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Imagine looking toward the horizon and seeing a cloud so enormous it blocks out the sky. Then you realize the cloud is alive.

Locust swarms can contain millions—even billions—of insects, moving across vast distances and consuming vegetation in their path. For communities that depend on crops and livestock, a major swarm can threaten food supplies and livelihoods on an extraordinary scale.

So how do you fight an enemy that can fly, multiply rapidly and move across international borders?

From Africa to India, scientists, governments and local communities are turning to cutting-edge technology to track locust movements, predict where swarms may travel and stop outbreaks before they become even more destructive.

Discover the science behind one of nature's most formidable phenomena—and the massive effort to contain it—in the Curiosity Original Bright Now: Locust Swarm, streaming on Curiosity Stream.

🌊 Spring is here, and the pike are busy! In Lake Life, watch Germany’s and Austria’s Alpine lakes come alive as pike spawn in flooded banks, creating 💦 Dive beneath the surface of Germany’s and Austria’s most stunning lakes in Lake Life! Witness rare species, fascinating geological formations, and the secret underwater worlds where pike reproduce and new life begins after the snowmelt.

From flooded Alpine vegetation to open-water adventures, every pulse of the lake tells a story of survival, growth, and nature’s rhythm.

🌊 Stream both episodes of Lake Life now on CuriosityStream and uncover the hidden wonders beneath the water!

Being president isn’t just about power—it’s about dedication, controversy, and sometimes breaking the rules. 💥

In 1872, Victoria Woodhull, journalist and suffragist, became the first woman to run for president on the Equal Rights Party ticket. Advocating free love—a bold idea for the time—she faced harsh criticism and was labeled “indecent.”

Woodhull didn’t back down. She exposed one of her fiercest critics, Reverend Beecher, for his own scandalous affairs. But on election day, Woodhull was behind bars for “obscenity.” Even if she could have voted, she couldn’t vote for herself.

Her story reminds us: the road to the presidency has always been complicated—and courage is timeless. 🗳️

💡 Learn more fascinating stories from history and the people who shaped it - Watch the full story on History: The Interesting Bits series on Curiosity Stream today! - 🔗 in bio

Arabia: Secrets of the Desert

Journey deep into Arabia with Oscar winner Helen Mirren as your guide. 🌵🐪 From camel races and Bedouin hospitality to Mecca and the birth of the Muslim faith, discover a civilization thriving in one of the harshest places on Earth.

Stream Arabia on .

How do powerful regimes really fall?

In 1979, Iran witnessed one of the most dramatic political upheavals of the 20th century. Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi—wealthy, Western-aligned, and once a central figure in global politics—was overthrown, ending a monarchy that had ruled Persia for more than 2,500 years.

What followed wasn’t just the fall of a ruler, but the rise of a new world order. As the Shah’s grip weakened, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini emerged as the voice of opposition—transforming public anger into a revolution that reshaped Iran and challenged global politics for decades to come.

The Last Persian Shah explores how authoritarian power erodes: slowly… then all at once.

🎬 Watch the full documentary The Last Persian Shah on CuriosityStream.

From a distance, a city skyline can look like a symbol of progress. But what happens when you look closer?

In some of the world's largest cities, luxury towers can contain apartments that sit empty—while elsewhere, enormous populations struggle to find adequate housing.

Today, more than one billion people worldwide live in informal settlements, according to the United Nations. And as urban populations continue to grow, how we provide housing, infrastructure, and genuine communities will become an even greater challenge.

Because a city isn't simply a collection of buildings.

A city is people living together.

🏙️ What makes a city truly successful—the skyline, the economy, affordable housing, public spaces, or something else?

Explore the future of urban life in Flexible Buildings, streaming on Curiosity Stream.

Fearless. Adventurous. Unstoppable. 💥

Pauline Cushman wasn’t just a Union spy - she was a hustler, a risk-taker, and the perfect agent behind enemy lines. Every mission tested her wits, her courage, and her ability to survive where others would fail.

🎬 Watch Impossible Escapes: Civil War on CuriosityStream

Never before have so many of us shared this planet. And never before has the need for space and smarter ways to use it been greater.

As populations grow, cities expand, and the world becomes increasingly connected, the places we build will play a major role in how we live together.

But the challenge goes beyond architecture. How do we create spaces that put people first? How do we address inequality and division? And how can the buildings and cities we design today adapt to the needs of tomorrow?

🏙️ Flexible Buildings explores the ideas, challenges, and innovations shaping the future of the spaces we call home.

How do you think our cities will need to change over the next 50 years?

Stream Flexible Buildings on Curiosity Stream.

Hours of brutal weather. Energy gone. One last hope for shelter.

They reach the lighthouse—and discover it’s buried under eight feet of sand. Standing on top of it, the team must decide: stop here, or attempt three massive river crossings in remote Iceland. Adventure doesn’t get more real than this.

🎬 Watch the full documentary on CuriosityStream - https://curiosity.tv/llaulaw