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Dogs show how they make human lives longer; a desert-dwelling fish reveals its superpower; pigeons demonstrate how they're always able to find their way home.

How Do Animals Do That?

Some animals have superpowers; new science and demonstrations reveal their secrets.

Dog Spindryer and Dancing Spiders

Experts answer questions about dogs' ability to feel guilt, whether long-distance flyers get lost, and about why tigers are orange.

Guilty as a Dog

Animal secrets are revealed including how dogs get people to do what they want, what superpower is hiding inside the bill of a platypus and how one fish is blowing scientists away with its brainpower.

Now That's A Smart Fish

Experts spill the secrets of the animal kingdom with amazing footage and surprising facts.

Lizard Vs. Water Buffalo

Discusses whether mosquitoes prefer the blood of some people more than others, how snakes can hear without ears, if animals have a dominant hand, and more.

Climbing Goats and Bird Flocks

Digging in deep to reveal animal secrets like why some of the world's most clever monkeys have turned to crime, why scorpions glow in the dark and what cats are trying to tell us.

Cat Speech

Experts answer questions about surprising animal behavior, including whether parrots really know what they're talking about, how electric eels manage not to electrocute themselves and why pandas are black and white.

Black and White Secrets

Experts answer questions about surprising animal behavior including how a squirrel takes on a dangerous rattlesnake, what makes eagles' eyes so powerful and why the planet is overrun with bugs.

Eagle Eye

Why some cats are cross-eyed; how meerkats can eat poisonous scorpions; how hippos can sleep while holding their breath.

Deadly Dinner

How caterpillars transform into magnificent butterflies in their cocoons; why cats' tongues are the way they are.

Secret Transformation

Animal stories that resonate with humans.

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Find the answers to some of the world’s most interesting questions with these curiosity-inspiring series.

How To

A look at how dogs detect underwater targets, what makes ostriches nature's best marathon runners, how sloths spend so much time upside down without passing out, and can a pelican bill really hold more than his belly can.

Super Sloths and Ostrich Marathons

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How the blue whale became the biggest animal ever; why elephants have trunks; why ladybugs have spots; why some animals live a long time; why cats purr.

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