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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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When Giant Hypercarnivores Prowled Africa
9:17
Season 2 Episode 43
When Giant Hypercarnivores Prowled Africa
Hyaenodonts gave the world some of its largest terrestrial carnivorous mammals ever known.
How We Domesticated Cats (Twice)
7:47
Season 2 Episode 42
How We Domesticated Cats (Twice)
How we domesticated cats twice.
Were These Monsters Inspired by Fossils?
12:18
Season 2 Episode 41
Were These Monsters Inspired by Fossils?
Were these monsters inspired by fossils?
When Hobbits Were Real
9:10
Season 2 Episode 40
When Hobbits Were Real
Was it its own species? Or was it really just one of us?
The Case of the Dinosaur Egg Thief
7:28
Season 2 Episode 39
The Case of the Dinosaur Egg Thief
The case of the dinosaur egg thief.
When Antarctica Was Green
11:03
Season 2 Episode 38
When Antarctica Was Green
When Antarctica was green.
When Giant Lemurs Ruled Madagascar
10:09
Season 2 Episode 37
When Giant Lemurs Ruled Madagascar
Just a few thousand years ago, the island of Madagascar was inhabited by giant lemurs.
How Pterosaurs Got Their Wings
8:33
Season 2 Episode 36
How Pterosaurs Got Their Wings
How pterosaurs got their wings.
When Bats Took Flight
11:09
Season 2 Episode 35
When Bats Took Flight
When Bats Took Flight
The Raptor That Made Us Rethink Dinosaurs
8:35
Season 2 Episode 34
The Raptor That Made Us Rethink Dinosaurs
The raptor that made us rethink dinosaurs.
The Missing Link That Wasn’t
9:54
Season 2 Episode 33
The Missing Link That Wasn’t
There is no missing link in our lineage, because that’s not how evolution works.
Was This Dinosaur a Cannibal?
10:37
Season 2 Episode 32
Was This Dinosaur a Cannibal?
Was this dinosaur a cannibal?
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