Discovery Channel News

Los Angeles - Three people died on Sunday in a pre-dawn helicopter crash at a remote area of northern Los Angeles County while filming a reality show for Discovery Channel. The incident has re-ignited debate about safety issues during production of reality TV shows.

A Japanese crew has captured the giant squid in its natural habitat in the Pacific Ocean for the first time. The mission was organized by the Japan National Science Museum in collaboration with the Japanese broadcaster NHK and the US Discovery Channel.

The Sunday edition of Discovery Network's Curiosity series airing 28/10/12 explores the dark realm of the mind when hypnotist Tom Silver endeavors to brainwash subjects using hypnotism. Can they be programmed to kill?

Ready for Shark Week on Aug 12? The Discovery Channel is. ITM Instruments, makers of an award-winning camera called 'The Phantom' has released some incredible footage of shark attacks in slow motion, captured by their super high-speed camera.

A Boeing 727 crash in the Sonoran Desert in Mexico was staged in order to study the impact of plane crashes on the human body, and to test the impact on an aircraft's frame.

Former " All The President's Men" star Robert Redford now has a new behind-the-scenes role in an upcoming documentary on the Watergate scandal.

Dublin - The MythBusters television show didn't achieve the desired results in the latest stunt, but the video shows the route of the errant cannonball and the results might make it to the outtakes segment of the show.

Chicago - Tonight, February 14, the Discovery Channel is rolling it's disco-themed cab into a new city along with a new host, but the same trivial questions.

The Discovery Channel has cancelled the airing of a show in which the autopsy of late singer Michael Jackson is re-enacted.

A gunman with at least one hostage and believed to have a bomb has entered a Discovery Channel building in Maryland. Police are currently trying to negotiate with the gunman via telephone.