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For most of us, the season evokes a kind of universal memory. My strongest memory of Christmas is the tree with all of the presents underneath it. And usually in the morning I wake up really early like at five o'clock. And when you come downstairs Ch
Our next amazing rescue proves that working in an isolated and wild environment can be a risky endeavor. The llano s or wetlands of Venezuela, National Geographic's Brady Bar, a wildlife biologist is working with Venezuelan scientist and conservation
What do you know about giraffes? Well, you almost certainly know they are the tallest quadrupeds on earth, capable of growing up to 19 feet tall. You may know that this height allows these vegetarians to eat the very nutritious leaves of the acacia t
Yellowstone National Park is a giant swatch of terrain. Ninety percent of it barely touched, wilderness. Hidden within, one of the most remote places in the Lower 48. Right here, no road in any direction for 22 miles. It's within the largest ecosyste
Branded on the American conscious and burned into the national psyche , since 1884 Louisville Slugger has been turning out bats for some of the best players in baseball. Today a museum surrounds the factory in downtown Louisville Kentucky. One versio
During the Gulf War, American pilots flew the latest fighter model the F15C. One hundred and twenty were sent abroad. They fought alongside 82 royal Saudi Air force F15Ds, essentially the same plane as the C. Saudi F15s shot down two Iraq Mirage F1s
When male Antarctic fur seals head to the beach each spring, it's no vacation. They are basically gonna be here for a month, holding their territory not eating, not sleeping, and just hoping they get some females in. 95% of the Antarctic fur seal pop
The solution lay in three key architectural innovations that formed the secret of Rome's great monuments. The most important, is the arch. The arch is an almost perfect design for bearing heavy loads. And that design is so simple. A series of wedge -
Detectors immediately suspected the diamond thieves' dumped bag as they made their getaway. -There was tape. There were metals. There were tools. There was left money, even jewels, so it was clear to us that whatever was left in the Billboard related
Here are some happy vampire bats. What's causing all this giddiness? A great, big, fat meal has arrived. You can practically hear these bats going Oh, boy! Oh, boy! Better yet, the victim is asleep. This is gonna be like, well, taking blood from a s
Arava, the disabled tortoise is using her new set of wheels to get around in more ways than one. Keepers at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo say the 10-year-old Spurred Tortoise was fitted with custom wheels to overcome paralysis of her hind legs. The 55-
Celebrations in honour of the dead take place in July and August in Japan. Prayers are set and graves are tended during the festival of O-Bon. In Tokushima city around 100 thousand costumed people dance in the streets. This is an incredible scale, t
Transcript by myconsent (special thanks to fionainnicemood) Out of the Blue Ridge Mountains in northwest Georgia, the cold waters of the Conasauga River descend toward Tennessee. Flowing back and forth across the state line, the River's abundant wil
Dawn on the tropical island of Trinidad. Birds are arousing in the trees, calling, flashing brilliant colors amidst the endless shades of green, and Roger Neckles is arousing too. For the last decade, he has been documenting the island's winged inha
In animals, this part of the brain evolved around the time of the dinosaurs before mammals existed. It's hardwired to beat starvation. For three days Jean-Luc has been trapped underground. He hasn't had a morsel to eat. He doesn't know it, but his b
I can't believe I am looking for Fuji in the middle of a typhoon. I have three more days to go before I have to leave back for the States, and hopefully between now and then I will be able to see the mountain. The mountain dominates everything and yo
Threat posed by Iraq's Scud ballistic missiles. Militarily, Scuds were insignificant. But politically, Scud attacks on Israel and Saudi Arabia could have torn the coalition apart. The political importance of hunting down the Scuds was so great that t
January 1991, an F-15 pilot on combat-air patrol sweeps the skies of Iraq. Sheridan, I'm Captain Medrimans, Captain in the 27th fighter squadron, flying in F-15 over Iraq. Today's been a mixed sweep, we started from the central, swept up for Bagdad,
Under the influence of rabies, even docile animals often become dangerously aggressive and bite without provocation. Since the virus often concentrates in the saliva of the infected animal, a single bite can pass it on directly into the blood of the
-We solved the case, but we couldn't recover the diamonds. To this day, the gems stolen in the world's greatest ever diamond heist is still on the c*, a staggering hundred-million-dollar mystery. They may be sold in the shadowy corners of the interna