Discovery

Half of the world's cork wine stoppers come from Portugal's cork oak trees. These trees are so important to the country's ecosystem and economy, they're protected under Portuguese law. We went inside the forests of Alentejo to see how the cork bark is car...

In 2021, researchers reported a shocking disappearance in the Bering Sea. Not of people, but of Alaskan snow crabs. And it's taken scientists years to understand how tens of billions of crabs disappeared all at once, so let's take you through the mystery...

Baron Samedi is a celebrated Vodou spirit from Haitian and New Orleans traditions, portrayed as a flamboyant skeleton overseeing death, resurrection, and fertility. Often depicted humorously, he guides souls to the afterlife, offers protection, and symbol...

Explore the concept of fast food in ancient Rome, focusing on the thermopolia—small bars and eateries that catered to busy city dwellers.

Where would we be without the world’s alphabets? Writing has played a vital role in the development and expansion of cultures throughout history. But researchers are only now uncovering the origin story to our own alphabet. From the shape of the letter A...

Natalie Haynes explores the myth of Medusa, and the story beyond her snakey hair and stoney gaze. History Hit goes on a remarkable journey with classicist Natalie Haynes to the beautiful Greek island of Corfu to discover the truth behind the myth of Medus...

Making headlines around the world, Brent Seales and his team of computer scientists set out on a mission to read the 2,000-year-old carbonized scrolls found in the remains of a villa in Herculaneum. Mt. Vesuvius’s eruption in 79 AD transformed the papyri,...

A dam failure or dam burst is a catastrophic type of structural failure characterized by the sudden, rapid, and uncontrolled release of impounded water. Some some of the worst Dam tragedies along with some of the science behind how a Dam works.

Sir David Attenborough befriends a giant dinosaur, the Diplodocus.

In 1938 a woman in South Africa makes a strange discovery of an unknown 5-foot-long fish. Coelacanths are an ancient group of lobe-finned fish in the class Actinistia. As sarcopterygians, they are more closely related to lungfish and tetrapods than to ra...

Sir David Attenborough explores London’s Natural History Museum and meets some of the most extraordinary creatures from the past. Advanced CGI shows Attenborough face-to-face with a saber-toothed tiger, a giant eagle, and a colossal snake. "Museum Alive w...

Sir David Attenborough explores the research surrounding the existence of Bigfoot.

Sir David Attenborough comes face-to-face with the dodo - the first animal driven to extinction by humans.

Watching drone videos is like going on an adventure without leaving your home. Many people enjoy the magical feeling of flying a drone into the air, capturing beautiful panoramic images of landscapes, and exploring inaccessible places.

Uncover new archaeological evidence rewriting our understanding of the Dark Ages in 5th- and 6th-century Britain that might also explain the legend of King Arthur.

Colossal Chief Science Officer Beth Shapiro, Ph.D., spoke at Fortune Brainstorm Tech about how de-extinction technology is revolutionizing biodiversity.