Skip to main content

Up Next

When the Synapsids Struck Back

When the Synapsids Struck Back

Season 2 Episode 26
10:10
When We Met Other Human Species

When We Met Other Human Species

Season 2 Episode 28
12:56
How Volcanoes Froze the Earth...Twice

How Volcanoes Froze the Earth...Twice

Season 2 Episode 29
10:29
When Giant Deer Roamed Eurasia

When Giant Deer Roamed Eurasia

Season 2 Episode 31
6:53
Was This Dinosaur a Cannibal?

Was This Dinosaur a Cannibal?

Season 2 Episode 32
10:37
The Missing Link That Wasn’t

The Missing Link That Wasn’t

Season 2 Episode 33
9:54
When Bats Took Flight

When Bats Took Flight

Season 2 Episode 35
11:09
Back to Show
Eons

The History of Climate Cycles (and the Woolly Rhino)

Season 2 Episode 23

Throughout the Pleistocene Epoch, the range of the woolly rhino grew and shrank in sync with global climate. So what caused the climate -- and the range of the woolly rhino -- to cycle back and forth between such extremes?

Support Provided By
Season
When A Marsupial Became An Apex Predator
10:04
In Australia, evolution built a family of deadly predators.
We Met Neandertals Way Earlier Than We Thought
7:28
We focus on the DNA we got from our Neanderthals.
How Plate Tectonics Gave Us Seahorses
7:20
Seahorses are one of the ocean's worst swimmers but their origin story is great.
Are We All Actually Archaea?
8:21
In recent years, Archaea's connection to us has been pretty huge and surprising.
Darwin Missed An Example of Evolution Right Under His Nose
8:53
Charles Darwin encountered a tiny fox-like creature during his famous voyage.
Our Ancient Relative That Said 'No Thanks' To Life On Land
8:59
While some fishapods were crawling out of water, others were diving right back in.
Where Did Water Come From?
10:17
We think our water came from unlikely sources: meteorites, space dust, and even the sun.
The Fungi That Turned Ants Into Zombies
8:13
This fungus was actually manipulating ants’ and forcing strange movements.
How Whale Evolution Kind Of Sucked
9:49
We explore the origin of the Mystacodon, what we know today as baleen whales.
Did An Ancient Pathogen Reshape Our Cells?
7:40
There is one group of mammals that doesn’t have alpha-gal catarrhine primates.
Why Does Caffeine Exist?
8:29
It started with the production of one specific molecule and its ability to evolve.
How Plate Tectonics Transformed Los Angeles
12:34
The epic saga of Los Angeles' natural history is still visible and even striking.
Active loading indicator