Their venom can kill a crocodile. An ever-expanding army of toads is spreading across the Australian outback, wiping out much of the native wildlife. Can anything stop this deadly march or will Killer Cane Toads take over the continent forever?
Nick Baker is in the Appalachian mountains of the USA on the hunt for the hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) - a rare giant salamander with a sinister reputation and an uncertain future.
adventurer Bear Grylls on his most daring mission yet – attempting to fly a paramoter above the world's highest mountain, Mount Everest. Facing 200 mph winds, temperatures of -100ºF, and an altitude of 30,000 feet, follow Bear and his team of friends and advisers as they do the 'unthinkable' in the most exposed and hostile environment known to man, the Himalayas.
Although scientists believe they have categorically disproved the myth of Atlantis, the idea is more popular now than ever before. The latest exponent of the theory of a single lost source for all civilisation, is Graham Hancock. Although he doesn't call it Atlantis, his compelling ideas about a sophisticated society destroyed in a flood 12,000 years ago seem to be based on a reworking of the original Atlantis myth, whose survivors brought culture, religion, monument-building and civilisation to the rest of the world.
The History Channel has a new, original series and despite the name it's really ingenious and original. Join host George "dinosaur" Blasing and many other paleontologists as they explore the aggressive nature of the majestic dinosaurs as they battle one another for supremacy.
Reporter Shahida Tulaganova sets herself the task of getting a fake passport for every single EU country, going under cover to immerse herself in the illegal passport trade. Her plan is then to use them to get into the UK.
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Documentary following the final archaeological exploration of the interior of the largest man-made mound in Europe - Silbury Hill, one of our most mysterious prehistoric landmarks. It also tells the story of the people who built Silbury, people whose beliefs drove them to sculpt the landscape of the Avebury area, leaving a legacy of great structures. Major discoveries help us to understand the monument, revealing that it was built when prehistoric Britain was on the brink of great change.
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Shark Week 2009 Great White Appetite: Surprise Attack
This host gets a surprise from a great white while filming. shark week great whites sharks
Without the aid of magnifying technology or even a firm idea of where they stood on the planet, the Mayan grasp of the universe through astrological observation was simply stunning. Host Michael Guillen travels to Mexico's Yucatan peninsula to get a firsthand look at the ancient world's most skilled astronomers. Climb the giant pyramid of Kukulkan and see how it functioned as a giant solar observatory. Examine “El Caracol” at Tikal, which looks amazingly like a modern day observatory. Learn how the Maya used the sun to lay out their various temples and observatories and examine their incredibly complex and accurate calendar.
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