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How the Earth was made uses the latest in forensic science techniques, showing the various geological processes that have changed the globe. Featured are the Great Lakes, Iceland, San Andreas Fault, Krakatoa, and more.

Hummingbirds are the tiniest of birds, yet they are some of the toughest creatures on the planet. Using cameras able to capture over 500 images a second, the hummingbirds' magical world can finally be seen and appreciated. Nature reveals their stunning abilities as they have never been seen before. Narrated by F. Murray Abraham. Hummingbirds represent one of nature's most interesting paradoxes, they are the tiniest of birds, yet they qualify as some...

From award-winning filmmakers Beverly and Dereck Joubert, comes the remarkable story of the black rhino and those who are fighting to save the last of these amazing creatures.

Join structural engineer Steve Burrows and his team of laser-scanning experts as they set out to explore the epic building legacy of Jerusalem. Their focus is on two of the most impressive engineering creations of the ancients: the Temple Mount, a holy icon larger than 20 football fields, and the man-made mountain of Herodium, an opulent palace built on top of millions of tons of hand carved rock.

A look at some of the planet's great gatherings, creatures that come together in inconceivable numbers, sometimes in millions, billions, and even trillions. Some gather to breed, migrate, for protection, or simply to keep warm. But in the process, a kind of super-organism is created in which individual intelligence is superseded by a collective consciousness that shares information and moves with a single purpose for the benefit of all.