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Browse - Most popular shows on National Geographic Channel
Lords of War
Join the hunt for the world's most unique weapons and military collectibles as Lords of War travels to auctions across the country.
Get an inside look at the history and stories behind each item as experts assess and bid on these rare pieces. Don't miss a single episode!
Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist
Dian Fossey was a pioneer, a renowned primatologist who dedicated her life to the study of gorillas and their protection. She became an international icon, but in Rwanda she was waging a war. This fight ultimately cost Fossey her life, and her brutal murder in 1985 remains unsolved to this day.
This stunning three-part documentary series features rare and previously unseen archival footage of Fossey in her daily habituations as she studies gorillas up-close, and includes in-depth interviews with some of her closest colleagues and friends including her research assistant, who was accused of her murder, Wayne McGuire and friend Sir David Attenborough.
Witness to Disaster
Hard-hitting amateur, CCTV and news footage reveals how some of the world's biggest natural disasters took away people's lives, homes and hope in Witness Disaster.
Cesar Millan's Leader of the Pack
In each episode of "Cesar Millan's Leader of the Pack", premiering Jan. 5 on Nat Geo WILD, Millan combats the global issue of canine abandonment, giving "unadoptable" dogs a second chance and coaching families across Europe who are vying for the opportunity to adopt these lucky pups.
Hunting Alaskan Dinosaurs
The Arctic Circle, Northern Alaska. Its minus 35 degrees, inhospitable, literally crawling with bears. A team of adventurous palaeontologists are heading into this icy wilderness, to make it their home for 2 weeks. Why? Because, they think they've found something truly unique, undiscovered - and ground-breaking, A lost world of Alaskan Dinosaurs.
The Big Picture With Kal Penn
With the explosion of infographics and big data, maps aren't just about geography anymore. They can tell us all kinds of things about the human experience. National Geographic Channel's new series The Big Picture With Kal Penn is all about finding the unexpected==and sometimes surprising-realities in both the world at large and our own backyard, revealed by crunching the numbers and finding new ways to visualize data. Host and producer Kal Penn is taking viewers on a journey to understand how things like money, sex, food, sports and crime influence our daily lives. Exploring and generating infographics from information banks and data analyses, we investigate different themes through the mapping of new data, the creative visualization of information, and in-depth personal stories with fascinating characters.
Primal Survivor: Mighty Mekong
Survivalist Hazen Audel travels 500 miles along the Mekong River Basin, in the journey of a lifetime. He faces remote jungle and flooded plains, soaring cloud-forest and brutal limestone peaks, relying only on the traditional survival skills of the Mekong's indigenous people - all at the toughest time of the year, when Monsoon Season peaks, and the landscape is at its wildest and most challenging.
Filthy Riches
We travel across the country to find industrious and ingenious Americans who prove they're not afraid to roll up their sleeves and get their hands dirty to make a living. Dealing in the diverse, exotic and, even occasionally, cringe-worthy underground economy of crud. Eels, mushrooms, ginseng, bloodworms and burls are important natural resources. Their harvesting goes back many generations and is now subject to federal, state and local laws. Anyone contemplating these activities should follow all legal requirements and sustainable practices.
Rocky Mountain Law
Sheriff Deputies in the counties of Boulder, Eagle and Grand, Colorado fight crime in America's most rugged terrain: The Rocky Mountains. Intense manhunts by foot, skis and snowmobiles; attempting to solve complex murders and drug running mysteries, are all in a day's work while trying to keep the Rockies one of the most beautiful places on earth. Follow officers as they protect and serve both the residents and the majestic mountains.
Generation X
How did the generation between baby boomers and millennials become characterized as slackers?
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