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Smithsonian Channel Pick of the Week

Smithsonian Channel

The latest in science, culture, and history from Smithsonian Channel.

  • 3 minutes 20 seconds
    A Former Soviet Agent Becomes a Notorious Weapons Dealer
    After 1991, former Soviet agent Viktor Bout set about carving a new career for himself as an arms dealer. His exploits would earn him the nickname the ‘Merchant of Death’.
    11 May 2020, 4:00 pm
  • 2 minutes 16 seconds
    Why the Fastest Male Grizzlies Get the Girl
    Bear courtship in Yellowstone National Park happens at breakneck speed - literally. The male grizzly sets off after the female, who tries to outrun him reaching speeds of up to 35 miles an hour.
    11 May 2020, 4:00 pm
  • 3 minutes 58 seconds
    This FBI Agent Sold Secrets to the KGB for Years
    In 1985, an American FBI agent began to sell intelligence to the Russians, under the alias of Ramon Garcia. It would be another 16 years before he was finally arrested by the FBI.
    4 May 2020, 4:00 pm
  • 2 minutes
    Why Vervet Monkeys Love Zambezi Fig Trees
    Vervet monkeys find the figs of the Zambezi fig tree to be completely irresistible. And because vervets rarely stay in one place for too long, they spread the tree’s seeds far and wide.
    4 May 2020, 4:00 pm
  • 1 minute 29 seconds
    A Navy Warship Goes Down Weeks Before the End of WWII
    In the final days of WWII, Eagle 56 was on a routine assignment in the Gulf of Maine. In an instant, the ship found itself ripped in half, with most of her crew dead – but what happened?
    27 April 2020, 4:00 pm
  • 1 minute 52 seconds
    A Shy Orangutan Shares Her Breakfast with a Friend
    A shy orangutan makes great strides by confidently securing her share of breakfast. But she’s not above sharing her bounty of turnips with another orangutan, whom she’s befriended.
    27 April 2020, 4:00 pm
  • 2 minutes 9 seconds
    This Gun Was One of the Very First Machine Guns
    In 1866, Hiram Maxim, an American engineer, tried out a rifle for the first time and found himself wondering how he could make it better. The result was the Maxim gun – the word’s first recoil-operated machine gun.
    20 April 2020, 4:00 pm
  • 2 minutes 17 seconds
    This Salt Lick Doubles as a Reunion Spot for Elephants
    A herd of migrating elephants are acquiring necessary minerals like calcium and potassium from a burnt wood clearing. It’s also an impromptu reunion spot for all traveling elephant herds.
    20 April 2020, 4:00 pm
  • 2 minutes 20 seconds
    Orangutan Creates an Umbrella Hat to Stay Dry
    Orangutans are adept at improvising and using tools – this experienced female has learnt to make a makeshift umbrella hat – useful in a storm.
    13 April 2020, 4:00 pm
  • 3 minutes 44 seconds
    The FBI Investigates Soviet Deep-Cover Spies in America
    Over the course of a decade, deep-cover Russian spies embedded in America collected intelligence and passed it onto their handlers. The FBI investigation into them became known as Operation Ghost Stories.
    13 April 2020, 4:00 pm
  • 1 minute 51 seconds
    British Intelligence Uncovers a Deadly Al-Qaeda Terror Plot
    In 2006, British Intelligence were convinced that two people they were surveilling were part of an active Al-Qaeda terror cell. They were about to discover the scale of their plotting.
    6 April 2020, 4:00 pm
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