National Geographic Deadly Instincts: Primal Urges (2016)

Explores beyond the Bible, building new biographies of the Apostles from 2,000 years of history strewn across the globe, including the latest discoveries, controversies and insights. Can the Bible’s puzzling, often baffling and contradictory stories of the Apostles, riddled with high stakes mysteries, magic and malevolence ultimately be understood through modern investigation? Deadly Journeys of the Apostles explores the ultimate hero’s journeys.

In the animal kingdom, females are tough, feisty and fearless. But these Lady Killers don't just get by on their good looks; they use their paws, claws and jaws to ensure survival for themselves and for their offspring. Meet protective moose moms, a clan of hyenas that live in a female-dominated society and creatures that mate for life including some males who learn too late that mating is literally the last thing they will do in life.

Deep in the Atlantic new islands are forming alongside the ancient peaks of the Azores. But how did the jungle find its way on to the inhospitable rocks, long before the arrival of humans? The answer is birds.

Travel back in time with National Geographic to the Holy Land to explore some of the Bible’s most intriguing mysteries. From the mysterious lost stories of Jesus to the greatest escape in history, National Geographic examines the fundamental questions surrounding the ancient texts to shed new light on old mysteries.

Investigative journalist Bryan Christy is setting out on a groundbreaking mission to expose how the ivory trade funds some of Africa’s most notorious militias and terrorist groups. Working with one of the world’s top taxidermists, he conceals a sophisticated GPS tracker inside an incredibly realistic faux ivory tusk and drops it in the heart of ivory poaching country and monitors its movements to track down the kingpins of the ivory trade.

Every year in Tanzania, the dry season hits the Ruaha Reserve hard. To survive, animal populations come down from the high plateaus to reach the Ruaha River, where a pride of lionesses wait patiently, poised for combat. Watch the drama unfold as the lionesses face off with herds of buffalo and elephants in epic battles to defend their territory.

Cable television's longest-running documentary series Explorer presents a mix of entertaining, illuminating, and surprising investigative stories from all over the world, along with in-depth interviews and provocative roundtable discussions. Explorertakes viewers around the world, opening a window on hidden parts of the world, unlocking mysteries both ancient and modern, and investigating stories of science, nature, and culture.