National Geographic

With 100,000 patients, Dr. Pol has seen it all. Specializing in large farm animals, this senior is anything but retiring as he takes an old school, no-nonsense approach to veterinary medicine. Unflappable and unstoppable, he puts in 14-hour days and is a legend in the community. We travel with Dr. Pol across rural Michigan to care for every family pet and head of livestock in need of his expertise.

For 15 years, Brian Brushwood has made a career out of social manipulation and thinking like a criminal. He's performed incredible tricks, mastered harrowing stunts as a magician, and amassed some insider knowledge along the way. Brian knows the tools of scientists and spies, crooks and con artists, and now he's using this encyclopedia of secret data to help you get the upper hand. He reveals how to avoid people who cheat the system, and showing the legal tips, tricks, and shortcuts to get...

Follow the largest carnivore that walks the earth, the great Kodiak bear, down ancient feeding trails, up salmon-rich rivers - even into a den where a mother nurses her newborn cubs. You'll watch cubs learning to fish, bears gorging in berry-laden fields, and a remarkable scene of bears consuming a beached whale carcass. The setting is Alaska's Kodiak Island, where 4,000-foot mountains rise from hundreds of miles of jagged coastline. Today about 2,700 of these larger cousins of the well-known...

More than three years in the making, Lions of the African Night reveals the savage secrets of Africa after dark. As night descends on the bushveld, a pride of 30 lions begins its nightly search for prey. Baboons snuggle in tree tops, big-eyed apes leap from limb to limb, and the chorus of the small creatures adds to the drama of the nocturnal hunt. Lions of the African Night will surprise you with a startling look at the behavior of lions as the pride stalks wildebeest, warthog, and zebra in...

In the boldest season of RUNNING WILD WITH BEAR GRYLLS yet, world-renowned survivalist Bear Grylls returns to the wild with some of Hollywood's most beloved celebrities. From a Marvel superhero to award-winning entertainers, a new guest joins Bear each week for a journey through some of the most dangerous locations and challenging obstacles. It's going to be a bear of a season!

Expedition Whisky is the story of the discovery of Ernest Shackleton's secret stash of whisky and his forgotten expedition, Nimrod.

The Gulf of Mexico is home to thousands of gas and oil platforms, in addition to some of the planet's most severe storms. So who do you call when a well or platform stops producing, or is toppled by a massive storm? Meet the Delta Divers, a team of highly skilled underwater adventurers who descend where few dare to go to 300 feet below the water's surface. National Geographic joins them as they head out to dismantle offshore rigs.

Historic snows and bitter cold across North America. Massive floods in Australia and Pakistan. Deadly mudslides in Brazil. Epic drought and wildfires in Russia. 2010 was one of the most destructive years in history. National Geographic presents the dramatic images of this catastrophic weather year -- and introduces the people who risked their lives to capture them on film.

Space: the final frontier for an out-of-this-world vacation. Space tourism will literally revolutionize our view of the world, and some of the world's leading scientists and engineers are working at light speed to bust the industry wide open. Through the eyes of space visionaries, glimpse future space resorts with panoramic views of all the world's oceans, giant inflatable space hotels, and spacecraft that may one day travel through worm holes to distant galaxies.

Dr. Pol and his team are tackling a case load like no other. A tiny Chihuahua is immobile from a major car accident. Dr. Pol hustles to save a flailing Arabian horse. Chinchillas, guinea pigs, and geckos are keeping the Vets busy. Then, arriving after-hours is a sweet family lab with a mangled leg. Days later, the lab's housemate is rushed in with labor complications!

Secrets of the Zoo gives unprecedented behind-the-scenes access to one of the nation's largest and most popular zoos, The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium and conservation center, The Wilds. With more than 1,000 team members; 10,000 animals; 7,000 veterinary cases; and more than 100 animal births each year, Secrets of the Zoo tells the dramatic, heartwarming and often hilarious stories of the animals and animal lovers, alike.

Who are we, and where did we come from? Follow a trail of ash-entombed footprints to learn about some of the intriguing clues in one of the greatest mysteries of all time: The origins of the human race.