What kind of documentaries does National Geographic make?

National Geographic Documentary Films National Geographic Documentary Films is committed to bringing the world premium documentaries that cover timely, provocative and globally relevant stories from the very best documentary filmmakers in the world.

Are there any new National Geographic Docs coming out?

National Geographic Doc Films. Rebuilding Paradise Trailer (2020) Blood on the Wall Trailer (2020) City So Real Trailer (2020) The Last Ice Trailer (2020) Akashinga: The Brave Ones Trailer (2020)

What are the topics of the National Geographic Society?

Topics include: cultural identity and diversity; increasing diversity in the geographic and scientific professions; boundary crossings in science, immigration, genetics; linguistic diversity, mapmaking, and others.

What was the original purpose of National Geographic?

Furthering knowledge and understanding of our world has been the core purpose of National Geographic for over 130 years, and today we are committed to going deeper, going further, and continuing to push boundaries through the beauty and power of documentary filmmaking.

How did silver foxes become friendly to humans?

But several generations after geneticist Dmitry Belyaev took 130 silver foxes ( Vulpes vulpes) from Soviet fur farms and began selecting for friendliness toward humans, the physical changes emerged.

Where was the Silver Fox bred for tameness?

A silver fox from a fur farm in Madison, Wisc., shows white spots similar to those that emerged among foxes bred for tameness in Siberia (image taken ca.1932). L.J. Cole and R.M. Shackelford/The American Naturalist 1943

Why did Mikhail Belyaev want to breed silver foxes?

Belyaev believed that by breeding the friendliest foxes with each other, perhaps he could domesticate them, artificially mimicking the millennia-long process through which wolves became dogs. He bought up a group of silver foxes from a Canadian fur farm and got to work at his lab in the Soviet Union.