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Ep 1 2017-06-26

The Trouble With Trilobites

Trilobites are famous not just because they were so beautifully functional, or because they happened …

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Ep 2 2017-07-03

When Did the First Flower Bloom?

During the Cretaceous Period, dinosaurs were more diverse, more fierce, and more strange than ever. …

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Ep 3 2017-07-11

The Tully Monster & Other Problematic Creatures

There are animals in the fossil record that challenge some of our most basic ideas …

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Ep 4 2017-07-17

Stegosaurs: Tiny Brains & Thagomizers

If you take it as a given that extinct dinosaurs were all weird and wonderful, …

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Ep 5 2017-07-24

What Colors Were Dinosaurs?

We know a lot about dinosaurs but there’s one question that has plagued paleontologists for …

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Ep 6 2017-07-31

The Story of Saberteeth

Smilodon was a fearsome Ice Age cat, the size of a modern-day tiger, that had …

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Ep 7 2017-08-07

That Time Oxygen Almost Killed Everything

What if we told you that there was a time when oxygen almost wiped out …

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Ep 8 2017-08-14

The Biggest Thing That Ever Flew

Today, we’re familiar with two types of flying vertebrates -- birds and bats. But over …

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Ep 9 2017-08-21

Dimetrodon: Our Most Unlikely Ancestor

With its lizard-like appearance and that distinctive sail on it back, Dimetrodon is practically the …

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Ep 10 2017-08-28

The Extinction That Never Happened

Natural history is full of living things that were long thought to have gone extinct …

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Ep 11 2017-09-11

The Strange Case of the Buzzsaw Jaws

There are many fossils that challenge our ability to form even the most basic idea …

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Ep 12 2017-09-18

The Age of Giant Insects

Insects outnumber humans by a lot and we only like to think we're in charge …

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Ep 13 2017-09-26

History's Most Powerful Plants

Fossil fuels are made from the remains of extinct organisms that have been exposed to …

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Ep 14 2017-10-02

How Did Dinosaurs Get So Huge?

Part of why we’re so fascinated with extinct dinosaurs it’s just hard for us to …

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Ep 15 2017-10-09

When The Earth Was Purple

Besides the blue of the oceans, the dominant color of our planet, as we know …

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Ep 16 2017-10-16

'Living Fossils' Aren't Really a Thing

Crocodiles, horseshoe crabs and tuatara are animals that have persisted for millions of years, said …

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Ep 17 2017-10-23

When Whales Walked

We know whales as graceful giants bound to the sea. But what if we told …

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Ep 18 2017-10-30

An Illustrated History of Dinosaurs

Our image of dinosaurs has been constantly changing since naturalists started studying them about 350 …

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Ep 19 2017-11-06

A Brief History of Geologic Time

By looking at the layers beneath our feet, geologists have been able to identify and …

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Ep 20 2017-11-20

The Search for the Earliest Life

More than 4 billion years ago, the crust of the Earth was still cooling and …

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Ep 21 2017-11-27

The Facts About Dinosaurs & Feathers

Over the past 20 years, dinosaurs of all types and sizes have been found with …

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Ep 22 2017-12-04

The Last Time the Globe Warmed

Imagine an enormous, lush rainforest teeming with life...in the Arctic. Well there was a time …

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Ep 23 2017-12-11

What Happened to the World's Greatest Ape?

Probably twice the size of a modern gorilla, Gigantopithecus is the greatest great-ape that ever …

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Ep 24 2017-12-18

When Giant Fungi Ruled

420 million years ago, a giant feasted on the dead, growing slowly into the largest …

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First Air Date

2017-06-26

Last Air Date

2022-10-14

Status

Returning Series

Language

Seasons

Total Episodes

246

Episode Runtime

10 min

Network

PBS Digital Studios, YouTube

Studio

PBS Digital Studios

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