Explorer

2015-2019
11 seasons
National Geographic
Documentary

People and wildlife around the world.

2015-2019
11 seasons
National Geographic
Documentary

People and wildlife around the world.

Season 11 Episode Guide

12 Episodes 2018 - 2019

Episode 1

The Mouth of Hell

Mon, Nov 12, 2018 43 mins

Host Phil Keoghan ventures inside the active Masaya volcano in Nicaragua. Sal Masekela embeds with motorcycle riders transporting solar panels to remote areas of Tanzania. Mariana van Zeller meets with an oil mogul whose horse cloning business may provide insight to cure Type 1 diabetes. Gelareh Darabi travels from Hawaii to the Midwest to see how Americans are preparing for a nuclear attack.

Episode 2

Digging up Dinosaurs

Mon, Nov 19, 2018 43 mins

Host Phil Keoghan heads to Utah to dig for dinosaurs. From EXPLORER correspondents: Tim Samuels tests his reproductive health and the global drop in male fertility; Mariana van Zeller embeds with a goods smuggler in Gaza who fears his country and livelihood may be stifled; could the cure for the next plague be hidden in a pail of dirt? Francesca Fiorentini gets to the bottom of "miracle dirt."

Episode 3

In the Eagle's Nest

Mon, Nov 26, 2018 43 mins

Hawaii imports 90 percent of its food; we meet a group of industrious Hawaiians living off the food grid. Over 1.5 million U.S. children have potentially fatal peanut allergies. Could new research lead to a cure? Gain an expert's view on the deep cultural language of samurai swords. The bald eagle, America's national symbol, was nearly extinct 40 years ago; we share its ongoing story of survival.

Episode 4

Border Battle

Mon, Dec 3, 2018

Phil Keoghan witness a daily ceremony on the India/Pakistan border; Tim Samuels looks into tensions between humans and an expanding saltwater crocodile population in Australia; wrongly issued Red Notices; communication among trees.

Episode 5

Space Race

Mon, Dec 10, 2018

Phil Keoghan visits the Paranal Observatory in the Atacama Desert; Mariana van Zeller speaks with members of the Flat Earth movement; Albert Lin explores the potential of hibernation on Mars and how lemurs can help; meteorite trading in Morocco.

Episode 6

The Boiling River

Mon, Dec 17, 2018

Phil Keoghan journeys to Peru to probe the mystery of the boiling river; Mariana van Zeller investigates the unsolved attack on U.S. embassy workers in Cuba; breakthrough technology for people with missing senses; how snowflakes form into avalanches.