Documentary

An asteroid blasted Earth 66 million years ago, wiping out the dinosaurs. How did life recover? Now a massive discovery a trove of fossils from the key first million years after the cataclysm tells the story. With exclusive access, this film recounts a...

Scott Burnett is "Scatman"? an Australian ecologist who believes that fully understanding any animal requires understanding it's poop. By identifying and analyzing an animal's scat for DNA and hormones, he discovers essential details of it's behavior,...

How do you study an animal you can't even get close to? Camera and drone technologies are allowing scientists to watch animals more closely than ever before, without disturbing them. Capturing everything from the unexpected to the comical, these...

Violence is all over the news. But some say were living in the most peaceful time in history. Journey through time and the human mind to investigate whether violence has declined. And witness how people are working to stop violence today.

In February 1946, after his honorable discharge, decorated African-American WWII veteran Isaac Woodard boarded a bus home to North Carolina. His request for a rest stop spurred his removal by South Carolina cops, and the subsequent beating he endured...

Join host Emily Graslie on the road for a fun and fascinating journey around the Dakotas, Montana, Wyoming and Nebraska to explore 2.5 billion years of Earth's history. Each of the three episodes examines different eras in time, focusing on the geology...

Power feeds on fear. Focusing on the years 1950-54, this timely documentary chronicles the rise and fall of Wisconsin junior senator Joseph McCarthy, who relentlessly fueled the country's Cold War paranoia about communist infiltration to target people in...

By 1900, Lyman Frank Baum was a 44-year-old Chicago journalist whose aspirations had taken him around the nation, seeking but not finding fortune as an actor, dry grocer, publisher, and traveling salesman. That year, his dreams to craft children's...

When the Notre Dame cathedral caught fire in April 2019, Paris came very close to losing over 800 years of history. Now engineers are in a different race against time: to rebuild the roof and secure the medieval structure. Underneath the charred...

David Attenborough narrates this fascinating look at hippos, who are considered among Africa's most dangerous animals. Spectacular footage captures never-before-seen behaviors that reveal there is more to these fearsome creatures than meets the eye...

Planet California is a celebration of California's wildlife and wild places, and their coexistence with the 40 million people who call it home. Best known for it's beaches and Hollywood, California is a wellspring of biodiversity. Producer: Katya...

At the turn of the 20th century, government chemist Dr. Harvey Wiley took on the nation's powerful food manufacturers to banish new and untested chemicals in foods that were threatening consumers' health. Meet the unsung hero whose pioneering, but...