Documentary / Biography - DVD

Whales are the largest, most intelligent, most enigmatic hunters in the sea. Humpback whales are icons of their kind. Centuries of slaughter pushed them to the brink of extinction but they've made a comeback. In an effort to learn what these whales need to...

AirVenture Oshkosh is the largest air show on the planet, with more than 10,000 aircraft and more than half a million people. Viewers get an insider's perspective when National Geographic flies along with the world's best aerobatic pilots as they twist and tumble through...

Since the days of the Roman Empire, Italy's Mount Vesuvius has erupted more than 50 times, devastating whole cities and towns. At Herculaneum, archaeologists found human skeletons in a fatal embrace. Although Vesuvius is sleeping now, this active volcano is never far from the...

In the 1990s, a high Himalayan cave in Upper Mustang, Nepal, was discovered that contained 42 ancient people, buried on wooden bunk beds. American archaeologist, Dr. Mark Aldenderfer, believes there must be more burial caves but the challenge is how to find them, deep...

Professional cheaters have come a long way from counting cards. Today, modern gadgets including lasers and microcomputers are helping them beat the house. Meet a former cheater who used a light-wand to swindle $1 million from slot machines. Then, at the Aria Hotel and...

Archaeologist Jeff Rose is on a journey to understand how the filling of the Persian Gulf basin might have become the inspiration for one of the greatest stories - the story of Noah's Ark and the Biblical flood.

In Greensboro, North Carolina, an argument over a song playing on the jukebox at a Mexican restaurant ends with two brothers dead--shot dead at point blank range. The culprit is a member of the notorious transnational gang MS-13. How did a gang that started...

A monster mining truck, the iconic Yankee Stadium, an Italian bridge and more: all feats of engineering in their time, but now they've reached the end of the line. Join expert demolition crews as they take on the challenges and dangers of some of...

Wildlife expert Casey Anderson and his best friend, a 900-pound brown bear named Brutus return for a second season of Expedition Wild, where Casey treks deep into America's oldest national park and immerses himself into the daily lives of the park's inhabitants. Casey returns...

Muscles: National Geographic investigates the science of muscle by taking a journey inside the bodies of two remarkable humans with startling muscular disorders. 31-year old Jason Dunn lives with Dystonia, a rare disease that causes his brain to send faulty messages to his muscular...

The mysterious death of hundreds of hippos at the Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda sparks a "whodunit" on an international scale. What begins with the unusual discovery of two dead hippos escalates out of control and within a matter of months, hundreds of...

Taller than Shaquille O'Neal, he could kill a human with a single swipe of his paw. He is an 800-pound grizzly bear named Brutus, and the curious companion to renowned naturalist Casey Anderson, who has raised him since birth. Casey has dedicated himself to...

Chimpanzees are our closest genetic relatives, with DNA over 98% the same as ours. They can learn from those around them in ways many other animals can't and when they're captive, they become even more human-like. But is a new form of chimp adapting...

Ten years ago, anthropologist Johan Reinhard, accompanied by Argentine and Peruvian colleagues, uncovered a sacred site at 22,000-feet on Mt. Llullaillaco. Beneath rock and ice, they discovered three Inca children each perfectly preserved. A six-year-old girl, a seven-year-old boy and a 15-year-old teenager they...

Every day hundreds of creatures live and play in the pristine waters of California's spectacular Channel Islands. But El Nino's warm temperatures and raging storms the worst in more than 15 years cast a wave of destruction over this remarkable life-giving kelp forest and...

Travel to Lijiang and learn about life in China of the 1990s. At first, this small town may seem strange to you and its residents very different, but you'll quickly discover that people in Lijiang care about the same kinds of things as you....

An eruption of Santorini some 3,600 years ago was one of the largest, yet most mysterious, natural calamities in human history and may have wiped out an entire civilization. Much of the evidence of its destruction has been lost at sea until now. National...

Deep in the heart of Texas, a community wages war against an unrelenting species of fire ants. These fearsome invaders are ravaging the land, the animals, and even the people. Their stings kill wildlife and maim farm animals. Nothing seems to stop them. They're...

On August 28, an early Sunday morning, America woke up to a shocking surprise. Katrina, a moderate "category one" hurricane that recently skirted Florida, had blown up and had become into a "category five" killer and it was headed straight for New Orleans. Join...

By night, they're ruthless hunters that stalk their prey with a keen sense of sight and smell. By day, they're playful, loving companions for millions. Today, cats outnumber dogs as America's favorite pet. Worshipped in ancient Egypt and persecuted during medieval times, domestic cats...

The everyday life of a Baka family in the forests of Cameroon is examined--and found to be remarkably similar to life in modern society. Few people have the knowledge and ingenuity to survive in this difficult environment. The Baka have an extraordinary knowledge of...

Henry Rollins explores the complex relationship between humans and animals by investigating dangerous and seemingly taboo practices around the world in the three-part series Animal Underworld.

2011 has been a year of unprecedented natural disasters; from the killer tsunami in Japan to earthquakes in Christchurch and Thailand. But it all began in Australia, when weeks of torrential rain and cyclones battered much of the country. After a decade of crippling...

Animal Mega Moves is an action-packed adventure series following specialist teams of animal movers, vets and transport engineers as they attempt to relocate different families of animals across the globe by air, sea, train and road. The movers are big thinking, larger than life...

It's the most famous military installation in the world, yet it doesnt officially exist. Area 51-- a site for covert Cold War operations-- has long been a magnet for crackpots, conspiracy theorists, and the overly curious. While there may not be truth to the...

A massive one-eyed monster lurking in the Amazon. A freakish desert creature spraying acid and delivering electric shocks. An ape-like creature walking upright in the Indonesian jungle. These are the monsters of persistent myth and legend and may just be based on real creatures....

Avalanche! This fierce force of nature can snap trees as if they were twigs, reduce houses to rubble, and kill anyone unlucky enough to stand in the way.

Ancient human grave sites speak volumes to those who listen. These haunting human "time capsules" have been uncovered all over the world. Some even reach a certain level of fame: The Ampato maiden sacrificed on an Andes peak. The Alpine Ice Man, the oldest...

Recently, paleontologists unearthed the fossilized remains of a 35-foot, 240 million-year-old ichthyosaur in Nevada's Augusta Mountains and instantly knew this creature would have been the ocean's top predator. Join the investigation as scientists attempt to understand where this unique creature fits in the evolutionary...

National Geographic follows experts as they investigate myths and legends to determine the truth behind ancient history's earliest stories. Travelling around the globe mysteries are unveiled about the Holy Grail, Christ's burial cloth, and the Philosopher's Stone.

Wade Davis, acclaimed anthropologist, journeys into hidden worlds to find cultures that have preserved their ways of life in the face of modern society. Mongolia Acclaimed anthropologist and explorer Wade Davis travels to the Central Asian steppes of Mongolia to meet descendents of Genghis...

Acclaimed anthropologist Wade Davis journeys into the hidden word of indigenous cultures believed to be descendents of once-great civilizations. Amazon: National Geographic ventures into the rain forest with Wade Davis for an up-close look at the Barasana river people, a group believed to be...

Discover what Australia's beloved kangaroo is really like as National Geographic takes you from lush rain forest to rugged outback for an up close encounter with kangaroos and the spectacular land down under! Witness the amazing diversity of these remarkable creatures and see how...

In a spectacularly beautiful and remote corner of northern Australia, a handful of people are living in the twilight of their culture. After 40,000 years, the Gandiu Aborigines are transferring the knowledge of their mysterious culture to what may be their last generation. Travel...

In the maximum-security prison world of murderers, they are the most feared. With nicknames like "The Beast" and "The Hulk," The Aryan Brotherhood are the most violent criminals behind bars. National Geographic goes behind bars to unveil the secrets of the vicious gangs of...

A single swarm of killer bees can deploy an attack force of 80,000 stingers, chase predators for a quarter of a mile, and bring down a creature as large as a horse. Killer bees have pushed farther north than many scientists thought possible and...

Experience the full force of coalition forces in Iraq and live life on the frontlines. The Devil Dog Diaries provides a rare, inside look at life in wartime from the perspective of the young men in a battalion of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force....

National Geographic presents the suspenseful final round of the 2012 national competition, moderated by Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek.

Nat Geo's Top 10 Photos gives viewers a front-row seat as photographers reveal the hard work, perseverance, and luck involved in capturing that one-in-a-million shot.

The Python Hunters protected Florida from invasive Burmese pythons, lizards, and iguanas. Now they're on a global mission, joining teams around the world to help protect the planet's other snakes and reptiles. Traveling from Costa Rica and Peru to Thailand and Australia, the elite...

British investigators discover bones hidden under the floor of an old army barracks near the Scotland border. Preliminary observations indicate the victim may have been bound and was killed with blunt force trauma to the skull. But, this victim died nearly 1,800 years ago....

The St. Valentine's Day massacre is the stuff of American legend, and the tale is familiar to nearly everyone. But the story of that bloody day in Chicago has never been told, or seen, like this before.

Herpetologist Shawn Heflick, reptile breeder and police officer Greg Graziani, and python breeding pro Michael Cole track and capture Burmese pythons massive snakes weighing up to 200 pounds and reaching up to 16 feet long in the Florida Everglades in a race to curb...

National Geographic presents the suspenseful final round of the 2011 national competition, moderated by Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek.

The Rolls-Royce Phantom is the ultimate symbol of automotive luxury. The brand has been revived with a technological transfusion by new owner BMW, yet the Phantom model remains as British as the umbrellas built into its doors. That's right - each one comes with...

What does it take to build a car that can go from zero to 62 mph in 3.4 seconds and hit a top speed of 211 mph? National Geographic heads to the small farming community in Italy that is home to the main factory...

It is one of the most luxurious cars ever built. A fusion of old-fashioned handcrafting and 21st Century automotive science. It takes five hundred and fifty hours to create the latest Bentley model...nine weeks' work for a team of artisans and cutting-edge technicians, supported...

Ultimate Factories goes inside the famous House of Porsche to see how they create the Porsche 911, one of the most influential and recognizable vehicles in the world. Every distinctive element is manufactured at the Zuffenhausen factory in Stuttgart, Germany, a historical industrial monument....

Detroit's only hand-built production car, the Dodge Viper, is born, bred and built in Detroit, Michigan. National Geographic takes a unique insider's look at the Viper factory in the current model's last year of production. This ultimate factory is comprised of craftspeople who spend...

National Geographic goes under the hood to inspect today's Dodge Challenger an American classic reborn 40 years after its inception. Loud, curvy, and packed with power, the modern version of the 70s classic stays true to its roots, and adds technology and 21st century...