Tag Archives: Smithsonian Videos

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

Maritime History Video: The Epic Sinking In 1628 Of Sweden’s Warship “Vasa”

On August 10, 1628, the Swedish warship Vasa, billed as the most advanced warship in the world, set sail on its maiden voyage from Stockholm Harbor. Within a mile, it had sunk to the bottom of the ocean. From the Series: Combat Ships: Doomed Vessels