On the "Voyage to Kure," Jean-Michel Cousteau hopes "to discover new territories, new groups, new species" in the remote and rarely visited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Given the islands' isolation, range of unique species, and relatively unexplored waters, Cousteau's film should indeed be full of discoveries.

Why do we know more about our cars than our bodies? There are gauges and sensors in our cars to measure temperature, oil, and gas levels, yet there is no dashboard for the human body. This story airs tonight on our U.S. cable television program National Geographic Today.

Riding on the coattails of the organic-gardening boom, moon gardening is waxing brighter with growing numbers of gardeners. The age-old practice is based on the moon's gravitational effect on the flow of moisture in soil and plants.

Neglected for 20 years on the dusty shelves of a South African university, scientists have re-discovered the 215 million-year-old fossil bones of a new dinosaur species, one of the first true giants. Antetonitrus ingenipes may be a missing link between small two-legged ancestors and the colossal plant-eaters that followed.

In 1961, Wally Funk, was one of 13 women slated for the "Women in Space" program—until NASA abruptly cancelled it. Today Funk, 64, is the rocket pilot for Interorbital Systems and still hopes to fly in space. This story airs tonight on our U.S. cable television program National Geographic Today.

Two recent studies highlight key aspects of animal social behavior, offering insight as to how, why, and with whom certain animals opt to cooperate. One showed carrion crows actively seek to nest near kin. Another, revealed the "rock-paper-scissors" hierarchy of blue, yellow, and orange side-blotched lizards.

While most mammals, including humans, have lost the ability to see ultraviolet light, rodents haven't. A new study suggests UV vision helps rodents see urine scent markers, a key form of communication.

Hundreds of scientists and volunteers combed Central Park on a recent 24-hour marathon to catalogue every living species they could find. Some climbed trees; others dove muck-filled ponds. "It's not just pigeons and rats, but a pretty good cross section of wildlife," said one participant.

Following in his father's footsteps, marine explorer Jean-Micheal Cousteau has embarked on an expedition to explore the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, a remote, 1,200-mile-long (2,000-kilometer) chain of islands and coral reefs in the Pacific Ocean. Cousteau hopes a documentary on the expedition will help garner protected status for the pristine ocean ecosystem.

Seeking to boost the commercial space race, a St. Louis foundation plans to award U.S. ten million dollars to the first team to send a trio to the edge of space and back in a reusable spacecraft. This story airs tonight on our U.S. cable television program National Geographic Today.

How do you move a delicate American icon like the Liberty Bell without turning its famous crack into an infamous one? That's the dilemma National Park Service curators will face when they move the crack-prone chimer later this year.

OK, so there's no such thing as a gamma ray machine that zaps scientists and turns them into giant green monsters. But the science behind Hollywood movies is turning increasingly sophisticated. As audiences grow more science savvy, filmmakers strive to make their movies as realistic as possible.

Out on the savanna, a fresh and moist pile of fine-grained antelope dung is a nutritious treasure aggressively fought over by a melee of critters. In the race to get away with a slice of the pie, dung beetles have learned to use the moon to their advantage.

On a quest in the Madagascar rain forest to find mouse lemurs, primatologist and National Geographic Ultimate Explorer correspondent Mireya Mayor and her team discovered a new species and what may be the smallest primate in the world—a tiny lemur that could sit comfortably on the palm of a hand.

New York City's Central Park hosts concerts, rallies, weddings, and over 25 million visitors each year. It's also a hotspot of urban biodiversity. Starting tomorrow, hundreds of scientists and volunteers will swarm through the park during its first-ever, 24-hour "bioblitz" to catalog every plant and animal species they can find.