NGC Presents

Slow motion video reveals how this pit crew moves quickly and efficiently to get the job done.

National Geographic Photographer, Reza, revisits the site and the memory of Masood's assassination.

After a surgical procedure to remove her parasitic twin, three-year-old Lakshmi's recovery appears to be going remarkably well.

The first to study mountain gorillas, Schaller habituated them to humans, allowing us to see their truly amiable nature.

While hunting down insurgents in Fallujah, Sergeant Bellavia sees his enemy as another human being.

How can Jared Rydelek hammer a four-inch nail into his nose without causing serious damage or even making himself sneeze?

Bella experiences the biochemical transformation of pain into pleasure as she hangs suspended by her skin.

Scientists investigate how Iona maneuvers herself into deep backbends and is able to suspend her body with her teeth.

On Nov. 22, 1963, hundreds of hours of TV news, radio reports, and home movies captured history as it was chaotically unfolding.

Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation adds moral purpose to a bloody war and 200,000 black recruits to Union ranks.

The Maya calendar will end on December 21, 2012. Are we three years from the end of the world?

Could a sudden climate shift that took place 5,200 years ago tell us more about what the Maya predicted for 2012?

Jenkins believes the Maya witnessed a slow movement toward an alignment of the sun and the center of the Milky Way.