A gorilla asleep in the jungle.

Gorillas rest for hours after feeding.

Credit: Harald Pokieser / © Terra Mater Studios GmbH

Next week, we’ll see what life may have in store for a newborn silverback gorilla in Gabon, discover the 4-legged, walking ancestors of modern whales and much more. Take a look at what’s coming up!

Independent Lens: Razing Liberty Square - Monday, January 29 at 11 PM

Liberty City, Miami, was home to one of the oldest segregated public housing projects in the United States. Now with rising sea levels, the neighborhood’s higher ground has become something else: real estate gold.

Donald Trump

FRONTLINE: Democracy on Trial - Tuesday, January 30 at 9 PM

FRONTLINE examines the roots of the criminal cases against former President Trump stemming from his 2020 election loss. This episode looks into the House Jan. 6 committee’s evidence, the threat to democracy and the historic charges against Trump.

Nature: Gorilla - Wednesday, January 31 at 8 PM

Get an intimate look at a silverback family in Gabon's Loango National Park. Meet a newborn gorilla, brave researchers, forest elephants, buffalos and more in the last remaining wild coastline in the African tropics.

A very long and large fossilized skeleton.

NOVA: When Whales Could Walk - Wednesday, January 31 at 9 PM

A spectacular fossil graveyard reveals a 43-million-year-old whale that had four legs and could walk. Follow scientists as they search for new clues to how mammals moved from land into the sea to become the largest animals on Earth.