Before cowboys and before the Gold Rush, there were the original outlaws of the West -- the truly untamed animals that call America home. Elephant seals settling their scores with blood; black and brown bears prospecting for pink gold in the form of thousands of salmon; and bobcats exploring the New World alone. Join National Geographic as we venture inside the coasts, deserts and mountains where these wild creatures roam.
The tropical islands that lie between Asia and Australia are among the biologically richest on earth, and home to a vast number of plants and animals. From tree kangaroos to tarsiers, manta rays to mudskippers, the region abounds with life. But why? The answer lies deep in time, due to the many millions of years these islands have existed - and the power of the earth, the sun and the moon.
Disasters can strike anywhere, anytime. Expert analysis of the available evidence is used to recreate real-world disasters in cutting-edge 3D graphics. We can dissect them, peel back the layers, and even freeze time to reveal a disaster’s hidden and surprising causes-- a paperwork error, a bad glue job, or changing a restaurant’s opening hours. Whatever it is, "Disaster Autopsy" will uncover it.
Big Fix Alaska chronicles the wild adventures of a full service master mechanic shop that takes on high-risk jobs across the frozen Tundra. Risking life and limb on every job, this charismatic 10+ man team of Alaska roughnecks brave the elements and work around the clock repairing super machines under the harshest conditions and in the most remote places in the world.
Alaska Wing Men is an American documentary television series on the National Geographic Channel. The show primarily follows the daily lives of bush pilots that fly to and from various small rural villages throughout Alaska. The series premiered on January 10, 2011
This three-part limited series that traces the rise and fall of maverick scientist and explorer Tommy Thompson — from his life-changing discovery of the wreck of the S.S. Central America to the turmoil that led to his prison sentence.
Long before humans evolved, our planet was home to some of the most vicious predators ever to have lived. Step back in time to one of the most amazing eras in the history of planet earth and meet terrifying ancient predators.
Hobbyist metal detectorists "King George" Wyant and his buddy Tim "The Ringmaster" Saylor travel the country looking for lost relics of history. They are invited by landowners, historians and archaeologists to go on a quest, and in their own way, a crusade, to unearth history that would have otherwise been forgotten.
Python Hunters is a television series airing on the National Geographic Channel. The series also airs on National Geographic Wild and on OLN in Canada. The show deals with animal control officers who deal with invasive species in Florida, namely the Burmese python and monitor lizards. Season two of the series began airing on April 29, 2011.
North Carolina is home to the world's largest zoo, with 2,600 acres, large natural habitats and more than 1,800 animals in its care. The show features several Zoo staff, including keepers and veterinarians, and highlight stories, including routine animal husbandry, emergency procedures and the Zoo’s work in conservation and rescue and release of injured wildlife
From termite mounds that in relative terms are twice as tall as the Sears Building , to the elaborate nests of birds and the deadly traps of spiders, the constructions of the animal world can amaze and at times humble our own engineering and technology. But how do creatures with such small brains build these complex structures? We're going to build human sized version of these incredible structures and live in them!