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From learning the art of the Samurai warrior to taking part in an ancient tea ceremony, Tevya Heller reveals the secrets of a faith that is as old as Japan itself, Shintoism.

Crypto Decoded offers a window into the rapidly-growing world of cryptocurrencies and their ecosystems. From Bitcoin to NFTs and everything yet to come, Crypto Decoded will explore this monetary frontier with the goals of educating investors, keeping them apprised of the latest developments, and empowering them to make informed decisions with their hard and digital assets.

The life of the greater sage-grouse, which lives on the "sagebrush sea" that stretches across 11 states in the American West, is detailed. Other featured creatures include the golden eagle, great-horned owl, cavity-nesting bluebirds and American kestrel.

An osprey soars over a small saltmarsh at the delta of the Connecticut River. From somewhere along the east coast of South America, he has just flown 4,000 miles to the place that is imprinted on his memory since birth, the saltmarsh where he will rejoin his mate.

Nova and National Geographic present exclusive access to an astounding discovery of ancient fossil human ancestors. Deep in a South African cave, a special team of experts has brought to light an unprecedented wealth of fossils belonging to a crucial gap in the record of our origins that spans the transition between the ape-like australopithecines (such as the famous Lucy) and the earliest members of the human family.

National Geographic goes inside the training of the special elite force of K-9s dedicated to serving the country. The Alpha Dogs have jumped out of helicopters to capture Osama Bin Laden and have tracked Saddam Hussein. They're in police departments, the Secret Service and every branch of the military.

Since 1884, Bigfoot has provoked controversy within the scientific community as the most-sighted mythical beast in the world. Is he real, or merely a popular legend passed on through the generations? Narrated by Leonard Nimoy.

As India faces water crisis and climate change, travel the country with Adriana, a refugee from Venezuela; Kankana, an Indian actress working in Hollywood; Suraj, a street cleaner from a slum in Rajasthan; and Ravi, a television news reporter from Jaipur.

Paleontologist Paul Sereno recreates a lost world where strange and terrifying crocodiles rubbed shoulders with dinosaurs, and sometimes even ate them.

It tells the story of a pastor in South Korea who goes to heroic measures to embrace and protect the most vulnerable children in his community. An award-winning feature-length documentary, Audiences learned of Pastor Lee's story, how he one day came upon a newborn who has been abandoned on a cold night in a Seoul alley. That experience prompts him to build a "baby box" at the front of his church, a warm, safe place where desperate mothers can leave...