NOVA

MYSTERY BENEATH THE ICE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31 @ 8:00PM & 12:00AM Tiny, transparent, and threatened, krill are crucial to the Antarctic ecosystem. But the population of krill is crashing for reasons that continue to baffle the experts. A leading theory says that krill’s life cycle is driven by an internal body clock that responds to the waxing and waning of the Antarctic ice pack, and as...

NATURE

NATURAL BORN HUSTLERS THE HUNGER HUSTLE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20 @ 6:00PM & 11:00PM The duplicitous ways in which animals try to secure their next meal is the subject of the second episode, The Hunger Hustle. Singled out is the devious drongo, a South African bird. In winter, he has to rely on grubs and insects that live underground, but other animals are far better equipped to dig them up, so...

FINDING YOUR ROOTS

IN SEARCH OF FREEDOM TUESDAY, JANUARY 19 @ 9:00PM Learn how the ancestors of Maya Rudolph, Shonda Rhimes and Keenen Ivory Wayans struggled for freedom, and how each of these cultural trailblazers gain a new understanding of how they fit into this proud trajectory. FIND OUT MORE...

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

BONNIE & CLYDE TUESDAY, MAY 9 @ 10:00PM Though their exploits were romanticized, the Barrow gang was believed responsible for at least 13 murders, including nine law enforcement officers, as well as numerous robberies and kidnappings. Discover the true story of the most famous outlaw couple in U.S. history — Bonnie and Clyde. FIND OUT MORE...

26.1 PRIMETIME 1/18-1/24/16

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