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  • MISSION CRITICAL

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When National Geographic photographers go on assignment, it’s not just a job—it’s a mission. Covering stories that are as urgent as they are timeless, they travel to every corner of the globe to show us what we need to know now—to save iconic species from extinction, protect ourselves, and make way for a better, more sustainable planet. This time, they’re taking you along for the ride!

EPISODE GUIDE

  • Mission Critical: Sharks Under Atack
    Sharks as heroes? Instagram star and underwater photographer Brian Skerry is on a mission to change how you think about these magnificent predators.
  • Mission Critical: Call of The Baby Beluga
    A scientific team takes unusual steps to try to save a baby beluga whale that washed up on a gravel beach along Canada’s St. Lawrence River. The story of this baby whale leads us on a larger journey through the amazing world of the endangered St. Lawrence beluga whales and the scientists who have worked for decades to help them.
  • Mission Critical: Leopards At The Door
    When National Geographic photographers go on assignment, it’s not just a job — it’s a mission. Covering stories that are as urgent as they are timeless, the photographers travel to every corner of the globe to show us what we need to know now — to save iconic species from extinction, protect ourselves and make way for a better, more sustainable planet.
  • Mission Critical: Walking With Giraffes
    Featuring unprecedented footage, Mission Critical: Walking with Giraffes follows top scientists, wildlife conservationists and anti-poachers from Africa to Europe to the United States to shed light on the giraffe’s struggle and discover what hope can be found in the tangled relationship between humanity and nature.
  • Mission Critical: Orangutan On The Edge
    National Geographic photojournalist Tim Laman is on a mission to reveal new threats to wild orangutans and their rain forest homes.
  • Mission Critical: Return of The Spider Monkeys
    After an 8-year rehabilitation, a spider monkey named Infinity is ready to return to the wild. Filmmaker Michael Sanderson gained unprecedented access to rehabilitated spider monkeys to follow their intimate struggles and jungle acrobatics.
  • Mission Critical: Namibia (Namibia, Sancutary Of Giants)
    Experts search for a way to protect Namibia's incredible population of black rhinos, elephants and cheetahs from a tide of destruction caused by poaching and modernisation.
  • Mission Critical: Sharks Under Attack
    Sharks as heroes? Instagram star and underwater photographer Brian Skerry is on a mission to change how you think about these magnificent predators.
  • Mission Critical: Operation Sumatran Rhino
    In Borneo, Sumatran rhinos’ numbers are down to just single digits. Conservationists are on a desperate mission to save the country’s last individuals.
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