This documentary delves into the mysteries surrounding the Neanderthals and what their fossil record tells us about their lives and disappearance.

In 1840s England, palaeontologist Mary Anning and a young woman sent by her husband to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship. Despite...

When scientists exploring the Amazon River stumble on a “missing link” connecting humans and fish, they plan to capture it for later...

In a desolate and dark world full of shadows, lives one little girl who seems to do nothing but collect water in jars and protect a large egg she...

Mysterious and unearthly deaths start to occur while Professor Saxton is transporting the frozen remains of a primitive humanoid creature he found in...

A Native American owner of a kitschy roadside museum accidentally brings to life three dinosaur fossils. Now really annoyed, the giant dinos wreak...

David Attenborough brings to life, in unprecedented detail, the last days of the dinosaurs. Palaeontologist Robert DePalma has made an incredible...

Four schoolboys go on an awe-inspiring expedition back through time, where they behold landscapes and creatures that have long since vanished from...

When drillers on an offshore oil rig dredge up several prehistoric eggs, one man is attacked by what appears to be an unidentified deep-sea creature...

Regular opening times do not apply as we accompany Sir David Attenborough on an after-hours journey around London’s Natural History Museum, one...

David Attenborough returns to the island of Madagascar on a very personal quest. In 1960 he visited the island to film one of his first ever...

Darwin's great insight – that life has evolved over millions of years by natural selection – has been the cornerstone of all David...

Sir David Attenborough investigates the discovery of a 200 million year old Ichthyosaur on the Jurassic Coast in southern England. Using state of the...

Sir David Attenborough joins an archaeological dig uncovering Britain's biggest mammoth discovery in almost 20 years. In 2017, in a gravel quarry...

How did your body become the complicated, quirky, amazing machine it is today? Anatomist Neil Shubin uncovers the answers in this 3-part science...

In a race against developers in the Rocky Mountains, paleontologists uncover a unique fossil site packed with astonishingly well-preserved bones of...

Sir David Attenborough goes back in time to the roots of the tree of life, in search of the very first animals, telling their story with stunning...

David Attenborough presents a series on fossils and palaeontology.

Join hosts Hank Green, Kallie Moore, and Blake de Pastino as they take you on a journey through the history of life on Earth. From the dawn of life...

Professor Richard Fortey travels to some of the greatest fossil sites on earth to discover more about the distant past.