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It starts nearly 40 years ago, when a teenage girl is pulled out of obscurity and thrust into the spotlight.

The Moorish idol, a dramatic little fish with dazzling stripes, adopts a clever strategy to save its life.

A new study might explain why dying patients' lives flash before their eyes.

Has Amelia Earhart's plane really been found? Here are the key things to know.

In 1962, dozens were arrested at a drag and trans ball in New York under laws criminalising gender nonconformity.

As the planet continues to warm, this summer could be the worst yet for tick-borne infections like Lyme disease.

The truth about Alkaline water. Does it really provide health benefits by balancing our pH levels?

At 82 years old, Jane Fonda is winning awards, protesting, and getting arrested.  

The Travel Show meets 'van lifers' who sold their homes and now spend their lives on the road.

Inside the kitchen of Italian chef Massimo Bottura's new restaurant Al Gatto Verde.

Debunking the myth that sleeping in hammocks is uncomfortable.

Who doesn't love a spot of sunset gongoozling on their summer holiday?

Photographer Dina Litovsky has been photographing the Amish 'Las Vegas' since 2018.

How did bathing become such an intrinsic part of Icelandic cultural identity?

Heat is the most deadly extreme weather phenomenon and cities are seeking ways to cool their urban cores.

The world's northernmost town is open to all.

The Travel Show visits the iconic Battersea Power Station for rare access to the historic London control room.

We explore how technology is reviving the renowned fiction writer's legacy.

Many of us get a quarter of our daily calories from our snacks, but there are ways to snack more smartly.

Originating in Topkapi Palace where it delighted Ottoman sultans, this delicacy has a surprising ingredient.

Miss too many opportunities and these young Arctic foxes could become too weak to survive.

Our reporter gets emotional visiting a hidden sinkhole in the Yucatan Peninsula, home to three million bats.

UK brewery Wiper and True shows the BBC's Tech Now team a pioneering technique to craft alcohol-free beer.

The Travel Show takes in the magical Mayan ruins of the Temple of Kukulcan in Mexico.

Forest bathing is a popular activity for the urbanised and stressed Japanese becoming cut off from nature.

A small town in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu is home to hundreds of pairs of twins.

Presenter Roma Wells heads to the north of Iceland to learn how to knit the true Icelandic way.

Writer Carmen Roberts tours Puglia's coast, meeting local elders who are trying to preserve a pasta tradition.

Amilton Neves Cuna documents the history of his country through the lens of an iconic Mozambiquan building.

Christa Larwood climbs Mount Nemrut to learn more about a group of mystical stone monoliths.

Discreetly located in a sleepy Venetian square, Palazzo Fortuny surprises whomever ventures in.

In March 1999, Brian Jones and Bertrand Piccard made the first non-stop, round-the-world flight in a balloon.

New research reveals the truth about a treasure-packed tomb outside Seville dating back to around 2,850 BC.

The voice recordings of the survivors from the SS Athenia recount the horror of the attack by Germany.

Calisthenics is based on how ancient Greek warriors trained and uses bodyweight exercises.

How this one simple mistake gave birth to the 50-billion-dollar US chicken industry.

The Culper Ring both turned the tide of the American Revolution and helped shape the world of espionage.

A journey to the hidden church in Slovenia from WWI that transformed into a symbol of peace.

The forgotten tale of how a high-ranking British politician's son went to work for Adolf Hitler.

Researchers may have identified a new human species that lived around 300,000 years ago in Asia.

Japan has the world's most efficient lost and found system and here's how they do it.

Does a dress really have the power to transform the way people see us?

Max Tobin and world-renowned physicist Max Tegmark guide us through four ways to understand the multiverse.

Image recognition will be used to help re-build the past piece by piece.

The 13th Century 'Castle Frankenstein' that may have inspired a monster book.

A search for who discovered the equator reveals remarkable ancient pre-Inca knowledge.

What makes the Finns such happy people? And what can we learn from it?

Hitler presented himself as a single man devoted only to Germany. But this was a lie.

The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards held their annual ceremony, crowning the funniest animal photos of 2024.

Could bamboo be the future of sustainable architecture?

A group of artists have transformed a mountain forest, once gutted by fire, into a stunning sculpture trail.

While her three offspring take a leisurely bath, this Bengal tiger mother must find food for the entire family.

Watch the world's largest species of goat fight for the right to mate, teetering on the edge of perilous drops.

Plants talk and share resources using an underground network called the "Wood Wide Web".

The reason behind the Red Planet's nickname is also why its sunrises and sunsets look pale blue.

A look at their love lives reveals a unique courtship and the reality of separation.