TV Guide: Explorer

Listing: Chimps on the Edge

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500

Sun Nov 22 02:00 AM NGC A February 2009 chimpanzee attack in Stamford, Conn., is discussed in this look at the complex relationship between humans and pet primates.

Listing: Tiny Humans: The Hobbits of Flores

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500

Fri Nov 20 03:00 AM NGC Examining the discovery of a diminutive population of humans on a remote Indonesian island who coexisted with prehistoric humans for some 80,000 years.

Listing: Lost Cities of the Amazon

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:00:00 -0500

Sat Nov 14 06:00 PM NGC A look at new evidence that suggests an indigenous civilization thrived in the Amazon rain forest approximately 500 years ago.

Listing: Peru's Mass Grave Mystery

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:00:00 -0500

Sat Nov 14 05:00 PM NGC Experts investigate the sudden collapse of Peru's Chachapoya civilization, which flourished in the upper Amazon from the 800s to the mid-1500s. A mass grave with more than 80 corpses was uncovered in that region, providing archaeologists and anthropologists with clues to the deaths.

Listing: China's Secret Mummies

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:00:00 -0500

Sat Nov 14 04:00 PM NGC Light is shed on ancient human migrations as 3000-year-old mummies with European features are unearthed in a remote Chinese desert.

Listing: Finding Anastasia

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:00:00 -0500

Sat Nov 14 03:00 PM NGC Forensic anthropologist Anthony Falsetti examines human remains found in a Siberian forest to determine if they belong to Anastasia Romanov, the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra.

Listing: Tunnel to a Lost World

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:00:00 -0500

Sat Nov 14 02:00 PM NGC Spotlighting a heated battle between modernizers and historians as the discovery of a preserved ancient harbor from the Byzantine era halts an ambitious engineering project in Istanbul.

Listing: Child Mummy Sacrifice

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:00:00 -0500

Sat Nov 14 01:00 PM NGC Scientists analyze the DNA of three perfectly preserved child mummies that were found near the summit of a volcano in northwest Argentina. It is believed the children were chosen to die 500 years ago as an Incan sacrifice to their gods.

Listing: Mystery of the Mummy Murders

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0500

Sat Nov 14 12:00 PM NGC Documenting the discovery of well-preserved bodies from the Iron Age in peat bogs in northern Europe.

Listing: Death of the Iceman

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:00:00 -0500

Fri Nov 13 04:00 AM NGC Possible motives behind the violent death of Ötzi, the 5300-year-old ice mummy unearthed in the Alps in 1991, are investigated.

Listing: Secret History of Diamonds

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:00:00 -0500

Tue Nov 10 10:00 PM NGC A look inside the dark world of conflict diamonds, including smuggling operations and an alleged 9/11 connection between Al Qaeda and the Belgium diamond sector.

Listing: Mammoth Mystery

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0500

Tue Nov 10 07:00 PM NGC The sudden mass extinction of mammoths some 13,000 years ago is investigated by scientists.

Listing: Inside LSD

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:00:00 -0500

Tue Nov 10 06:00 PM NGC Researchers study the psychedelic drug LSD, believing it could become a pharmaceutical of the future. Included: a look at the first human LSD trials in more than 35 years.

Listing: Marijuana Nation

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:00:00 -0500

Tue Nov 10 05:00 PM NGC Lisa Ling examines different aspects of the marijuana industry by interviewing a grower, scientists and members of law enforcement. Included: a look at issues surrounding controversial medical uses.

Listing: World's Most Dangerous Drug

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:00:00 -0500

Tue Nov 10 04:00 PM NGC An in-depth look at the dangers of methamphetamine, a highly addictive drug commonly found in both rural and city environments. Correspondent Lisa Ling examines it's far-reaching influence, from rural America to Bangkok, Thailand. Included: a scientific look at meth's addictive powers; the WWII origins of the drug are traced; interviews with addicts and law-enforcment agents.

Video: Inside the Tripper's Brain

Hulu — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Season 9: Psychedelics over-stimulate serotonin receptors in the brain, resulting in a blissful experience or a horrifying one.

Video: Being Eaten by Crabs

Hulu — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Season 9: Dr. Anderson uses a pig carcass to investigate what happens to a human body when it decomposes in the sea.

Video: Underground LSD Lab

Hulu — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Season 9: Web Exclusive: Nick Sand served hard time for running a productive underground LSD operation - and he has no regrets.

Video: View From The Treetops

Hulu — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Season 9: Steve Sillet climbs a massive redwood, 350 feet in the sky, in order to study the unique environment of the forest canopy.

Video: The Karate Chimp

Hulu — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Season 9: Carmen has cared for his chimps since they were young. As adults, they're too powerful to be let out of their cage.

Video: Saving the Redwoods

Hulu — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Season 9: Environmental activists clash with authorities over the clear cutting of California's redwood trees.

Video: Mummified Child Sacrifice

Hulu — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Season 9: Working under a tight deadline, scientists extract samples that will help describe their young mummy's life.

Video: Death Row Request

Hulu — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Season 9: A team of defense lawyers attempts to save a man with a tragic childhood from death row.

Video: China's Lost Girls