National Geographic

From the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, host Neil deGrasse Tyson brings together a rare mix of personalities, including celebrities, comedians and the world's leading scientific experts, to explore a variety of cosmic topics and the collision of pop culture and science in a way that is unique to this three-time-Emmy-nominated late-night television series.

With more than 19,000 patients, Dr. Pol has seen it all and this lovable, house-call-making veterinarian is always up to his elbows in animals needing his care. Relive the most memorable moments with America s favorite vet and go behind the scenes of the hit series with this new collection featuring 10 of the best episodes plus bonus footage. Includes: the very first episode Vet and Wild, Got Your Goat, Polnado Warning, Llama Rama Ding Dong, Charles in Charge, Pigs in a Blanket, What s Up...

From dancing puppies and wrestling kittens to musical monkeys and acrobatic lizards, each laugh-packed hour episode of Animals Doing Things combines Howie's lovable comedic genius with never-before-seen clips of animals doing amazing, adorable and hilarious things! Each animal clip helps Howie set up and payoff a seemingly endless supply of jokes (like Tosh.0, America's Funniest Home Videos or The Soup for animals).

A six-part documentary series from National Geographic and Procter & Gamble on Global Citizen's efforts to eradicate extreme poverty. Each episode delves into a different issue connected to the root causes of poverty, following a specific Global Citizen campaign and the organizers, amplifiers, grassroots activists and people whose lives are being changed.

Prairie Dog Manor gives an in-depth look at the unique behaviors and relationships of the prairie dogs that inhabit the Valles Caldera National Preserve in northern New Mexico. Through a blend of documentary footage and narration, each episode takes the audience on a first-person journey following a select few of the prairie dogs.

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 National Geographic as we survey the vast devastation after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans in 2005.

Equipped with three-inch long canines and retractable claws like switchblades, big cats are among the fiercest and most fascinating beasts on the planet capable of taking down fleet footed antelope or two ton elephants. National Geographic crawls through African grasslands and swamps of India to track and reveal the ultimate engineering and ambush tactics of lions, tigers and leopards.

The dog is the ultimate human creation. With 400 breeds and counting, the dog is more varied in size and behavior than any other species on the planet. National Geographic looks at man's evolutionary manipulation of dogs' appearance, talents and temperament and the accelerating efforts to create breeds to suit our needs (more than 80 percent of today's breeds did not exist 150 years ago). From desirable traits like supersensitive hearing and smell to the unintended consequences of genetic...

Human babies come into this world entirely helpless unable to walk, talk or feed themselves. And, as any parent can testify, a remarkable transformation occurs over their first year. But what's happening behind what you can simply observe? From first breath to first step, National Geographic sheds light on the amazing developments in the first 12 months of life and how new research indicates that these growing abilities are much more flexible than previously known. Follow leading scientists as...

Across the moors of Northern Europe, peat-cutters have unearthed hundreds of well-preserved mummies. But what was most baffling was the mummies' disturbing injuries: slit throats, decapitation, disembowelment, smashed bones and stab marks. Who were these people, mistaken for the recent dead, but preserved for 2,000 years were they criminals? Human sacrifices? Random victims? National Geographic delves into the mystery of these mummies as experts use cutting-edge technology to uncover new...

On Christmas Day 2007, a 243-pound Siberian tiger named Tatiana escaped from her open-air enclosure at the San Francisco Zoo and mauled three young men. Before long, one 17-year-old boy and the 4-year-old tigress lay dead. The incident was the first time a visitor was killed by an escaped animal at an accredited zoo in the United States. Zoo Tiger Escape investigates the how and why of what really happened that night from the possible motivational factors that led the tiger to escape, to the...

How could a tiny Tyrannosaurus rex baby grow into a six-ton super carnivore? Dinosaur builder Hall Train and renowned paleoartist Jason Brougham team up with top scientists to uncover the truth about this fascinating creature and to create the world's most accurate, fully skinned, mechanical replica of a walking juvenile T. Rex. Join National Geographic as the hidden secrets of the Tyrannosaurus Rex are revealed.