国家地理:Surviving Alcatraz 走险恶魔岛

During his days of crime, Darwin Coon was a reckless young man. He robbed five banks in the Midwest and escaped from the Nevada State Penitentiary. At Alcatraz, the isolation and boredom worn Coon down. This is 127. This is where I've spent four year

国家地理:World's Tallest Tree 树之最

Redwoods are the tallest living trees on the planet. And one of the best places to see them is northern California's Redwood National Forest. They can reach 300 feet high or higher, and their massive trunks can grow to more than 20 feet wide. Recentl

国家地理:The Real Roswell 罗斯维尔飞碟

Jesse Marcel remains convinced that there was one thing in the debris that could only be extraterrestrial. He described small metal-like I-beams with hieroglyphic symbols. The metal beam like our small miniaturized I-beam, and had these perplexed vio

国家地理:Explorer: Iraq's Guns for Hire 伊战前线

Back at the Armor Group compound, another team prepares for a different kind of mission. They'll travel low profile, trying to blend in with the Iraqis. Low profile certainly can be an awful lot safer. If faced down properly, people will not know, th

国家地理:Is It Real? Life on Mars 火星生命

Believe it or not, astrobiologist Penny Boston is searching for life on Mars by dropping deep into this heart of darkness. This is a lava tube, a subterranean cave formed by underground lava flows during volcanic eruptions that occurred thousands of

国家地理:Alaska: Bear Taxidermist 动物标本剥制师

Grizzly bears once roamed much of the United States. But two centuries of hunting and habitat loss have devastated their numbers. Today, less than 1,200 live in the Lower 48. If there is a last remaining stronghold for the North American Grizzly, it

国家地理:Leather Tanner 最辛苦的职业: 皮革鞣制

This tannery is infamous as the foulest-smelling place in all of Fez, Morocco. Tanning hides may be dirty and smelly work, but somebody has to do it. Every day, 17-year-old Mousin must wind his way through the ancient alleyways of Fez. He is followin

国家地理:Explorer: Ultimate Shark 终极者——鲨鱼

What exactly is the power that drives nature's most famous jaws? In New Zealand, this great white shark drowned in a fisherman's net. And scientists Kara Yopak and Clinton Duffy are preparing an ultra-rare great white shark dissection. Ah, I've never

国家地理:Survive the Sahara 走险撒哈拉

For centuries, nomads and traders have made their way here. George is determined to follow in their footsteps. There is a timelessness about this place. And desert ghosts seem to haunt the hills. But that's not the wail of lost souls echoing through

国家地理:Planet Carnivore: Lions 动物星球: 狮子

On the southern edge of Ngorongoro Swamp, the lake cats have a new opportunity to make a big kill. Buffalo have poor vision. They are only 30 meters away, but in the dim morning light, they can't see the pride. While they don't see very well, buffalo

国家地理:Real-Life CSI: Hunter & Hunted: Gator Attack 鳄鱼攻击

Almost ninety percent of all alligators die in their first two years of life, falling prey to other predators including their own. But normally they don't prey on humans, so why would an alligator attack a woman. Yovy Jimenez's fatal encounter is the

国家地理:Explorer: Inside North Korea 解码北韩

1:45 AM, the 38th parallel, along the border of North and South Korea. The 148-mile-long border is the most heavily militarized in the world. This joint South Korean-American platoon is on constant alert for infiltrators from the North. Behind these

国家地理:South Pacific Surprise 走访东帝汶

Welcome to East Timor, one of the world's newest countries, and for the intrepid few, an emerging tourism destination with unspoiled natural beauty. And I just booked two weeks' holiday here. I went for three or four dives and I think it took us 36 h

国家地理:Animal Mating: Blue-Footed Boobies 蓝脚鲣鸟

The mating ritual of each species on Earth has certain, well, peculiarities. As you might tell it from the name of the species itself, blue-footed boobies are no exception to this rule. Here in the Galapagos Islands, this pair of blue-footed boobies

国家地理:Real-life Crucifixion 十字架受难

The Philippines, a country of 75 million people, the vast majority, Catholic. Signs of faith are everywhere, especially during Easter week which commemorates the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. In the village of San Pedro Cutud, Rolando

国家地理:A man among wolves 与狼共舞

This is Shaun Ellis. He's done something few would dare and even fewer understand. His passion for these animals has led him to live life as a wolf. For me personally, it's cost family, home, security, financial commitment. Everything is gone. But yo

国家地理:Polar Bears 北极熊

Seventy-nine degrees north latitude is near the top, at the cold edge of the world. In the winter, when temperatures plunge below freezing, there is complete darkness at noon. During summer, the sun shines at midnight, there is no place to hide. Dang

国家地理:Real-Life CSI: Corpse Farm CSI: 尸体农场

Imagine that a partly decomposed body is found lying in the woods. Was the person murdered and how long could he have been dead? To find out, investigators come here, a place known as the Body Farm. This 2-acre compound at the University of Tennessee

国家地理:Secret Yosemite 约塞米蒂国家公园

Yosemite is a crown jewel of America's wild spaces. This stunning valley, a mere seven miles long, contains some of the most awe-inspiring and recognizable wonders of the world -- El Capitan, and its majestic partner, Half Dome. Yosemite falls, 13 ti

国家地理:Family Feuds: Fire Ant Thievery 蚂蚁族仇

This is a fire ant colony in the southeastern United States. Like all ant colonies, it's ruled by a queen and all her workers and warriors are made up completely of female offspring. Unlike other ants, fire ants seem to have almost criminal leaning s