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The special follows award-winning actor Mackie in his hometown of New Orleans, where he grew up boating and angling and still practices the sport to...

The story of America's first astronauts, known as the Mercury 7, told through archival news & radio reports, newly transferred & previously unheard...

On a summer's night, there's nothing more magic than watching the soft glow of fireflies switching on and off. Few other life forms on land can light...

Film cameras cruise the Soviet Union's mighty Volga River, providing a view of the Russian people along its 2300-mile length, including looks at the...

David Attenborough sets out on a journey across the seven continents in search of the most impressive and inspiring natural wonders of our planet.

See the world's first MRI scan of a great white shark as Ultimate Shark reveals the extreme engineering and predatory abilities of one of nature's...

Filmmakers follow nine high school students from around the globe as they compete at an international science fair. Facing off against 1,700 of the...

Hundreds of great white sharks have recently appeared on the doorstep of one of America’s most popular tourist destinations, hunting in ways...

From extreme speed to bone crushing bites, big cats are some of the most impressive predators on the planet. Each of them is an incredible animal,...

It is one of Egypt's enduring mysteries. What happened to Nefertiti and her husband, Akhenaten - the radical king, and likely father of King Tut? In...

While dinosaurs may have been some of the mightiest creatures ever to have walked the earth, they also could have been among the most bizarre. With...

The Incredible Machine [also known as Man: The Incredible Machine] is a 1975 American documentary film directed by Irwin Rosten and Ed Spiegel. It...

The story of the origins of the Ebola virus featuring interviews with scientific researchers, Ebola survivors, policy and decision makers, the author...

This new documentary special is about the most intact slave shipwreck found to date and the only one for which we know the full story of the voyage,...

Newly declassified hard drives taken from the compound where Osama bin Laden was killed reveal a groundbreaking look at his personal life.

Researchers investigate whether orcas have begun hunting great white sharks off the coast of New Zealand.

He’s our favorite veterinarian, and now we reveal what makes him so incredible. In this special program, Dr. Jan Pol shares his most intimate...

Embark on an astounding journey across 100,000 light-years to witness key moments in the history of the Milky Way. Using cutting-edge science,...

With little direction, except for a survivor's testimony and a cryptic clue, salvage expert Barry Clifford embarks on the search of a lifetime to...

A team of explorers set out to explore the sea and land of the remote Pitcairn Islands