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Investigative journalist Bryan Christy is setting out on a groundbreaking mission to expose how the ivory trade funds some of Africa’s most notorious militias and terrorist groups. Working with one of the world’s top taxidermists, he conceals a sophisticated GPS tracker inside an incredibly realistic faux ivory tusk and drops it in the heart of ivory poaching country and monitors its movements to track down the kingpins of the ivory trade.
For 22 years, Steve Elkins has been searching for the legendary White City in Mosquitia, the largest untouched rainforest in Central America — 34,000 square miles of tangled jungle, jaguars and swarming insects. The film tells the amazing story of his decades-long search, his astonishing discovery, and how archaeologists are just now starting to unravel the mysteries of an ancient culture.
Bill Nye experiences the five stages of climate change grief – from denial to acceptance – and along the way, he’ll explore what’s gone wrong with our planet and how we can start to turn things around.
Explorer examines the global phenomenon of the “cult” of Mary. The episode opens a window into the many ways devotees venerate the Virgin Mary. From a small community in Alabama to thousands of people gathering in Mexico, Mary draws millions of people to shrines and sustains religious tourism that’s estimated to be worth billions of dollars a year. The film is a journey into the heart of modern-day Mary devotion around the world.
More than half the world lives in urban environments, but some people are reaching back to the land and carving out lives in the wilderness.
For many living creatures, including humans, eyes are an integral survival tool. Learn how eyes have also inspired incredible emerging technology.
Today, ISIS controls over a third of Iraq. The Kurds and their underdog army defend their home against the world’s most feared and ruthless threat.
Death is as fundamental to life as gravity, sex, or breathing. We may not like to think about it, but death makes life on earth possible. Today, our attitude towards death is changing. And the choice we make for ourselves after death has become yet another way to express our individuality. In this episode of Explorer, meet the people who choose to live with death every day and want you to face your own mortality head on.
A team of elite climbers must each confront their personal demons on a 150-mile journey from the sweltering jungle to a remote peak in Myanmar.
Explorer investigates an illicit pipeline of ancient Syrian treasures that have been plundered by Islamic State militants and sold in private markets.
Exploitation threatens to destroy Africa’s oldest national park, Virunga, home to some of the world’s most incredible creatures.
