Geography provides a sense of place. What a country has, in terms of strategic location and natural resources, can determine its role in the world. See why geography matters in this collection of stories.
On the 1st of July, 2004, an orbiter called Cassini - carrying a probe named Huygens - began to transmit pictures of Saturn's rings to scientists on E...
When the First Emperor of China ordered the construction of a new wall, to protect the country's borders, it was quickly built by thousands of hard-wo...
In 2001, Gedeon and Jules Naudet were filming a documentary about a young New York City firefighter from Engine 7, Ladder 1.
On the 24th of April, 1916, Ernest Shackleton realized his shipthe Endurancewas so badly stuck in ice that he had to take other measures to protect hi...
Happy Oceans Day! Watch a Great White capture a favorite prey - an Elephant Seal - which it attacks with stunning quickness. The unwary seal has littl...
When William T. Sherman, one of the Union's leading generals, led his troops on a mission now known as "Sherman's March to the Sea," his primary objec...
For a successful March to the Sea, General Sherman's plans had to remain secret.
During the summer of 1864, Union engineers from Pennsylvania (with mining experience in their own state) dug a tunnel under Confederate lines at Peter...
It's May 27, 1941, and the Bismarck is disabled, due to attacks by British planes (known as Swordfish). Several Royal Navy ships arrive on the scene -...
Tatanka-Iyotanka (more commonly misspelled Tatanka Yotanka [or, Yotaka]) - a Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux holy man who was also known as Chief Sitting Bull -...
Nineteen years after the formation of the modern Jewish state, Israel fought a war with her neighbors.
This rare footage depicts a snow leopard (uncia) stalking her prey - a young markhor - in the beautiful mountains of the Himalaya.
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