40, 000 years ago the steppes of Eurasia were home to our closest human relative, the Neanderthals. Recent genetic and archaeological discoveries have proven that they were not the dim-witted cave dwellers we long thought they were. In fact, they were cultured, technologically savvy and more like us than we ever imagined! So why did they disappear? We accompany scientists on an exciting search for an answer to this question and come to a startling conclusion …
Celebrates 30 years of televised specials by The National Geographic Society.
Ring of Fire is about the immense natural force of the great circle of volcanoes and seismic activit...
Filmmaker Werner Herzog combs through the film archives of volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft t...
Face of the Earth explores the origin of our planet's outer layer, the why-and-how of its mobility. ...
Looking at whether the history of early human evolution should be rewritten. For decades, most exper...
Herzog and cinematographer Peter Zeitlinger go to Antarctica to meet people who live and work there,...
What life was like in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii moments before it was devastated by the erup...
The vaquita, the world’s smallest whale, is nearing extinction as its habitat is destroyed by Mexic...
A moving record of a natural disaster, Volcano documents the effect of a sudden volcanic eruption on...
An examination of the extinction threat faced by frogs, which have hopped on Earth for some 250 mill...
Werner Herzog takes a film crew to the island of Guadeloupe when he hears that the volcano on the is...
Hawaii, with its tropical rainforests and diverse coral reef is a spectacular natural paradise for t...
Program One KILAUEA: MOUNTAIN OF FIRE Ecosystems on Big Island Face No Small Challenge Kilauea, vi...
Go to the Big Island and hover above erupting craters at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, watch flowi...
The cutting edge group known as transhumanists see a beautiful future brought about by artificial in...
At what point in our evolution did we start talking? To paint, play music and travel? When did we bu...
The passenger pigeon, the most abundant bird species in North America for thousands of years, became...