Figures who became icons of the American experience.

American Icons

Rosa Parks works as an organizer and activist in Montgomery.

Rosa Parks: Her True Story and Legacy

Jane Goodall braves a realm of unknowns to give the world a remarkable window into humankind's closest living relatives.

Rescued Chimpanzees of the Congo With Jane Goodall

A look at what role the will moon play in man's next attempts to conquer space.

Destination: Moon

Adaptable and resilient, the ghost cat is one of the most elusive animals roaming the wilderness.

Puma: Ghost Cat

A.I. is a primal force, like fire. The same fire that warms us can incinerate our homes.

A.I. & the Destiny of Mankind

Steve Brusatte presents new evidence from a fossil record.

The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: What Really Happened (We're Pretty Sure)

Robotics is everywhere, and humans have already been working closely with robots, if not replaced by them. But today, robots are clearly key actors in the future conquest of the space.

Space Robot Revolution

Fjords' majestic and dramatic landscapes are just the tip of the iceberg; Fjords stand witness to the greatest wonders of the animal kingdom.

Magical Fjords

Black Studies professor Karlos K. Hill explains why initially enslaved Black people -- and today millions of Americans from diverse backgrounds -- increasingly celebrate June 19, 1865.

Juneteenth Explained: A Tradition of Remembrance and Revival

The key element of life on Earth, it has the power to build and destroy.

Carbon: The Unauthorized Biography

Exploring nature as seen through the hearts, minds and eyes of the world's greatest female cinematographers.

Nature Through Her Eyes

Exploring some of the most fascinating squirrel species and how they became so successful dealing with extreme environments and curious neighbors.

Going Nuts: Tales From the Squirrel World

Host Dianna Cowern explores science, math and philosophy concepts through games and interactive thought experiments.

Proof of Concept

Built at strategic points and fitted with impressive defenses, fortresses are thought to be impenetrable.

Besieged Fortresses

Wildlife filmmaker and biologist Dan O'Neill explores the untouched forests of Guyana, which are home to abundant wildlife that is now under threat.

Last Eden: Guyana

Cutting-edge technology and re-creations are combined with the latest archaeological excavations to provide insights into what life in Pompeii was like at the height of Roman civilization when Mount Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79 and buried the city.

Pompeii: Disaster Street

El Chapo: a ruthless drug lord who became famous for using slick maneuvers to evade capture.

CEO of Sinaloa

With dramatic seasonal changes, the tundra offers rich rewards for those tough enough to take on the challenge.

Tundra

The story of Nazi Germany's plans to build a long-range bomber capable of reaching American shores.

Amerika Bombers

Brian Johnston looks at why people make roadside memorials for victims of auto accidents.

USA TODAY Investigates: Roadside Memorials and Why People Make Them

Pearls are the only gems created by a living creature, and perfect specimens are priceless.

The Search for the Perfect Pearl

Host Derek Muller takes view on a deep dive of the Internet.

Digits

Butterflies, one of the most popular species inside the insect world, draw admiration with their vivid colors and graceful flight, but of the nearly 4000 butterfly species, habitat loss endangers many of them.

Children of the Sun: Butterflies

While many creatures are forced to leave or seek a new life in the urban jungle, some are more successful than others.

Urban Warriors

Scientists track the migration of the Egtved Girl, a Nordic Bronze Age girl whose well-preserved remains were discovered outside Egtved, Denmark in 1921.

Egtved Girl

Next Level

In an old lightbulb factory in LA, Reverend Gadget converts classic cars into powerful electric vehicles; a mad-scientist, real-life Doc Brown, Gadget is saving the planet, one car at a time!

Reverend Gadget's Garage

Music educator and pro musician Marty Schwartz talks with experts about the science of how music affects our emotions, brains, and bodies.

Science of Sound

The graphic art of ancient Egypt is very familiar and can be found on sarcophagi, papyrus scrolls, the walls of tombs and other buildings, allowing for understanding of this ancient civilization.

Scribes of Ancient Egypt

Survivors and first responders recall some of the greatest disasters of modern history and how engineering errors were frequently responsible for the traumatic events.

What Went Wrong III

Rob Bell finds out what it takes to design and build the next generation of roller coaster.

Science of Thrills

The mountains of North Carolina and Georgia became the perfect hideout for suspected bomber Eric Robert Rudolph.

Forest Fugitive: The Hunt for Eric Rudolph

Countless species have lost survival's race. Now, humans are wielding the power of evolution to bring some animals back from the brink, or even from the dead. The Northern White Rhino. The Tasmanian Tiger. The Dire Wolf. The Woolly Mammoth...

De-Extinction

Examining natural disasters, epidemics, pandemics, industrial accidents and environmental disasters.

Desperate Hours

A meerkat family is threatened by predators.

Meet the Meerkats

A team rescues sea lions in distress, cares for them and releases them back into the wild.

Sea Lion Medics

Gaudi left a spectacular work and an unfinished creation: the Sagrada Familia.

Sagrada Familia: The Gaudi Revolution

The story of the Vikings, warriors and craftsmen who plied rivers and the seas.

The Vikings

A group of bold immigrants build the first film studios in Hollywood, making millions and elevating movies from a novelty to an art form.

Titans: The Rise of Hollywood

Exploring the modern Wild West and revealing how the past resonates in the landscapes, culture and challenges of today.

The Wild West of Today

Examining the origins of birds and why they fly.

These Birds Were Made for Walking

An examination of Mozambican anti-poaching unit's world; perilous patrols, family balance, and poacher pursuits shine a personal light on wildlife crime and its solutions.

Guardians

Educational exploration of digital culture, including social media, coding, geolocation, and more.

Citizen Code

Introducing some of the more dramatic aspects of fundamental science.

Nigel Latta Blows Stuff Up

A team of underwater archeologists searches for the remains of the Guerrero, an illegal slave ship sunk in battle off the coast of Florida.

The Hunt for the Slave Ship Guerrero

The Amazing World of War Machines

Two million visitors go to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park yearly; people come from all over the world to catch a glimpse of the blue haze that gives the park its name or a black bear scurrying into the woods.

New Life: The Great Smoky Mountains

Before they led America through national crises, Presidents Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson were all transformed by personal trauma.

Presidents in Crisis

Mysteries of the Bayeux Tapestry

Shakespeare writes the ultimate guide to political power, past and present; tyrants are all alike, and the political is always personal.

Tyrant: Shakespeare on Power

Scientists discover that insects have remarkably sophisticated behaviors and even personalities similar to humans.

Planet Insect

South Florida is home to one of the most productive agricultural regions on the planet -- a vast swath of fertile soil where virtually anything can be grown in abundance.

Florida's Garden of Eden

Expert Cesar Millan rehabilitates dogs with behavioral issues.

Dog Whisperer

Life evolved in the sea, in a water-bound planet, but landmasses slowly appeared and aquatic life began to explore different ways to colonize it.

History Of Life On Earth

TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant is the site of one of history's worst nuclear disasters: the meltdown of three nuclear reactors.

Decommissioning Fukushima: The Ongoing Battle Against Radiation

In the closing days of World War II, a daring band of American pilots embarks on a secret mission to capture a revolutionary German aircraft that will change the course of history.

Operation Lusty: Hunt for the First Nazi Jet

Nick Moskovitz, an astronomer at the Lowell Observatory, explains differences between asteroids, comets and meteors.

Asteroids, Comets & Meteors

Napoleon Bonaparte meets with diplomat Metternich, known as Austria's "strong man" and the Emperor's closest confidant; this fateful showdown between two of the most powerful men of this time period marks the beginning of the end for Napoleon.

Napoleon: The beginning of the end

Widely regarded as the first woman of African American descent to have a pilot's license, Bessie Coleman soars across the sky.

Bessie Coleman: Queen of the Skies

With groundwater levels dropping and wells going dry, people struggle with a crisis in vital farming areas from India to California.

Pumped Dry: The Global Crisis of Vanishing Groundwater

Profiles of many well-known people of the 20th century, offering candid reflections on their accomplishments.

The Greats

Show Description: Military pilots talk about their experiences in the cockpit.

Pilot Stories: Military

Examining what space exploration looks like when it's motivated by humanity's blind ambition, lust for power, and unchecked greed.

Space Greed

Arthur Benjamin amazes with his ability do math in his head and to work with numbers, and explains the underlying patterns in mathematics.

Mathemagics

From garbage trucks to power plants, giving viewers a rare behind-the-scenes look into the sprawling network of infrastructure systems that keep New York City breathing.

NYC Revealed

In 1956, the National Guard descends on Clinton, Tenn., to protect 12 Black students enrolled in the newly integrated Clinton High School, but ultimately the troops weren't enough to keep the peace.

The Clinton 12: Breaking Through Hate

A look at majestic sea eagles in their natural habitat; with the help of cutting-edge technology, experience the secret lives of these magnificent predators.

King of the Air

The research, sacrifice and innovation behind the Apollo moon landing on July 22, 1969.

The Apollo Moon Landings

Dan and Christy talk to the movers and shakers of aviation while at EAA AirVenture.

In The Hangar: Airventure Specials

A examination of the apocalyptic events that swept nearly all life from Earth.

Prehistoric Worlds

An unlikely team of amateur historians finds the Steamboat Arabia, one of the best preserved shipwrecks in U.S. history; 45 feet beneath a cornfield in Kansas.

Cornfield Shipwreck

Discover biotopes and endemic species that have evolved over millions of years but are now at risk from deforestation and climate change.

Ecuador: On the Wild Side

The story of a society that thrived over 2000 years ago and continues to fascinate people.

Celts: The Untold Story

An in-depth study of the complex behavior of dragonflies and damselflies, which have been buzzing around for hundreds of millions of years.

Dragons & Damsels

A deep dive into the great armed conflicts that made the Normans one of the world's most powerful dynasties.

Normandy, Land of Warriors

A closer look at Québec's unique craft beer industry, through the eyes of three completely different brewers.

Brewing Quebec: Quebec City

ScrippsTech travels to the cutting edge, to meet the men and women confronting the world's most vexing problems, with high tech and compelling solutions, medical breakthroughs and innovative discoveries.

ScrippsTech

Heading into the lost empires of Turkmenistan.

The Lost Empires of Turkmenistan

Exploring the technological advancements that have shaped wartime success, featuring military machines like tanks, aircraft, and ships.

Titans of Defense

Few animals have more complex societies and interactions than elephants. For these slow-growing, long-lived animals, survival is totally dependent on knowledge passed down from family members.

Elephants: Changing Lives

Today's trucks don't have much in common with the models from the past. Nowadays the vehicles are real high-tech packages.

High-Tech Trucks

Robotics experts compete to build robots that can save lives and navigate disasters.

DARPA Robotics Challenge

To counter WWI German airships, Britain develops a hybrid aircraft by welding the fuselages of two planes together. During WWII both Germany and the Allies would build twin-fuselage aircraft.

Deadly Twins

"Dangerous since 1896" is the saying that shrouds one of the country's notorious prisons; the prison once housed Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassin, James Earl Ray, where he escaped more than once.

Escape From Brushy Mountain: The Alcatraz of the South

The art of engineering behind complex moving projects.

Heavy Lifting

Explorers split into teams and take on several challenges to discover interesting aspects of the natural world.

Siyaya Wildest Cape

The story of automobile connoisseur John Staluppi.

Dreaming in Overdrive: The John Staluppi Story

Looking for the reasons behind the rise of urban societies, vast trading empires and military might in the Bronze Age.

Bronze Age

Follow candidates through interviews on the beautiful, yet bumpy road to certification.

School For Sommelier

A look at some of history's most notable thinkers and innovators.

Deadly Science

Secluded from the world for millions of years, New Zealand became the ultimate storehouse for zoological models.

Modern Dinosaurs

Listen in as pilots share firsthand accounts of their close calls in the cockpit.

Pilot Stories: Close Calls

Antelopes represent food to many of the predators of the plain.

Antelopes: The Unsung Heroes

Bruce Crompton travels the world to buy, restore and sell wartime artifacts.

Combat Dealers: Reloaded

Every summer, the Total 24 Hours of Spa GT3 race is held in Belgium; a behind-the-scenes look at the endurance racing event with drivers and pit crews.

Endurance: 24 Hours at Spa

The Polish physicist and chemist Marie Curie lives a life of profound personal courage.

The Scientific Genius of Marie Curie

Series that examines the life that lives deep beneath our feet.

Secret Life Underground

Nestled in the Canary Islands is an animal park that will soon be one of the most popular parks in the world; featuring a behind-the-scenes insight meeting both the animals and the keepers of the park.

Animal Embassy

A fresh look at exploring the new frontiers of space.