Winter hits hard, but gold miners hit harder. GOLD RUSH: WINTER’S FORTUNE premieres Friday, July 30 at 8P on Discovery and streaming on discovery+.

New DNA evidence found in sediment from Denisova Cave in Siberia reveal that it may have been a common meeting place that overlapped with Neanderthal, Denisova, and Homo sapiens. Could this have altered our evolution as modern humans?

A tiny critter survived for thousands of years in Arctic permafrost before being revived in a lab. Scientists want to find out how.

A new ocean has been added to the list. The Southern Ocean becomes the fifth ocean to be officially recognized on the world map.

Man versus machine: it's a fight to undo plastic pollution created by humans through means of a drone army.

National Insect week occurs between June 20 -26. The week focuses on the importance of insects within ecosystems, nature, and wildlife. Insects do have a bad reputation, as some are a nuisance, and some are scary, but each plays a key role in maintaining order in nature. In celebration of the hard-working insects that you may see in your backyard, here’s a list of the ones you won’t be seeing. The rarest insects on the planet.

You could be forgiven for assuming that soft robotics is simply about making robots without rough edges – a kind of warm, fuzzy android experience. If machines that hug humans are the aim, then that’s probably true, but soft robots are often designed to operate in harsh or dangerous environments where others would struggle.

UFOS DECLASSIFIED: LIVE, a 3-Hour Multiplatform Event will unfold the meaning and truth behind the newly released FBI documents of UFOs.

The film, streaming on discovery+ July 13, uncovers the truth behind the death of millions of sharks and is executive produced by stars like Leonardo Dicaprio, Nina Dobrev, as well as director Eli Roth.

Rosie the Riveter, meet your adorable present-day inspiration, Rosie the penguin from the OdySea Aquarium in Scottsdale, Arizona.

One batoid (the skates and rays) that needs no introduction are the manta rays. With 20-ft wingspans, these plankton-loving filter feeders can glide through bright blue oceans as if soaring effortlessly across a cloudless sky.

Long ago, our universe was without stars. When that first generation ignited, it completely transformed the cosmos, ripping away the veil of neutral gas that had persisted for hundreds of millions of years. This process, called reionization, is largely mysterious to astronomers. But new research is revealing that the smallest of galaxies may have played the biggest of roles.

Congratulations to Keaton "The Muscle" Hoskins and his fiancé Madi whose family got a little bit bigger as baby Everlee Victoria Hoskins came into the world.

On World Ocean’s Day 2021, CHOW (Capitol Hill Ocean Week) took a CHOMP out of the threats that sharks are still enduring. The CHOW bite came in the form of the Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act (SFSEA- S. 1106), which recently passed the senate and is now returning to the House for approval.

The epic adventure continues this summer on Discovery with Academy Award winner and Emmy nominated storyteller Lupita Nyong'o. Stream all past episodes on discovery+ before the new season begins.