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- National Geographic Explorer takes an up-close look at the largest hornet in the world Japanese giant hornet. The two-inch predator combines both power and aggression in its small form. It can call as many as forty honeybees in a minute. Their painful venom has even taken the lives of some human beings.
- 1985– 49mNot Rated8.9 (19)TV EpisodePhotographer Jim Brandenburg and biologist L. David Mech journey to the snow-covered slopes of Canada's Ellesmere Island to observe a remarkable pack of white arctic wolves.
- National Geographic and host Lisa Ling document the world behind the walls of California's Maximum Security prison at Sacramento. In intimate portraits of inmates and guards, this documentary uncovers what it takes to survive life behind bars, amidst some of the hardest gangs and most notorious criminals in America.
- National Geographic television special about the lives of leopards.
- Newly introduced wolves in Yellowstone National Park face daunting challenges.
- Explorer profiles Patrick Edlinger as he scales the cliffs that overlook the Verdon River in southeast France.
- Explorer J. Michael Fay hikes 2,000 kilometers through central Africa to encounter gorillas, chimps, elephants and other animals.
- Explorer examines the experience of people fortunate enough to survive life-threatening encounters with poisons of the natural world. Many animal and plant species use poison as their weapon of choice when dealing with both prey and predators. Although it is often harmful, poison can also be used by modern medicine to heal.
- 1985– 45mTV-PG8.0 (9)TV EpisodeIn Papua New Guinea, there are people who may be the last on Earth with living memory of a practice most of the world believes to be long vanished--human mummification. In a search for the last mummy made in the region, National Geographic's team of anthropologists and researchers trek through caves, villages, and mountains to uncover the secrets of the ancient tradition. At the heart of their quest is an aging tribal leader named Gemtasu who wants to revive the practice--with his own body.
- Scientists exhume a giant feral hog that made national headlines to determine it's nature as accounts of other pigs of extraordinary size are explored.
- Explorer investigates the murder of six gorillas in Virunga National Park and reveals a very real conflict between conservationists and business interests.
- National Geographic gets to the science behind what makes a man manly -- his Testosterone Factor. It's one of the most important and powerful hormones in a man's body, but how does it really impact the men in your life? Explorer presents the latest insights from leading researchers in psychology, biology and anthropology to reveal testosterone's fascinating influence on strength, status, success and even commitment.
- This film examines one of the greatest tragedies in human history - the destruction of the Native Amerindians by European disease.
- Explorer follows two team as they explore and film the giant redwood forests of North America.
- The story of 350 American POWs held at a reclusive and secret concentraion camp administered by the Nazi regime.
- 1985– 57m7.7 (15)TV EpisodeA wildlife documentary about North America's adaptable wild dogs which are known for their trickery in folklore told by indigenous people of the Southwestern United States.
- National Geographic looks at dogs and investigates how humans have taken an active role in shaping their appearance and behavior through selective breeding.
- National Geographic tells the story of America's connection to guns through the eyes of its citizens. From gangs to local law enforcement to gun hobbyists to a young mother, this documentary explores the lives of people with guns.
- 1985–7.7 (37)TV EpisodeAuschwitz, 1943. Joseph Mengele - the Nazi doctor known as "Angel of Death " - conducts a series of horrific human experiments. Experiments designed to determine if twins hold the key to building a blond-haired, blue-eyed master race for Adolf Hitler. Now a writer says he has evidence that the fertility experiments may not have ended, but secretly continued, 20 years later, deep in the Brazilian outback. There, in a tiny farming town, among the 80 households are some 44 pairs of twins. Blond, blue-eyed twins. With exclusive access to the secret agents that trailed him, to the scientists now uncovering the facts behind the fantastical phenomenon we go inside the largest investigation ever launched to find the definitive answer. Did Mengele unlock the Secret of the Twins?
- 1985– 49mTV-PG7.7 (8)TV EpisodeMeet the scientists, adventurers, and engineers who are determined to launch a mission to Europa - and follow them through the challenges, frustrations, and triumphs that come with planning a distant mission to an alien world. Through CGI and quests to the edge of our planet, National Geographic goes on a journey to an alien moon to answer the basic question: are we alone in the universe?
- 1985– 1h 22mNot Rated7.6 (138)TV EpisodeNational Geographic follows underwater explorer Bob Ballard as he searches for the aircraft carrier sunk during the Battle of Midway.
- Lisa Ling examines China's reproductive policies as she follows a group of families who travel there in order to adopt a baby girl.
- Posing as a medical coordinator, Lisa Ling gains access to North Korea offering viewers a chance to see inside the "Hermit Kingdom".
- When engineers started building the deepest submerged tunnel in the world, along the worst fault line on the planet, they knew this would be a tough project. But the greatest challenge doesn't lie in the future, it lay in the past.
- LSD, a hallucinogenic street drug, was outlawed in 1970 but gained the status of being a tool of the counterculture, being able to inspire glimpses of genius or madness. Its volatile nature led Albert Hoffman, the Swiss discoverer of the drug, to believe that it is a tool that can either help attain or destroy one's potential. New experiments have shown that LSD may have a pharmaceutical purpose. Inside LSD explores the psychedelic world and why this drug could become part of the pharmaceutical toolkit, potentially being able to improve brain power, creativity, and fight disease.
- Two hour special celebrating the first 25 years of National Geographic's Explorer series.
- Using information from the investigation following the dropping of the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, this documentary outlines the immediate 24 hours following the massive explosion. The first atomic bomb contained 140 lbs of enriched uranium and reduced the downtown to a wasteland with 70,000 people killed immediately. Another 40,000 died three days later when a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. The Army spent 10 weeks studying the impact of the explosion focusing on thermal flash. The immediate impact was that some were vaporized leaving only atomic shadows. Triangulating these led them to conclude that the bomb exploded only a few hundred yards from its intended target. There was heavy damage for 3 miles in every direction. A great many were burned but there was very little information about radiation poisoning at the time. Today, scientists are still studying but the study continues today with the study of 120,000 Hiroshima survivors.
- 1985– 51m7.6 (7)TV Episode
- 1985– 54m7.5 (37)TV EpisodeA study of the last voyage and sinking of the Lusitania by a German U-boat on May 7, 1915.
- 1985– 45mTV-PG7.5 (21)TV EpisodeNational Geographic examines organ transplantation and the growing worldwide black market organ trade.
- National Geographic looks at the first twelve months of a baby's life. It examines human development in regard to facial recognition, language learning, walking, and perception.
- National Geographic Explorer offers an inside look at Camp Leatherneck the U.S. Marine base of operation in Afghanistan where more than 10,000 soldiers are charged with fighting the Taliban.
- 1985– 55mNot Rated7.4 (37)TV EpisodeExplorer examines four submarine disasters: Russia's Kursk, the USS Squalus, Soviet K-19, and the USS Thresher.
- 1985– 1h 46mNot Rated7.3 (46)TV EpisodeExplorer follows Bob Ballard and veterans from both America and Japan as they search for ships that were sunk during the Battle of Guadalcanal.
- National Geographic examines the science and engineering behind the EH101 helicopter which has been chosen by the Department of Defense to be the new Marine One.
- Explorer looks at crocodiles in order to explain what makes them such powerful predators.
- 1985– 45mTV-PG7.3 (42)TV EpisodeDeep beneath the legendary Easter Island, National Geographic undertakes a groundbreaking expedition to map a vast cave system utilized by the people who carved these iconic statues. Protected by sheer cliffs, narrow labyrinths and underwater entrances, many of the caves have not been explored for decades. Recently discovered human remains and telltale artifacts reveal details of the island's intriguing history and culture.
- 1985– 50mTV-PG7.3 (18)TV EpisodeTravel back 66 million years ago when a meteor struck the Earth, wiping out three-quarters of all life on the planet. What happened in those first hours? Why did some creatures survive while nearly all others perished? Using computer graphics and real-world recreations, National Geographic reveals the likely effects of the catastrophic impact that changed the world forever and examines who won, who lost, and why.
- High-resolution scanning methods and high-definition computer technology applied to films details the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
- 1985– 1h7.1 (62)TV EpisodeExplorer looks at the Vietnam war from the perspective of North Vietnamese war photographers.
- 1985–7.1 (39)TV EpisodeNational Geographic Explorer and Bob Ballard search the depths of the Atlantic for the remains of the German battleship Bismark.
- National Geographic explores solitary confinement and the devastating psychological effects of isolation. Some say that the practice helps to control unruly prisoners while others argue that it is tantamount to torture.
- Why does our modern world remain so violent? Explorer's Inside the Warrior Gene examines the work of a new breed of scientists who believe the answer may lie not in society, but in our DNA.
- Explorer goes around the world to look at the biology and behavior of big cats including lions, tigers, leopards, and cheetahs.
- National Geographic Explorer follows the crew of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower as they prepare for action in Iraq.
- Explorer examines the powerful and highly addictive drug methamphetamine also known as "meth". Correspondent Lisa Ling charts meth's impact in the United States and in the world.
- National Geographic examines the work of US hired Mercenaries and Private Security Contractors in Bagdad Iraq.
- National Geographic examines the evolution and behavior of the hammerhead shark and follows a team of scientists that are attempting to track their migratory patterns.
- National Geographic examines the Aryan Brotherhood with in depth jail-house interviews with former members.
- 1985–7.0 (8)TV Episode
- 1985–7.0 (16)TV Episode
- 1985– 1hUnrated6.9 (648)TV EpisodeA look at the background for Tolkien's mythology, hence the movie's mythology.
- Heroin is one of the most addictive drugs on earth. Stronger, purer and easier to get than ever before. The newest forms of heroin can be snorted or smoked--rather than injected--attracting millions of new users. National Geographic investigates how the war in Afghanistan has inadvertently unleashed a deluge of heroin, feeding addicts from Kabul to Europe to America's heartland.
- National Geographic examines Jamestown the first permanent English settlement in North America. It looks at forensic and archaeological evidence that tells a story of famine, disease, violence, and cannibalism.
- 1985–6.8 (38)TV Episode
- Despite the fact that cultivation of cannabis remains a federal offense, a new generation of "ganja-preneurs" hopes to cash in on the growing market for medical marijuana. In California, the Green Rush is in full bloom as growers, dispensaries, hydroponic nurseries, testing labs and insurance companies fight for a piece of this irresistible economic brownie. Marijuana Gold Rush enters the brave new business world of pot -- where Manhattan execs have joined forces with old-school growers in Northern California to explore the real potential of this budding industry.
- National Geographic Explorer examines the physical and psychological changes experienced by the human in the moments before and after death.
- Explorer takes an inside look at the controversial Guantanamo Bay detention camp. It chronicles the daily routines of both captives and guards and considers the legal status of the detainees.
- 1985– 45mTV-PG6.7 (11)TV EpisodeThe discovery of a human skull in the depths of Lake Superior begins a story that will take historian and author Brendon Baillod across two Great Lakes and a century of history. It takes him and a team of elite technical divers more than 20 miles off Milwaukee where they discover the wreck of one of Lake Michigans lost queens. It takes them to the remote waters of Lake Superior where they risk their lives to determine the identity of yet another lost ship. And it takes us into the forgotten life of a brave and stubborn woman who lived, and died, on these wild waters. Whether her presence cursed these lost ships, or a more earthly explanation can be found, the Great Lakes reputation as a graveyard for mariners stands firm.
- Mel Fisher searches 16 years for the treasure of the Spanish galleon Atocha which sank almost 300 years ago.
- In the cloud forests of Peru are the remains a lost civilization and an ancient legend of mass murder. For hundreds of years, anthropologists have been hunting for who or what killed these people.
- An extremely rare genetic disease passed down through generations, fatal familial insomnia's (FFI) primary symptom is sleeplessness, but with a fatal twist: victims are dead within months. National Geographic delves into the science of sleep to find out why we need sleep and what happens to us when we don't get it. Witness the pioneering research inside the sleeping brain as well as the mind forbidden to rest for days at a time.
- 1985– TV-146.6 (54)TV Episode
- National Geographic examines the hardware, strategic planning, and rationale behind the initial attacks of the Iraq War.
- 1985– 51mTV-146.5 (90)TV EpisodeExplorer investigates Mara Salvatrucha (also known as MS 13) a power 50,000 person gang that stretches across North America.
- During an excavation on an island off of Venice, explorers discovers a mass gravesite of what seem to be victims of the black death in the 16th century. One unusual skull caught their attention. There was a brick shoved into the skull's mouth. Top Italian Forensics investigates why.
- National Geographic heads to the front in Pakistan and Afganistan to see first hand the fight against the Taliban.
- National Geographic presents a comprehensive view of the spectacular California coastal area known as Big Surthrough the eyes of three intrinsically connected native creatures: condors, sea otters and mountain lions.
- National Geographic investigates the psychological and neurobiological basis for evil.
- Here are the stories of people in pursuit of that most precious metal; gold. A prospector gathers tiny specks of gold in the Peruvian rain forest. Dubai grows into a global gold trading center. A treasure hunter is on the trail of lost Spanish gold plundered form the Incas. And an investigator pursues the gold previously pursued by the perpetrators of the Brinks Mat gold robbery.
- 1985– 46mTV-PG6.2 (9)TV EpisodeScattered across the island of Sicily, beneath picturesque churches, are thousands of mummified bodies. And most mysterious of all is one known as the "sleeping beauty"-Rosalia Lombardo. A child barely two years old when she died nearly a century ago, her body remains flawlessly preserved. A scientific team is on the case, exploring this baffling culture of mummification and revealing the secret formula behind Rosalia's perfect preservation.
- Historical interpretation of what the life of Jesus Christ would have been like in the so-called lost years , based on existing clues in the canonical Gospels and the knowledge about the life of the Jews during that period.
- A scenario is explored concerning a high-altitude electromagnetic pulse (HEMP) generated by a nuclear weapon exploding in the upper atmosphere or a solar flare, that could have devastating results by wiping out all electronics in an instant.
- 1985–6.0 (6)TV EpisodeFor the first time, the Catholic Church will allow scientific experts and historians to openly test the veracity of the remains of reported saints. NGC has exclusive access to the forensic investigation. Deep in the crypt below the Cathedral of Reggio Emilia lie a set of bones believed to be those of two ancient saints, Chrysanthus and Daria. For more than 1,500 years they've been hidden away ... until now.
- 1985– 45mTV-PG5.9 (8)TV EpisodeLeonardo da Vinci's "The Battle of Anghiari" vanished 500 years ago, with only copies rendered by other artists left behind to confirm its existence. Scientist and art enthusiast Maurizio Seracini, has dedicated 36 years to tracking down the missing mural, and seems to be on the verge of uncovering the hidden fresco behind the walls of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy.
- The remains of a royal massacre uncovered at an abandoned Maya city are providing clues to the ancient mystery of why that civilization collapsed 1,200 years ago.
- See the world's first MRI scan of a great white shark as Ultimate Shark reveals the extreme engineering and predatory abilities of one of nature's most near perfect predators. Hear firsthand accounts of people who survived harrowing encounters, including a surfer who was bitten on the arm and leg, towed by the surfboard ankle strap and miraculously escaped only with minor injuries. National Geographic demystifies the true motives and power behind their behavior. National Geographic shows you a different look at nature's near perfect predator.. .the great white shark. With bloodlines going back 400 million years, they are older than dinosaurs and even trees. But only now are we starting to understand the true power of great whites. ULTIMATE SHARK breaks down dramatic great white - human attacks and demystifies the true motives and power behind great white shark behaviour. Every minute is loaded with cutting edge science, state of the art graphics and gripping stories of great whites and the people who survived their harrowing encounters.
- 1985– 46mTV-PG5.4 (9)TV EpisodeCannibalism has long been considered a dark chapter in man's history. Yet we think of it only as isolated occurrences. Now a Neolithic burial pit in Germany, found filled with expertly butchered human remains, challenges those assumptions. Archaeologists have never seen anything like it--the deeper they dig, the more bizarre the scene becomes. National Geographic joins an international team of experts as they reopen the earth to understand violent events as they played out seven thousand years ago.
- Scientists track a special type of killer whale, called "transients", which hunt whales, seals and dolphins in Monterey Bay. Along the journey, they discover another type of hidden killer that threatens all life in the Bay.
- 1985–TV Episode
- National Geographic Explorer follows Wildlife Conservation Society ecologist J. Michael Fay as he surveys a forest ecosystem. Fay and photographer Michael Nick Nichols take a 15-month journey across 1,200 miles of dense jungle from northern Congo to the coast of Gabon. They meet armed poachers, wild animals, raging rapids, stinging caterpillars.
- The bizarre world of Spider Sex is explored.
- 1985–TV Episode
- Cheetahs in Africa's Kalahari Desert are in a race for survival.
- A profile of cinematographer Tim Liversedge in the Kalahari Desert.
- Pet owners have sworn for years that their animal companions are thinking and feeling. This film examines the work of scientists investigating this point of view. In doing so, some very complex and flexible behaviors among a variety of animals are shown, from an African gray parrot that solves logic problems to a chimpanzee entertaining herself by making faces in a mirror. We may not be the only creatures to solve problems with mental pictures, fashion tools, make sounds to communicate, or be creative.
- 1985–TV Episode
- Profile of Philippe Petit, the world's greatest high wire artist.
- A polar bear family album. Discover the fate of a polar bear and her twin cubs at the icy top of the world. National Geographic cameras follow the family during a two-year Arctic odyssey filled with touching and unforgettable moments, many never before filmed. Watch in wonder as curious cubs emerge from their den for the first time after a three-month hibernation. Go 'icecrashing' with the polar bear family as they hunt for seals. Feet the tension as the mother protects her cubs from a hostile male, one of many dangers lurking on the ice flows. Just half of all cubs survive beyond their first year, and this polar bear family needs the mother's finely tuned instincts ~ and luck - to beat the odds.
- Scientists have long debated one of the greatest mysteries of science: What caused the mass extinction of mammoths around 13,000 years ago? A look at science in the making, National Geographic follows a team as they assemble one theory for what might have happened to the mammoths, which reigned over the landscapes of North America for more than 1 million years. Could the clues point to the biggest cosmic impact humans have ever witnessed?
- Nowhere is the battle to find oil more intense than in Alaska - source of nearly 15% of America's domestic production, and home to the nation's largest wildlife preserve, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, where companies are pushing to drill. National Geographic travels back millions of years to see how oil was created, and looks to the future to ask how far we'll go to find every last barrel and at what cost.
- Short documentary explores U.S. Military activities in the Mojave Desert.
- This short documentary explores the Tiawanaku culture of pre-Incan Bolivia.
- A British journalist's search for the Ark of the Covenant. Shot on location in Ethiopia, Israel, and Egypt.
- A forensic breakthrough leads scientists back to the scene of a 5,000 year old murder on a glacier high in the European Alps. As three possible motives emerge, the story of the Iceman's violent death illuminates the origins of conflict in the Copper Age.
- 1985–TV EpisodeA remarkable close-up footage of the leopard, and its neighbor, the warthog in the Mala Mala Game Reserve in South Africa. Their parallel lives include age-old scenes of mating, birth, and raising young. But when these lives intersect, the outcome is always the same: The formidable leopard outranks the warthog on the food chain.
- Follow the adventures of a 1000 mile catamaran race from Ft Lauderdale FL to Virginia Beach VA. The catamarans were filmed from helicopters, fixed wing planes, camera-boats - and a blimp.
- 1985–TV EpisodeIn the hillsides of Patagonia in southern Chile are the guanacos, camel-like wild ancestors of the llama. Life is tough here: the landscape and weather are harsh; the competition for mates and grazing areas is violent; and the puma, a major predator, is always lurking.
- One of Germany's greatest victories in World War II was called "Operation Drumbeat". All but forgotten, it was the worst naval defeat in United States history. National Geographic's U-BOATS: TERROR ON OUR SHORES turns back the pages of time for a haunting look at the battle that claimed 4,000 lives and destroyed 400 ships.
- On Christmas Day 2007, a 243-pound Siberian tiger named Tatiana escaped from her open-air enclosure at the San Francisco Zoo and mauled three young men. Before long, one 17-year-old boy and the 4-year-old tigress lay dead. Zoo Tiger Escape investigates the how and why of what really happened that night-from the possible motivational factors that led the tiger to escape, to the complex evolution of enclosure design.
- This episode follows National Geographic photographer Reza, who photographed the region of northern Iraq now protected by the UN and known as Iraqi Kurdistan. He returns after 20 years to document the changes.
- Scientists construct a walking model of a one year old Tyrannosaurus Rex.
- They are some of the most lethal substances on earth -- transmitted through food, water, the people around you or even the air you breathe. These are bioweapons, strains of bacteria and viruses that include the most feared diseases in human history. Now, imagine that you have just become the leader of your nation and new intelligence confirms that terrorists are trying to make and unleash a biological weapon in one of your cities. What are their chances for success? National Geographic reveals a surprising picture of what could happen during a biological attack by examining potential scenarios, vulnerabilities, historical instances and the steps we can take to protect ourselves from the world's most dangerous pathogens.
- With exclusive access to BP's clean up operations, National Geographic investigates what happened to the 4.9 million barrels of oil that poured from the sea floor in one of the worst environmental disasters of all time. From the front lines of the cleanup efforts, National Geographic follows the first two months after the spill, tracking cleanup efforts as experts seek to learn the ongoing effects and BP battles the spill and the public's outcry.
- Explorer examines the ruins of the Roman city of Herculaneum which was destroyed along with Pompeii in 79 A.D. by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
- 1985–TV Episode
- Animal domestication was a major prerequisite for human civilization to evolve. Join National Geographic as we explore how a dramatic shift from wild to tame happened by investigating foxes, chickens, dogs and rats. Travel to Siberia to see how the physiology of foxes changes when only friendly foxes are bred. In Georgia, follow a scientist as he decodes the DNA of a special population of chickens. And in Moscow, a researcher gains insight into domestication by studying a group of stray dogs.
- Journalist Terry Anderson was kidnapped and then held prisoner by Muslim extremists for seven years. On the 20th anniversary of his eventual release, National Geographic investigates his near-death ordeal as a hostage. American Hostage reveals Terry Anderson's harrowing experience from the man himself: "They beat on me. They threatened me.... They would come and sit on my chest and poke guns into my neck and say, 'We kill you, we kill you.'" Hear how the loneliness, boredom and feelings of total helplessness nearly drove Anderson over the edge. And hear from Anderson's fellow hostages, his family--who spent seven long years uncertain of his fate--and the man who risked everything to free him.
- Deals with the dangerous work that wildlife cinematographers sometimes do. It features sequences filmed by many shooters working for National Geographic Television.
- This program deals with Wildlife Cinematographers, and the "passion" they have for their work. It shows National Geographic cinematographers at work, clips of their sequences, and interviews. We (George D. Dodge & Kathleen M. Dodge) were one of the husband and wife teams they featured.
- A tuft of tangled human hair is dug out of Greenlands permafrost. From these 4,000-year-old threads of evidence, scientists attempt the impossible to be the first to reconstruct the identity of a Stone Age human being. From the scraps of DNA, an ancient face appears. But as they break into this genetic code, they find far more than they bargained for, and the discovery threatens to turn our long-held concept of how humans populated the earth, on its head.
- Storm chasers canvas the Great Plains in search of tornadoes.
- 1985–TV EpisodeSelf-trained naturalist Gerald Durrell explores the River Wye in Wales and examines its creatures.
- Explorer examines the ancient way of life practiced by China's Mongolian people.
- Explorer profiles Andrew "Tan" Brunet a Cajun decoy carver and poet.
- Alaska's Denali also known as Mount McKinley towers over one of the most diverse wildernesses in the world. It contains grizzly bears, wolves, and caribou.
- An international team of spelunkers explore the limestone caves of Chiapas Mexico.
- Explorer goes to England in order to look at some novel bicycle designs.
- A daring team of twelve men run a wild Icelandic river, the Jökulsá á Fjöllum, from its source in a huge glacier to its mouth at the Arctic Ocean.
- Explorer profiles Dr. Merlin Tuttle who is investigating bats deep in the caves of Texas.
- The Pantanal region in Brazil is the home of howler monkeys, jaguars, anteaters, birds, and even web-footed deer.
- Explorer visits Japan's Izu Oceanic Park with photographer and diver David Doubilet.
- Explorer goes to the heart of Italy's marble country with American artist Helaine Blumenfeld and discovers a sculptor's paradise in the village of Pietrasanta.
- Explorer follows Emory Kristof and his high-tech crew as they probe the ocean depths off of Bermuda and look at the bizarre, fluorescent underwater lifeforms.
- A family of modern pioneers create a living built of self-sufficiency in Canada's Yukon.
- Explorer looks at the life cycle of the mosquito the insect responsible for more human deaths than any other.
- Explorer looks at the feral pigs of French countryside and the men who hunt them for sport.
- 1985–TV EpisodeExplorer profiles Irving Johnson who has traveled the oceans for more than six decades and has recorded many of his adventures on film.
- Explorer profiles the Cutticchio family who carry on a four generation tradition of the small theaters of Palmero, Italy.
- Navigating a sea of lies and manipulation, animal rights activist Chris DeRose works with informants to bring both rural and inner city dog fighters to justice.
- Explorer looks at the intimate connection between life and water by examining water's role in evolution.
- Explorer profiles George Nakashima a 79-year-old furniture builder whose views his craftsmanship as spiritual work.
- Explorer follows a group of Coast Guard trainees as they hone their skills by guiding ships through rough seas at the National Motor Lifeboat School in Washington State.
- Explorer goes to Alaska and observes the cycle of the seasons and its effects of wildlife.
- 1985–TV EpisodeNaturalist Gerald Durrell returns to Greece and recaptures his childhood interest in small creatures.
- Residents of Papua New Guinea recall the horrors of military occupation during World War II.
- Explorer goes to the Swiss Alps where scientists study the causes of avalanches.
- Explorer looks at the powerful effects of a drought in Australia.
- Explorer looks at the threat of extinction that is facing wildlife.
- Explorer visits the island of Sato where communal musicians preserve the ancient Japanese art of drum-beating.
- Explorer goes to the volcanic island of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands where its people cultivate an almost lunar landscape.
- A french free climber attempts to scale a sheer wall of rock with only his fingertips and toes.
- Explorer looks at the artisans of Murano, Italy who make masterworks of Venetian glass.
- Explorer follows a group of death-defying Mohawk Indians as they tread the narrow steel girders of an under construction Manhattan skyscraper.
- A trio of daredevils travel to Angel Falls. Two of them hang glide from the top of the falls while the third attempts a parachute jump.
- Explorer travels to the desert of southern Argentina where volunteers capture penguins for a study focusing on their conservation.
- Explorer takes the Trans-Siberian Express across the frozen frontier of the Soviet Union.
- Explorer looks at the history of tattooing, both primitive and modern, and discussing its use as an ornament, badge, and personal statement.
- Explorers looks at the work of mice, spiders, lice, and snakes when it examines the art of making compost.
- Explorer follows an expedition of divers who are using a revolutionary submarine suit to explore the remains of the Breadalbane a British ship lost in the arctic ocean.
- Explorer watches as the camera of wildlife photographer Dietmar Fill reveals microscopic life in an Australian Lake.
- Explorer looks at the first half of the 20th century when magnificent ocean liners ruled the sea.
- Explorer follows a group of pilgrims who are hiking to a sacred waterfall in Haiti for ritual cleansing. Their rites combine both Roman Catholicism and Voodoo.