News from Nature - In Mongolia, water intensive gold mining is threatening the health and livelihood of herders and pushing the giant Eurasian trout to extinction. National Geographic Emerging Explorers Tsetsegee Munkhbayar and Zeb Hogan work to rescue Mongolia's land and rivers, as well as a traditional way of life, from mining's devastating effects through restoration projects and a grassroots movement that is shutting down old mines and preventing new ones from opening. Stories from the Wild - A novel idea from a cheetah conservation fund in Namibia finds the big cats with a new and unexpected canine ally. By providing Anatolian shepherd dogs to farmers in an effort to better protect livestock, a naturalist uncovers a way to save countless cheetahs in the process. Field Reports - Mathare, a slum in Kenya where people often feel over-looked and rarely heard, is finding its voice through "Slum TV" - a program that documents people's lives in an effort to improve them. Produced by a small team of amateur Mathare filmmakers, "Slum TV" gives residents a chance to see themselves in a positive light and to speak out about their world. Adventure and Exploration - Habitat loss and slow natural reproduction have landed pandas on the endangered list. At China's Wolong Nature Reserve, scientists oversee an innovative captive breeding program that uses artificial insemination to attempt to increase panda populations faster. However a major earthquake in 2008 destroyed the panda's habitat and cut off their food, threatening the breeding season. Wild Chronicles reports from China on the state of the panda.
