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Travel & Wildlife Video: India’s Endangered ‘One-Horned Rhinoceros’

The greater one-horned rhino is one of the most vulnerable animals in India – today, only 3,500 remain in the wild, spread out in isolated pockets from Nepal to the Myanmar border.

The Indian rhinoceros, also called the Indian rhino, greater one-horned rhinoceros or great Indian rhinoceros, is a rhinoceros species native to the Indian subcontinent. It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, as populations are fragmented and restricted to less than 20,000 km².

Roman History: “Octavian & Marc Antony’s Alliance, 43 BC” (Smithsonian Video)

The thought of Marc Antony teaming up with his hated rival, Octavian, was an unlikely prospect – one that was tempered by a much more palatable reward: the elimination of their most hated enemies.

From the Series: Eight Days That Made Rome: Rome’s First Emperor http://bit.ly/2TOSfNy

New Aerial Travel Videos: “Castles Of Cardiff, Wales”

Despite being built around the time of William the Conqueror almost a thousand years ago, Cardiff Castle, with its 150-foot-tall clock tower, remains an iconic feature of the Welsh capital.

Cardiff is a city and the capital of Wales. It is the United Kingdom’s eleventh-largest city. As Wales’ chief commercial centre, Cardiff is the base for the Senedd, most national cultural institutions and Welsh media.

From the Series: Aerial Britain: Wales https://bit.ly/3gT9ucv

TOP TRAVEL VIDEOS: “AERIAL AMERICA – WASHINGTON” (SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL)

Washington is home to some of America’s wildest spaces and also its most modern cities. The Evergreen State is a story of mirror opposites: a wet, mountainous, tree-covered west and a dry, flat, open east. It is home to high-tech industries and America’s oldest Native American tribes. Experience all sides of Washington State, from thousands of feet in the air, and witness its conflicting worlds merging to form a land of remarkable beauty.

From the Series: Aerial America: Washington: http://bit.ly/2z2uGYE

TOP TRAVEL VIDEOS: “AERIAL AMERICA – Virginia” (SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL)

Take flight over natural wonders and man-made marvels that celebrate Virginia and our country’s remarkable beginnings.

From the Series: Aerial America: Virginia http://bit.ly/2yXMB59

TOP TRAVEL VIDEOS: “AERIAL AMERICA – TENNESSEE” (SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL)

Join us as we soar high above Tennessee, the Volunteer State, journeying over the majestic Appalachian Mountains and the mighty Mississippi River, to see its natural beauty – rugged, inviting and infused with the spirit of a nation.
From the Series: Aerial America: Tennessee http://bit.ly/2yz9GdU

TOP TRAVEL VIDEOS: “AERIAL AMERICA – SOUTH CAROLINA” (SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL)

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Take flight on a journey that showcases South Carolina. From Fort Sumter, where the first shots of The War Between the States rang out, to Sullivan Island, the Ellis Island of Slaves, to the cypress swamp where freedom fighter Francis Marion helped turn the tide of the Revolutionary War.

TOP TRAVEL VIDEOS: “AERIAL AMERICA – RHODE ISLAND” (SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL)

With an array of lighthouses and even more stories of rumrunners, pirates and captains of industry, Rhode Island represents our nation’s progress and its excesses. See it from the sky and witness the East Coast’s tiny gleaming treasure.

From the Series: Aerial America: Rhode Island http://bit.ly/2ilXKpy

New Wildlife Videos: “The Drill – Among Rarest Primates In The World”

Roughly 20 miles off the coast of West Africa, the island of Bioko sits alone in the Atlantic Ocean. This rainforest-dominated terrain is home to one of the rarest primates in the world: the drill.
From the Show: Monkeys of Bioko https://bitly.com/2DlbNX9