2000 January – June

The Rise of Life on Earth { The Rise of Life on Earth- -Messel: Window on an Ancient World}
Forty- nine million years ago dinosaurs were long extinct and mammals on the ascent. Species of that time have been remarkably preserved in a mine pit at Messel, Germany.
Albanians: A People Undone
Scattered from the Balkans to the Bronx, Albanians hold fast to what they have left - an impoverished Eastern European homeland and deep ethnic pride.
Ancient Greece II { Ascent to Glory: Ancient Greece, Part II}
Elegant proportions and riotous color, tragedy and comedy, democracy and slavery: The roots and realities of the Classical Age belie our assumptions in the second of a three- part series.
Black Dragon River: On the Edge of Empires
A narrow ribbon of water separates two worlds that could hardly be more different: an impoverished corner of Russia and China's economically energized Heilongjiang Province.
Eyewitness Kosovo
During the grim months before NATO intervened in Kosovo, a French photographer witnessed the anguish and upheaval of the Balkans' recurring bloodbath.
Selma to Montgomery: The Road to Equality
A 1965 protest march from a small Alabama city to the state capital sparked Congress to ensure protection of black Americans' right to vote.
Orphan Gorillas: Fighting to Survive in the Wild { Central Africa's Orphan Gorillas: Will They Survive in the Wild? }
In Congo and Gabon dedicated workers evaded civil war to nurture, socialize, and ultimately release western lowland gorillas back into the wild.

[ Silver Queen] { Queen of the African Sky}
In 1920 two pioneering aviators completed the first aerial journey from England to the southern tip of Africa. Modern adventurers attempt to reenact this deed of derring- do.
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse { Tall Order: Cape Hatteras Lighthouse Makes Tracks}
This Outer Banks beacon shines again after a half- mile retreat from the advancing Atlantic surf.
Mount St. Helens: Nature on Fast Forward
Herds of elk now flow past stands of alder 20 years after eruptions ravaged 230 square miles of the Pacific Northwest.
New Caledonia: France's Untamed Pacific Outpost
The Pacific isles of New Caledonia make their mark on the world with a wealth of plant species found nowhere else.
In Search of Vikings
Viking seafarers - raider, traders, craftsmen - burst from Scandinavia in the eighth century, carrying their freewheeling pagan ways from the Gulf of St. Lawrence to the Aral Sea.
Ants and Plants- -Tree Fortresses
Tropical ant plantsrecruit armies of loyal insect defenders by providing tasty rations and barracks fit for a queen
New Finds in South Africa { The Dawn of Humans: New Finds in South Africa}
Exploring the hills close to home, not far from Johannesburg, South African geologist Andre Keyser made the find of his career - Drimolen, among the richest hominid sites in Africa
Denmark's Mystery Ships { Mystery Ships From a Danish Bog}
Sleek, oar- powered vessels teach archaeologists about Scandinavian raiders who were pillaging coastal towns 450 years before the Viking age began.