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Gateway to the Galapagos

Season 15 Episode 1504
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Treasures of the Galapagos

Treasures of the Galapagos

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Ancient Secrets of the Galapagos

Ancient Secrets of the Galapagos

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Life Along the Rio Sonora

Life Along the Rio Sonora

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Bats Among Us

Bats Among Us

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Grand Canyon, The Human Touch

Grand Canyon, The Human Touch

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Wines of the Desert

Wines of the Desert

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Saving Australia's Wild West

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Outpost of the Outback

Outpost of the Outback

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Mending Australia's Ancient Forest

Mending Australia's Ancient Forest

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On the Trail of a Living Fossil

On the Trail of a Living Fossil

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Kickin' West on Route 66

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The Desert Speaks

Heart of a Pueblo

Season 15 Episode 1503

Renowned architect Bob Vint travels with host David Yetman to explore pre-Hispanic to modern plazas and examine their unifying characteristics. Travel from Chichen Itza to one of the world’s largest plazas in Mexico City. Then discover how courtyards are to the home as plazas are to the town and uncover how plazas were used by people in the New World thousands of years before Spanish contact.

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Navajo Canyon Lands
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The geological and spiritual history of the Glen Canyon region.
Dying Traiditions in a Mexican Pueblo
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Host David Yetman takes a trip to the pueblos of the Sierra Madre.
Into the Swell: Utah's High Desert
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Trek through Utah’s Little Grand Canyon.
Utah's Slick Rock Country
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Host David Yetman and his brother take a geological road trip to Utah’s Colorado Plateau.
Jaguars and Vaqueros
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Host David Yetman travels to track jaguar movements through Eastern Sonora Mexico.
Desert Venom
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Join Herpatologists to learn more about venomous creatures of the Sonoran Desert.
Beyond the Asphalt, Part II
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Host David Yetman travels to quick trips off of the interstate.
Beyond the Asphalt Part 1
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Host David Yetman heads west of Tucson to visit some undiscovered places.
The Gadsden Purchase, Part 2
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Travel through the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument and Quitobaquito Springs.
The Gadsden Purchase, Part 1
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Travel along the eastern border of the Gadsden Purchase.
Desert Descent: Chile’s Atacama
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Travel around the Puna, the high-elevation plains of Chile’s Atacama Desert.
Tracking Trade into the Chilean Andes
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We trace the Atacama Desert Trade route from the Pacific coast to the Chilean Andes.
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