabird Sanctuary
February 5, 2024
Petrels and shearwaters are sea birds that spend most of their lives out over the open ocean, but they return to land once a year to breed and raise their young. Conservationists on the island of Maui are safeguarding their rookeries by installing predator-proof fences around them and attracting the birds inside with decoys and audio recordings.
Coral Comeback
7. Coral Comeback
January 24, 2024
Kira Hughes has witnessed how a warming ocean killed up to 80% of the coral in reefs around Oahu over the past ten years. But she and her colleagues, along with help from the local community, are now breeding the thermally-resistant corals to survive future
Return of the Manatees
6. Return of the Manatees
January 8, 2024
Today, manatees are experiencing what scientists call a UME (an unusual mortality event) where some 1000 of them are dying each year; a crisis for a population of only 7000. But citizens in the manatee stronghold of Crystal River have pioneered an approach to restore critical seagrass that now shows promise to help the gentle giants throughout their range.
A Farm Goes Wild
5. A Farm Goes Wild
December 11, 2023
Derek Gow is a farmer in western England, or at least he was. Now, he
Turtle Trackers
4. Turtle Trackers
November 27, 2023
Three species of sea turtles nesting along the southeast coast of Florida face a range of threats to their survival. Thanks to conservation measures, greens and loggerheads are thriving, but leatherbacks remain at risk. Researchers know little about them, so they
The Serpent's Lair
3. The Serpent's Lair
November 13, 2023
In the face of extreme habitat loss, wildlife biologist Dr. Chris Jenkins puts an ambitious plan in motion to save two uniquely American reptiles, the eastern indigo snake and the gopher tortoise, and the forest they call home.
Vertical Meadows
2. Vertical Meadows
October 30, 2023
As urban expansion quickly replaces natural habitats, facade engineer Alistair Law has created a radically new way to restore native ecosystems for pollinators and create natural spaces for us all within cities--by turning the walls of buildings and construction sites into meadows.
Gardener to Guardian
1. Gardener to Guardian
October 16, 2023
Amid collapsing biodiversity worldwide, Mary Reynolds of Ireland is building a movement to turn gardeners into guardians of the planet, by returning our own patch of land to nature and restoring hope that individual action can create lasting change.
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Where to Watch Wild Hope
Wild Hope is available for streaming on the HHMI Tangled Bank Studios website, both individual episodes and full seasons. You can also watch Wild Hope on demand at Prime Video and Amazon.
  • Premiere Date
    July 31, 2023
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