An Exceptional Species

Be they mermaids or octopuses, artists are pushing the boundaries of species and challenging the place of human beings at the top. 

 Twist meets the singular people who dive into dange,r be they artists, scientists, climbers or photojournalists.

In this episode, we discover with the journalist Pierre Girard how cows can make the activity of a farm more respectful of nature.

Indonesia is the second largest producer of plastic waste in the sea with the situation set to get worse. 

The scale of our world tests the capacity of the human brain, which struggles to understand the vastness of the universe.

Human beings created art, science, philosophy and religion. But they have also exploited the world and each other and could make their planet uninhabitable.

The probability of life existing nowhere else but on Earth is slim.

In the history of the earth, the age of man is no more than a brief moment in time.

Human beings are perhaps not the dominant species they think they are. Many other species are more numerous, larger, live longer, are more powerful or resilient.

Marking the opening of the 60th edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival, RAYE invites a host of international pop stars to join her on stage for an evening of music.

An odyssey through Iran in search of a lost father for one Tehrani teenager and her friends.

Ukrainian phenomenon Carpetman brings his swaying electro to the ESNS festival.

The calming voice of Amie Blu in an intimate session.

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

After years of moving towards a cashfree society, Europe is weighing up the risks.

Despite its shift toward authoritarianism, Turkey is a strategic partner for the EU.

An old man swims in the sea. As he moves through the water, memories resurface... 

In the 17th century, many Dutch women painters excelled at depicting the natural world in their art.

It’s a police investigation that stretches to 1,000 pages. ARTE Book Club focuses on the highly acclaimed Russian classic.