Just before the Age of Dinosaurs, life was thriving on the supercontinent of Pangea. But dark times were ahead: the biggest mass extinction ever, The Great Dying. Join hosts Kallie Moore, Michelle Barboza-Ramirez, Gabriel-Philip Santos, and Blake de Pastino as they explore the Permian: how it started, how it ended and how life recovered. Eons: Life and Death on Pangea premieres Wednesday, July 29.
Episodes
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The Trouble With Trilobites
Trilobites are famous not just because they were so beautifully functional..6:46 -
When Did the First Flower Bloom?
During the Cretaceous Period, dinosaurs were more diverse, more fierce, and more strange.4:21 -
The Tully Monster & Other Problematic Creatures
There are animals in the fossil record that challenge some of our most basic ideas..4:01 -
Stegosaurs: Tiny Brains & Thagomizers
If you take it as a given that extinct dinosaurs were all weird and wonderful, then you go4:49 -
What Colors Were Dinosaurs?
We know a lot about dinosaurs but there’s one question that has plagued paleontologists..5:02 -
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That Time Oxygen Almost Killed Everything
What if we told you that there was a time when oxygen almost wiped out all life on Earth?4:45 -
The Biggest Thing That Ever Flew
Today, we’re familiar with two types of flying vertebrates -- birds and bats.4:27 -
Dimetrodon: Our Most Unlikely Ancestor
Take a close look and you might see a little bit of yourself.5:21 -
The Extinction That Never Happened
Natural history is full of living things that were long thought to have gone extinct only7:36 -
The Strange Case of the Buzzsaw Jaws
A 270-million-year-old sea creature called Helicoprion that once swam the seas.3:54 -
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Living Fossils' Aren't Really a Thing
Even the most ancient-looking organisms show us that evolution is always at work.5:05 -
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An Illustrated History of Dinosaurs
Our image of dinosaurs has been constantly changing since naturalists started studying the12:20 -
A Brief History of Geologic Time
Geologists have been able to identify crucial episodes in life’s history.12:08 -
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The Facts About Dinosaurs & Feathers
Dinosaurs have been found with some sort of fluff or even full-on plumage.10:01 -
The Last Time the Globe Warmed
Imagine an enormous, lush rainforest teeming with life...in the Arctic.9:54 -
What Happened to the World's Greatest Ape?
Gigantopithecus is the greatest great-ape that ever was.7:01 -
When Giant Fungi Ruled
An unlikely group of pioneers ultimately made life on land possible -- the fungi.6:37 -
How Two Microbes Changed History
More than two billion years ago, a tiny living thing started to live inside another thing.7:39 -
The Time Terror Birds Invaded
5 million years ago, a predator made its way onto the coastal plains of North America.5:32 -
Untangling the Devil's Corkscrew
In the late 1800s, paleontologists in Nebraska found huge coils of hardened sand.6:11 -
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The Whole Saga of the Supercontinents
So if we want to know how we got here, we have to understand how "here" got here.8:40 -
From the Cambrian Explosion to the Great Dying
The Paleozoic Era is one of the most chaotic times in Earth's history. Find out why!10:28 -
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The Other Explosion You Should Know About
The Sudden burst of diversity that marked the dawn of truly complex life on our planet.6:25 -
How the Turtle Got Its Shell
Where did turtles come from? And how did the they get their shells?8:29 -
What a Dinosaur Looks Like Under a Microscope
What has been observed and learned from putting dinosaur bones under a microscope.8:09 -
The Most Useful Fossils In The World
Mysterious fossils can be used to tell time in the deep past.5:49 -
Inside the Dinosaur Library
We talk to Amy Atwater, Collections Manager at the Museum of the Rockies.7:19 -
What Was the Ancestor of Everything?
The search for our origins go back to a single common ancestor.11:06 -
How the Squid Lost Its Shell
Ancestors of cephalopods all had shells until it proved to be their biggest weakness.8:05 -
How the Chalicothere Split In Two
How did two of the same kind of animal end up looking so different?7:03 -
The Age of Reptiles in Three Acts
Reptiles in time grew to become some of the largest forms of life ever to exist on earth.10:45 -
The Weird, Watery Tale of Spinosaurus
In 1912, a fossil collector discovered the world’s only known semi-aquatic dinosaur.7:28 -
From the Fall of Dinos to the Rise of Humans
The Cenozoic marks the rise of organisms that look a lot like us.12:34 -
That Time It Rained for Two Million Years
234 million years ago, the climate suddenly changed for the wetter.7:31 -
Why Triassic Animals Were Just the Weirdest
Why the Triassic was full of creatures that look a lot like other, more modern species.9:07 -
Where Did Viruses Come From?
Where did viruses come from and how did they evolve? Are viruses alive?7:29 -
When Fish First Breathed Air
Before a group of fish could live on dry land, they acquired the ability to breathe air.8:40 -
How the T-Rex Lost Its Arms
Tyrannosaurus rex had tiny arms. How did this happen, and why did it keep them?6:54 -
FAQs From Our First Year
To celebrate our first anniversary together, we’d like to answer some of your questions.9:20 -
When Insects First Flew
Insects were the first animals to fly. Scientists are still working on how it happened.8:38 -
The Mystery of the Eocene’s Lethal Lake
In the 1800s, miners found beautifully preserved fossils of animals from the Eocene.7:59
