National Geographic

What would happen if an asteroid was on a collision course with San Francisco? Naked Science: Countdown to Impact : THU DEC 3 10P et/pt :

A football octopod and a piglet squid are just a few of the bizarre deep-sea creatures uncovered during the ten-year Census of Marine Life, which ends in 2010. Video Courtesy: Census of Marine Life

How can Jared Rydelek hammer a four-inch nail into his nose without causing serious damage or even making himself sneeze? Humanly Impossible : SUN DEC 6 8P et/pt :

Male wild turleys display their feathers.

Seeing double is normal in Cândido Godói, Brazil, where the rate of twin births is nearly a thousand percent above the global average. Explorer: Nazi Mystery: Twins from Brazil : SUN NOV 29 9P et/pt :

In 1997, just off the Farallon Islands, a group of whale watchers watch an Orca prey upon a great white shark. Wild: The Whale That Ate Jaws : SAT NOV 28 8P et/pt :

To understand the deadly release of energy caused by an asteroid striking Earth, scientists study the blast of a 5,000-pound bomb. Explorer: 24 Hours After Asteroid Impact : TUES NOV 24 10P et/pt :

On Nov. 22, 1963, hundreds of hours of TV news, radio reports, and home movies captured history as it was chaotically unfolding. The Lost JFK Tapes: The Assassination : MON NOV 23 9P et/pt :

Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation adds moral purpose to a bloody war and 200,000 black recruits to Union ranks. Lincoln: American Mastermind : MON NOV 23 8P et/pt :

National Geographic Adventure Magazine presents their 2009 Adventurer of the Year, Dean Potter, as he climbs the Eiger for the ultimate base jumping experince.

Paul Nicklen describes his most amazing experience as a National Geographic photographer - coming face-to-face with one of the arctic's most vicious predators.

National Geographic Photographer Nick Nichols and Steve Sasson, inventor of the digital camera, on a new era in photography.

A band of wolves takes down and elk.

Paul Sereno and his team of scientists and artists show us what the world looked like in an age when crocs ate dinosaurs. Expedition Week: When Crocs Ate Dinosaurs : SAT NOV 21 9P et/pt :

A three-foot-tall stone tablet from the first century B.C. may speak of an early Messiah and his resurrection. Expedition Week: The First Jesus? : FRI NOV 20 9P et/pt :

Could global warming, a problem here on Earth, be the solution to making Mars a habitable planet? Expedition Week: Mars: Making the New Earth : THU NOV 19 9P et/pt :

Care to wager on who wins in a spider vs. bat matchup? Before you place your bet, see what happens when a bat meets an orb spider in Belize.

Scientists and anglers work like a well-trained pit crew to tag a massive Great White, collect data, and get DNA samples. Expedition Week: Expedition Great White : MON NOV 16 9P et/pt :

When you're an anaconda you don't need venom to take down your prey, even if its the world's largest rodent, a capybara, weighing somewhere in the neighborhood of one hundred pounds!