Sidney Poitier was born on February 20, 1927, in Miami, Florida. After a delinquency-filled youth and a short stint in the U.S. Army, Poitier moved to New York to pursue an acting career. He joined the American Negro Theater and later...

Spike Lee on the Knicks, Highest 2 Lowest, Denzel, A$AP Rocky, & His Legendary Film Career Few icons represent New York City like Spike Lee — award-winning director, cultural force, Knicks superfan, and the visionary behind Do The Right...

This video features a marine biologist who shares her experiences in collecting venomous stonefish, communicating science to the public, and discovering sea slugs. She also talks about the impact of plastic pollution on marine life and...

True Calling Grant Filmmaker: Chelsea Kanstrup It all started when Ry Williams decided to run across the country. From there he became a motivational speaker, which led to learning how to weld and working in the oil and gas industry....

Deborah Koons Garcia's exceptional, new film, Symphony of the Soil, pays loving homage to the beauty and the wondrous mystery of soil, celebrating not just the incredible soil diversity found on four of the world's continents, it also...

Yvonne Dowlen discovered a lifelong love of figure skating the moment she stepped on the ice. Her passion led to a career as a touring performer with the Ice Capades that lasted almost 50 years. Still skating competitively at the age of...

Lion conservationist, Moreangels Mbizah, lives in South Africa, works in Zimbabwe, and studies in England. As one of the few female scientists in sub-Sahara Africa, Mbizah is committed to staying on the continent in order to carry out...

Bertie Gregory's most recent outing on Vancouver Island had him out looking for bears by a river. After waiting for nearly 2 hours, a bear positioned herself front and center in his camera lens, snapping up a salmon in what became a...

Ever since she was eight years old, Kitty Lunn has dreamed of dancing. After performing with the Washington Ballet as a principal dancer, she was set to debut in her first Broadway show when a tragic accident ended her career. Lunn spent...

Bertie Gregory's most recent outing on Vancouver Island had him out looking for bears by a river. After waiting for nearly 2 hours, a bear positioned herself front and center in his camera lens, snapping up a salmon in what became a...

There are not many people who can say their career started with a pile of poop, but marine biologist Asha De Vos is one of them. De Vos takes the stage to share her passion for whales and the work she is doing to protect an "unorthodox"...

The Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling, in Gloucestershire, UK, is an unusual—and surprisingly dangerous—annual athletic challenge. ➡ Subscribehttp://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Subscribe About National...

You may not have had "cheetah matchmaker" featured at your high school career fair, but that's just what Vincent van der Merwe's business card may as well read. But trying to repopulate the highly vulnerable species can be as dangerous...

Deception specialist Apollo Robbins has made his career knowing just how and when to deceive his audience. ➡ Subscribehttp://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Subscribe About Brain Games: Using a series of...

For Martha Raddatz, there is nothing more meaningful in her career than this story--the 2004 battle in Sadr City known as Black Sunday. ➡ Subscribehttp://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Subscribe ➡ THE LONG...

It's not often you see "shipwreck hunter" listed on someone's business card or résumé, but that is indeed National Geographic grantee David Mearns' career choice. For him, unearthing lost history and recovering centuries-old treasures is...

Legendary National Geographic Explorer-In-Residence Sylvia Earle has spent more than 60 years exploring, protecting, and researching the world’s oceans. With more than a hundred expeditions under her belt and over 7,000 hours logged...

National Geographic Explorer Becca Skinner takes the stage to talk Instagram, photography, and adventure. ➡ Subscribehttp://bit.ly/NatGeoLivecribe' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Subscribe ➡ Get More Nat Geo