Bernhard Grzimek and the Serengeti

‘Green colonialism’ in Rwanda and Kenya means local people lose access to their land in the name of environmental protection.

Some say that animals have a sixth sense: they can predict imminent natural disasters. Are they cleverer than humans?

A journey north from Cape Town through one of South Africa’s most unspoilt and beautiful regions.

Could the Spanish have conquered Mexico without the help of Malinche, a Native American slave who became Hernan Cortés' translator? 

Did French Queen Marie-Antoinette really betray her adopted country? And was Robespierre a dictator or a democrat?

Jiang Qing represented the old ways of the Chinese Communist Party, so she had to go.

Why is Lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander VI, still viewed as a Machiavellian manipulator? 

How did Marie Curie's love affair with the married physicist Paul Langevin become a national story that divided France?

Friedrich Ebert and Rosa Luxemburg comrades on the left - and yet became bitter enemies.

How can we have more fulfilling sex? Ronja von Rönne meets couples and singles who have reinvented their sexuality.

Culture magazine Twist meets artists and creatives to discuss insomnia and how it manifests in their art.

Claude Monet made the cliffs at Étretat famous, but the charming town now suffers from overtourism.

The war in the Middle East is turning into a global oil crisis and fuel costs in Europe are soaring.

How can we age well? Ronja von Rönne trys to find out by talking to chimney sweep Norbert Skrobek, who is close to retirement and Monika Gutte who defies age with a zest for life

Paris city hall is pursuing a green traffic policy: Less cars, more bicycles. But not everybody is pleased.

Using the latest technology, researchers are discovering the bright colours of ancient Greek art and architecture.  

From queer cake sitting to sex positive tasting evenings, Tracks finds out about food and sexuality.

A complex feeling that is both problematic and useful, the latest research on boredom.

A look back at the Jeffrey Epstein's life and how the Epstein Files are exposing corruption at the highest level.