In this web-only original short, we imagine what would happen if a 1,000-foot-tall alien tripod faced off with an F-15 fighter jet. Would the aircraft's state-of-the-art missiles be any match for this monster's powerful death ray?

After swimming in the beautiful Great Barrier Reef, this little scuba diver saw the largest fish of his life. How big, exactly? See for yourself.

While Kevin Richardson has built a lifetime's worth of trust with the lions and hyenas he cares for, he's well aware of the risks of getting close to them.

Are hyenas the most misunderstood animals in the wild? They're intelligent, they have a sophisticated social order, and their famous laugh isn't even a laugh.

Small, defenseless, without the safe haven of trees - how did the first bipeds go from being sabertooth tiger snacks to kings of the food chain? The answer may surprise you.

A hungry lioness captures a young calf. But before she decides to kill, something very unusual happens.

In this short film, artist Maira Kalman walks us through an exhibition she's curating for Cooper Hewitt. In the process, she and composer Nico Muhly bring Abraham Lincoln's timepiece to life.

Monotremes are the only mammals left that lay eggs. This video of newly hatched baby platypuses and echidnas is one of few that documents this incredible process.

When four college freshmen began to talk about affecting change within their community, only three were up for the challenge.

A Kentucky farmer his whole life, Jim assumed his giant hands were just a product of old-age and hard labor -- until a chance encounter revealed something much more serious.