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Whales in crisis

Examines the threats to survival that whales still face despite the end of widespread hunting, describing the work to save them and presenting footage of whales around the world.

Eternal enemies

lions and hyenas
Looks at the conflict between two great predators of Northern Botswana, the lion and the spotted hyena.

Last stand of the great bear

Looks at the wildlife native to the area of coastal British Columbia called the Great Bear Rain Forest.

In search of the jaguar

Wildlife Conservation Society biologist Alan Rabinowitz pursues the elusive jaguar, and races against time to create safe havens for these feared and respected predators.

Arlington

field of honor
2004
National Geographic presents a portrait of one of America's most sacred places, Arlington Cemetery.

Asteroids

Examines the potential dangers posed by near-Earth objects (NEOs) such as asteroids and comets, presenting interviews with scientists about the role NEOs may have played in dinosaur extinction, the possibility of future impacts, and NEO tracking methods; and includes an interactive quiz.

Volcano

Looks at active volcanoes around the world, including Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines, and Japan's Mount Unzen, and introduces the scientists who investigate volcanoes.

Volcano

nature's inferno
2003
Looks at active volcanoes around the world, including Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines, and Japan's Mount Unzen, and introduces the scientists who investigate volcanoes.

Stress

portrait of a killer
2008
Stanford University neurobiologist, Robert Sapolsky, has been advancing our understanding of stress - how it impacts our bodies and how our social standing can make us more or less susceptible. Research reveals that the impact of stress can be found deep within us, shrinking our brains, adding fat to our bellies, even unraveling our chromosomes. Yet understanding how stress works can help us figure out a ways to combat it and how to live a life free of the tyranny of this contemporary plague.

The explorers

a century of discovery
1995
Documents one hundred years of exploration by the National Geographic Society.

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