
Animal Armoury
The archer fish uses a blowgun to capture insects, while the jawfish defends itself by throwing boulders.

The archer fish uses a blowgun to capture insects, while the jawfish defends itself by throwing boulders.

Elephants, thrive on vegetation, though they're not averse to confrontation. Rhinos, resilient yet endangered, face threats from predators and humanity. Hippos, formidable and protective, safeguard their young from crocodiles and other predators.

Deserts, harsh and arid, challenge life with scant rainfall. Desert animals adapt to conserve water, relying on food for hydration. They seek shade, burrow, or became nocturnal to survive extreme temperatures.

Cheetahs race towards endangerment.Leopards thrive as opportunistic hunters.Lions reign atop the food chain. Snow leopards navigate treacherous terrain.Tigers persevere. Each big cat surviving maturity claims victory in life's relentless race.

Animals adapt for survival. Crocodiles, ancient and resilient, boast slow metabolism and efficient physiology. Sharks retain successful traits over time. Whales, from land to sea, evolve with echolocation and robust anatomy, ensuring survival.

Many of the larger breeds of raptors are now endangered or vulnerable, particularly eagles, vultures and larger owls as they require large, specialized habitats. Though they may be soaring high now, the future doesn't bode well for the great raptors.

With only a handful of snakes potentially dangerous to humans and most targeting rodents and pests, it seems their negative reputation today is unearned. Perhaps a product of their strange limb-less appearance, rather than their nature.

Laura and Nick travel to a state-of-the-art Direct Effects Lightning Test Lab. With some “explosive” experiments, they'll determine the power lightning and how it behaves? And they'll find out how can hunters and fishermen best protect themselves?

Military snipers are trained in a variety of skills: detection, stalking, camouflage, infiltration, special reconnaissance and target acquisition. Bottom line, a ton of cool shooting and science for Nick and Laura to explore!

In this exciting episode we'll find out the reasons why tree stand accidents happen and how we can prevent them. Cool science mixed with dynamic experiments send our hosts, our stunt team and our special crash test dummies plummeting to the ground.

Nick and Laura create kick-ass tests to explore the immense power and startling speed of grizzly bears. They use Hollywood stunt tools to experience an attack. Then try to recreate a “miracle” arrow shot that saved a man from being killed by a bear.

Ruqsana Begum is a Muay Tai world champion who wants to become the next world champion in boxing. She's wants to inspire Muslim women and make a difference.

Dave Leduc is the undefeated world champion in Lethwei, the most brutal sport in the world. It is fought without gloves, with elbows, headbutts and take downs.

Denise Kielholtz is 6 time world champion kickboxer. Her goal? To become the world's first female MMA world champion and will do anything to achieve this.

Amit Himelstein is the head instructor of the IKF and the leader in Kapap. His big motto? Respect everyone but fear no-one. He's the embodiment of krav maga.

Join us as we dig deep in this episode to uncover how gold was mined and transformed into everyday objects like jewellery and currency, and even to adorn holy temples and statues.

Since their earliest existence in ancient Greek and Roman civilizations, stadiums have been regarded as achitectural masterpieces and focal poins in their surrounding cities, but none more so than the Colosseum in Rome.

Awe-inspiring palaces are the legacy that demonstrates the brilliance of Islamic engineers, culminating arguably the most beautiful building in the World - the Taj Mahal.

Even before the start of recorded history, ancient engineers across the World were erecting giant monuments. What was their purpose?

This episode examines the work done by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) the Solar Dynamics Observatory and the Parker Solar Probe.,