Extinction Event

By Melissa Thomas, Jack CollierScience Education History Nature

Extinction Event episodes

December 21, 2018 Giant Moa
New Zealand's towering Giant Moa gets cut down to size.
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44 min
December 07, 2018 Toolache Wallaby
For Australian farmers, these beautiful marsupials were literally drop dead gorgeous.
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43 min
November 22, 2018 Mamo Bird
Did native Hawaiians pluck the beautiful Mamo bird into extinction, or were there more sinister powers at play?
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39 min
November 09, 2018 Steller's Sea Cow
The Russians discover a scrumptious new sea cow in the North Pacific
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37 min
October 25, 2018 American Buffalo
American frontiersmen go buck wild on the buff.
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40 min
October 05, 2018 Falkland Islands Wolf
The friendly Falkland Islands Wolves get a rude awakening. Countdown clock: The Helmeted Hornbill
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34 min
September 21, 2018 Giant Galapagos Tortoise
Lonesome George and the Pinta Island giant tortoises. The fate of an entire species rests on the shell of one lonely dude.
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38 min
September 07, 2018 Giant Ground Sloth
The Giant Ground Sloths razor sharp claws could fend off ice age bullies like sabre tooth tigers, but were totally useless when it came to the annihilation of these fury behemoths. Then on countdown clock to extinction: are we bear-hugging super cute pygmy 3-toed sloths to extinction?
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28 min
August 24, 2018 Passenger Pigeon
How North America’s favorite all-you-can-eat bird buffet went bankrupt. From stick-poking to stool pigeons, we explore the subtleties of exterminating billions of birds. Then, has the clock run out on the Ganges shark?
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30 min
August 08, 2018 Tasmanian Tiger
Tasmania’s bloodsucking vampire dogs go belly up. Debating the benefits of built in fanny packs, and interior decorating an entire continent. Plus, an exciting update on the Northern White Rhino.
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29 min