Films produced by The Smithsonian Network

Herman Melville's epic ocean adventure "Moby Dick" is an American masterpiece. But was this stirring tale of violence and revenge simply an allegory,...

We go behind the scenes and into the minds of artists as they capture, commemorate, and, at times, condemn our presidents.

A high-tech autopsy on a Nile crocodile unlocks secrets behind its hunting prowess.

Ascension Island, a remote Mid-Atlantic outpost famous for its big game fishing, is under siege. Tiger sharks, hammerheads, even great whites, lured...