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Dr. John Doy is a guide on the Underground Railroad attempting to lead a group of men, women, and children to safety in Canada.

Colonel Thomas Rose is one of more than 1000 officers held in the notorious Libby Prison of Richmond, Va., known for its stark white walls, numbing conditions and rats.

Pauline Cushman is a Union war widow, a stage actress and a spy.

The frontlines of the Civil War lie hundreds of miles from Vermont, but Confederate Bennett Young plans to bring the war to the North; he leads a group of raiders into the town of St. Albans to rob its banks and burn its buildings.

Enslaved aboard the Confederate ship the CSS Planter, Robert Smalls has learned the skills of a naval captain.

Turnage was born a slave; he has made multiple escape attempts, and has been brutally beaten because of them.

Dr. John Doy is a guide on the Underground Railroad attempting to lead a group of men, women, and children to safety in Canada.

Colonel Thomas Rose is one of more than 1000 officers held in the notorious Libby Prison of Richmond, Va., known for its stark white walls, numbing conditions and rats.

A miraculous mantle envelops the entire planet - a thin skin of gasses called 'air'. Without it, there would be no life or weather, no habitable conditions, or protection from lethal ultraviolet radiation or meteorites from outer space.

It's the solid crust of our planet, the perfect element in which to record the stories of deep time and of lifetimes. Change and progression is the way of earth. Air and water turn solid rock into soil.

How the flow of water has the power to shape all inhabitants on Earth, produces climate-changing weather and supporting species, from the largest whales to microscopic plankton.

Plants are communicating, helping each other thrive; staying aware of their surroundings by using dozens of highly sensitive sensors, plants are sending signals, even across species.

In order to adapt to different environments, protect themselves from enemies, obtain food, and reproduce, insects have become highly specialized; they transform themselves into completely different creatures, changing their habitat and even food.

Microorganisms are the rulers and guardians of Earth.

A miraculous mantle envelops the entire planet - a thin skin of gasses called 'air'. Without it, there would be no life or weather, no habitable conditions, or protection from lethal ultraviolet radiation or meteorites from outer space.

It's the solid crust of our planet, the perfect element in which to record the stories of deep time and of lifetimes. Change and progression is the way of earth. Air and water turn solid rock into soil.

How the flow of water has the power to shape all inhabitants on Earth, produces climate-changing weather and supporting species, from the largest whales to microscopic plankton.

Plants are communicating, helping each other thrive; staying aware of their surroundings by using dozens of highly sensitive sensors, plants are sending signals, even across species.

In order to adapt to different environments, protect themselves from enemies, obtain food, and reproduce, insects have become highly specialized; they transform themselves into completely different creatures, changing their habitat and even food.

Microorganisms are the rulers and guardians of Earth.

The sanctuary embarks on an ambitious project to release suitable chimpanzees back to the wild.

Testing the chimpanzees' survival skills; searching for a release site; infant George learns how to crack open nuts; Dr. Cat Hobaiter reveals secrets to chimpanzee gestures; the sniffer dog team's new recruit succeeds on his first mission.

Back at the sanctuary, the baby group goes on their daily forest school trip, to learn how to live in the wild.

Dr. Rebeca Atencia releases the first two chimps to their new semi-wild existence on the sanctuary's new islands, then sets out to rescue an illegally kept pet mandrill, but encounters resistance from angry villagers.

Jane Goodall braved a realm of unknowns to give the world a remarkable window into humankind's closest living relatives.

Jane Goodall braved a realm of unknowns to give the world a remarkable window into humankind's closest living relatives.

The sanctuary embarks on an ambitious project to release suitable chimpanzees back to the wild.

Testing the chimpanzees' survival skills; searching for a release site; infant George learns how to crack open nuts; Dr. Cat Hobaiter reveals secrets to chimpanzee gestures; the sniffer dog team's new recruit succeeds on his first mission.