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During World War II, Allied POWs were forced by Japanese Soldiers to work on the construction of the Thailand to Burma railway which included the...

Deep down in the catacombs of Palermo more than one thousand mummies lie below a Capuchin monastery: One of the greatest collections of preserved...

October 27, 2009. A talented young folk singer, Taylor Mitchell, is killed as she hikes alone in a Canadian national park. By coyotes.

Science may be on the verge of producing a limitless supply of replacement parts by regenerating damaged or aging body parts grown from our own...

The Harris Hawk is one of the few birds in the world that hunts in a pack. James Currie is on a mission to witness these majestic birds hunting in...

Astronauts are preparing to rendezvous one last time to refurbish and re-boost the venerable Hubble Space Telescope. Its a dangerous mission, so why...

The USS Freedom and USS Independence are the pioneering warships changing the face of battle on the sea with cutting edge design. Go inside the rigid...

Presents historical background on the Jamestown colony in Virginia.

Becoming Immortal: How Susan Potter Will Live Forever

Cannibalism has long been considered a dark chapter in man's history. Yet we think of it only as isolated occurrences. Now a Neolithic burial pit in...

National Geographic examines organ transplantation and the growing worldwide black market organ trade.

In 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary & Tenzing Norgay made history as the first people to reach the top of Everest. Now, 50 years later, three sons of...

Joyce Poole fell in love with wild Africa when she was only seven years old. As a scientist working in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro, she made...

Alcatraz was a high security prison built with concrete and steel on an island surrounded by the frigid waters of San Francisco Bay. For almost 30...

National Geographic Documentary about Bali, the tiny island in the Indonesian archipelago. Exploring the extraordinary culture of this island...

In southern Peru lies one of mankind's greatest mysteries - 1000's of giant shapes etched into the desert sands. We reveal who made them and why....