The BEST episodes directed by John Rubin
#2 - Raptor Force
Nature - Season 25 - Episode 8
Humans have had a unique relationship with raptors for centuries. Now, using the tricks of raptors, engineers have devised fighter jets with unprecedented maneuverability and stealth. In Raptor Force, you’ll learn the secrets of these astonishing aerialists, and how they’ve mastered, more than any other type of bird, the art of soaring.
Watch Now:Amazon#3 - What Darwin Never Knew
NOVA - Season 36 - Episode 17
NOVA takes viewers on a journey from the Galapagos Islands to the Arctic, and from the Cambrian explosion of animal forms half a billion years ago to the research labs of today. Here scientists are finally beginning to crack nature’s biggest secrets at the genetic level. And, as NOVA shows in this absorbing detective story, the results are confirming the brilliance of Darwin’s insights while exposing clues to life’s breathtaking diversity in ways the great naturalist could scarcely have imagined.
#4 - The Living Weapon
American Experience - Season 19 - Episode 11
The history and ramifications of biological weapons and the stand the United States took in ending further research.
#5 - Ape Genius
National Geographic Documentaries - Season 2008 - Episode 5
As new research continues to reveal that apes are smarter than previously thought, NOVA explores just what separates humans from the great apes.
Watch Now:Amazon#6 - Sea Monsters : Search for the Giant Squid
National Geographic Documentaries - Season 1998 - Episode 2
The giant squid (genus Architeuthis) seems like a creature from mythology--the world's largest invertebrate (up to 60 feet long), the largest eyes in the animal kingdom, a highly developed brain, a voracious predator. In works of fiction, they are a ferocious enemy of man. But the giant squid is real. Yet all we know about them comes from carcasses washed up on shore or caught in fishermen's nets; Architeuthis has never been seen alive. This documentary looks at the scientific efforts to find a live specimen in nature, focusing on Dr. Clyde Roper's project to attach a "Crittercam" camera to a sperm whale (which feeds on giant squid) in hopes that the whale will lead us to the elusive deep-sea giant squid.