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 …
An examination of the extinction threat faced by frogs, which have hopped on Earth for some 250 mill...
In 1980, the eruption of Mount St. Helens leveled 230 square miles, sent 540 million tons of ash and...
Go to the Big Island and hover above erupting craters at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, watch flowi...
Ever since there’s only one male northern white rhino remaining on earth, armed bodyguards protect h...
Program One KILAUEA: MOUNTAIN OF FIRE Ecosystems on Big Island Face No Small Challenge Kilauea, vi...
Earth is a volcanic planet, with over 1,400 active giants spread across the globe. But what would ha...
For Millions of years, our planet has been floating in space. Millions of creatures have lived on it...
In Morocco, new excavations on the site of Jebel Irhoud upset the generally accepted view of the dat...
The epic story of the life of a volcano, capable of both causing the extinction of all things and he...
With exclusive access granted over 10 months of excavation, the film reveals for the first time the ...
Hawaii, with its tropical rainforests and diverse coral reef is a spectacular natural paradise for t...
David Attenborough brings to life, in unprecedented detail, the last days of the dinosaurs. Palaeon...
The events and coincidences that led to rapid advances in human intelligence 50,000 years ago.
Over 60,000 years ago, the first modern humans left their African homeland and entered Europe, then ...
Nova and National Geographic present exclusive access to an astounding discovery of ancient fossil h...
Can Homo sapiens evolve into Homo spatius? For over 50 years now, we have been testing our human nat...