How did your body become the complicated, quirky, amazing machine it is today? Anatomist Neil Shubin uncovers the answers in this 3-part science series that looks at human evolution. Using fossils, embryos and genes, he reveals how our bodies are the legacy of ancient fish, reptiles and primates — the ancestors you never knew were in your family tree.
How did humanity's earliest ancestors evolve into one of the most successful species on Earth? An ex...
Wildlife photographer Richard Sidey joins an international team of whale research scientists in Anta...
Follow leading scientists around the world and to the edge of the universe on their quest to solve o...
Regular opening times do not apply as we accompany Sir David Attenborough on an after-hours journey ...
Physicist Dr Helen Czerski takes us on a journey into the science of bubbles - not just fun toys, bu...
After a woman's at-home DNA test reveals multiple half-siblings, she discovers a shocking scheme inv...
Pro-intelligent design scholars and scientists are often chastised, fired or denied tenured position...
It’s an ocean of giants. South Africa has a dramatic, rocky coast that’s raked by churning currents....
Commentator-comic Bill Maher plays devil's advocate with religion as he talks to believers about the...
Of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Pyramid is the only one to survive. Many believe that...
In 1962, spurred by the Cold War, President John F. Kennedy famously made the bold proclamation that...
As society tackles the problem of feeding our expanding population safely and sustainably, a schism ...
The domestic cat has conquered almost the entire globe with around 400 million animals and is now al...
Each day, some 2.5 trillion bytes of data are exchanged, a deluge known as "big data." How can we cl...
Zoo-archeologists, biologists, ethologists and geneticists are leading the investigation. For one th...
The film is filled with fun facts that show how cats make good pets, yet in other ways are wild and ...
A documentary on Al Gore's campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwi...
Every year, thousands of Antarctica's emperor penguins make an astonishing journey to breed their yo...