Feared as a livestock killer, the Tasmanian tiger—or thylacine—was driven to extinction by humans. But was it really the vicious predator people believed it to be? We explore the truth behind the myths and the ongoing search for this elusive marsupial.

Once a ruler of the island of Mauritius, the dodo was a bird unlike any other—until humans arrived. In this episode, we uncover the rapid extinction of the dodo, the myths surrounding it, and whether science could one day bring it back.