Over 640,000 years ago, the area that we know as Yellowstone National Park was the epicenter of a cataclysmic volcanic eruption—an eruption one thousand times larger than Mt. St. Helens. The eruption blasted away mountains, unearthed a vast ocean of lava and spewed hundreds of miles of debris into the atmosphere, burying half of the United States with deadly ash.
Largely unknown today, this destructive super volcano is still active, turning the picturesque landscape of Yellowstone into one of the harshest environments on the planet. Brutally cold winters fade into majestic summers, but for the animals that call the park …read more

From the forests of Puerto Rico to the jungles of Central America to the high Sierras of the American West, the world’s frogs are mysteriously vanishing. Experts believe that as many as one-third to one-half of the planet’s 5,743 known amphibian species are in danger of disappearing — victims of the most significant mass extinction since the dinosaurs.
Why are amphibians in such dire straits? And how can we take action to save them? THE VANISHING FROG, a new documentary from Animal Planet in partnership with The Clorox Company, sends Jeff Corwin on an international mission to uncover clues about the …read more

 
Whale Wars (Animal Planet)

In this upcoming episode of  Whale Wars, which will air on Animal Planet tonight at 9PM ET/PT, the crew has been searching for weeks and finally spot a Japanese whaling ship, the harpoon vessel Yushin Maru #2.
Watch below to find out what happens as Captain Paul Watson decides to devise a plan for two of his crew members to board the vessel and deliver a letter telling them to stop the killing of whales.

Will the guys make it out alive, or will they be captives for life? Find out by watching the full episode tonight at 9PM. …read more

Storm Chasers (Discovery Channel)
Episode 2.01 ”One on the Ground”
Original Air Date: Sunday, October 19th 10PM ET/PT
On the most recent episode of Storm Chasers, Meteorologist and researcher Dr. Joshua Wurman and IMAX filmmaker Sean Casey get back into the action of chasing tornados.
This season, the two are racing to get a bigger, badder Tornado Intercept Vehicle (TIV-2) on the road in time for what already has been a deadly, active spring storm season.
Watch the clip from the episode titled “One on the Ground” as Reed Trimmer and his team track a tornado that has just touched down
New episodes of Storm Chasers air …read more

According to cnn.com, 2008 could set the record of greatest number of tornado deaths. By May 30th, 2008, the death tolls from tornadoes had already reached 110, while in previous years the average had been about 62. Since the Weather Service began organized record-keeping in 1950, the deadliest year was 1953, with 519 deaths.
The most lethal single tornado of all was even earlier, in the era when record-keeping was spotty: the Tri-State Tornado of 1925, which killed 695 people as it roared more than 200 miles across Missouri, Illinois and Indiana.

Don’t read any further if you have ANY intention of watching the Trail Mix Crunch Alaskan Adventure Challenge.
So my sources tell me that the Green Team ends up winning the trip and all the prizes from the show.

We all know that the glacier’s are melting at an alarming rate due to global warming and a myriad of other things. Check out this brief clip below as Discovery Channel as they try to get under a glacier to see what is going on and how fast the water is moving under the glacier.
Watch as someone, maybe a cameraman or the host, of Expedition Alaska rappels down the ice and eventually slips and falls into the water. Really scary sight as the water is moving quite rapidly. Check out the entire week of shows Discovery’s Alaska Week April 20th-26 …read more

In the episode of Survivorman Alaska he goes about 3-5 days without any food or water. Les does a great job of taking advantage of a dry, warm day to build himself a shelter. He does attempt to eat some fish, but he had little or no access to a fire, so it basically defeated the purpose. So many things happen to Les on this adventure. A few days after building his campsite it ends up catching fire. Les ends up going about 6 days before being able to catch some food. Its amazing. I don’t think that I would …read more

Starting April 20th, Discovery Channel will begin Alaska Week. There will be a series of new shows, plus some of our old favorites taking on challenges that are based in the lovely, yet frigid state of Alaska.
One show that i’ll definitely be watching out for is the “Trail Mix Crunch Alaskan Adventure Challenge“. The Trail Mix Crunch will give viewers a chance to win a “once-in-a-lifetime” epic adventure trip to Anchorage valued at over $5000. Though the Trail Mix Crunch will have two teams facing off in challenges, viewers can participate by submitting answers to clues that are provided.
You can also …read more

I know all my Mythbusters fans have been missing out on new episodes since none have aired since the Macgyver Special back in February. Will look out for a new Mythbusters episode coming April during Discovery’s Alaska week.
The team will travel to Alaska to conduct all of their mythbusting experiments. Some of the myths they’ll be tackling include finding out if Adam and Jamie are susceptible to “cabin fever”.
Kari, Tori and Grant will investigate a myth involving a moose and a car and also another involving a truck, dynamite and ice. This one should be very interesting.
The Mythbusters special on …read more