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When Crocs Thrived in the Seas

When Crocs Thrived in the Seas

Season 3 Episode 41
9:08
How To Survive the Little Ice Age

How To Survive the Little Ice Age

Season 3 Episode 42
10:00
When Trees Took Over the World

When Trees Took Over the World

Season 3 Episode 43
7:28
How Weasels Got Skinny

How Weasels Got Skinny

Season 3 Episode 44
9:01
Where Are All The Squid Fossils?

Where Are All The Squid Fossils?

Season 3 Episode 45
7:21
Did These Giant Sloths Poop Themselves to Death?

Did These Giant Sloths Poop Themselves to Death?

Season 4 Episode 1
10:01
The Traits That Spawned the Age of Mammals

The Traits That Spawned the Age of Mammals

Season 4 Episode 2
7:44
The Island of the Last Surviving Mammoths

The Island of the Last Surviving Mammoths

Season 4 Episode 3
8:06
Where Are All the Medium-Sized Dinosaurs?

Where Are All the Medium-Sized Dinosaurs?

Season 4 Episode 4
11:01
How the Starfish Got Its Arms

How the Starfish Got Its Arms

Season 4 Episode 5
10:53
The Creature That Stumped Darwin

The Creature That Stumped Darwin

Season 4 Episode 6
6:46
How Pollination Got Going Twice

How Pollination Got Going Twice

Season 4 Episode 7
9:32
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How Chilis Got Spicy (and Why We Love the Burn)

Season 3 Episode 40

Today, chilis are the most widely cultivated spice crop in the world - grown everywhere from their native home in the Americas to Europe, Africa, and Asia. But how and why did chilis evolve this weird, fiery trick in the first place? And why did we learn to love that spicy burn?
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Where Are All The Squid Fossils?
7:21
Season 3 Episode 45
Where Are All The Squid Fossils?
Solve the Mystery of Where All Squid Fossils Are.
How Weasels Got Skinny
9:01
Season 3 Episode 44
How Weasels Got Skinny
Find Out Why and How Weasels Push the Limits on What is Metabolically Possible.
When Trees Took Over the World
7:28
Season 3 Episode 43
When Trees Took Over the World
Trees have a Far More Rooted History than You Think.
How To Survive the Little Ice Age
10:00
Season 3 Episode 42
How To Survive the Little Ice Age
How did the Nunalleq village manage to survive and prosper during the Little Ice Age?
When Crocs Thrived in the Seas
9:08
Season 3 Episode 41
When Crocs Thrived in the Seas
Watch Metriorhynchids' journey to the Sea.
How Humans Became (Mostly) Right-Handed
8:36
Season 3 Episode 39
How Humans Became (Mostly) Right-Handed
Learn Why Being Right-handed May Have Deep Evolutionary Roots In Our Lineage.
How Worm Holes Ended Wormworld
9:42
Season 3 Episode 38
How Worm Holes Ended Wormworld
How the Ancient Wormworld Met its Fate by its Own Design.
Our Bizarre, Possibly Venomous, Relative
8:11
Season 3 Episode 37
Our Bizarre, Possibly Venomous, Relative
Explore The Story Of Venomous Mammals, Both Living And Extinct.
The Genes We Lost Along the Way
12:01
Season 3 Episode 36
The Genes We Lost Along the Way
This is the journey of our DNA through Time and Space.
The Return of Giant Skin-Shell Sea Turtles
6:53
Season 3 Episode 35
The Return of Giant Skin-Shell Sea Turtles
Sea Turtles, Past And Present.
When We First Talked
11:13
Season 3 Episode 34
When We First Talked
The Evolution of Our Ability to Speak.
The Pandemic That Lasted 15 Million Years
9:20
Season 3 Episode 33
The Pandemic That Lasted 15 Million Years
The Pandemic that Lasted 15 Million Years
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