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Who's Stealing the Water from the Rainforest?

Season 3 Episode 6 | 18m 05s

In Costa Rica’s cloud forest, a biological paradox unfolds: one of America’s wettest ecosystems is dying of thirst. Our investigation follows daring ecologists as they scale 70-foot canopies to solve this high-altitude "whodunit."

Aired: 08/21/26
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