Paleontology Movies

Renowned paleontologist Kirk Johnson takes us on an epic adventure through time at the polar extremes of our planet. Following a trail of strange...

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

David Attenborough tells the story of the discovery and reconstruction in Argentina of the world's largest-known dinosaur, a brand new species of...

Looking at whether the history of early human evolution should be rewritten. For decades, most experts have been convinced that Africa is the cradle...

Cleaning up a weird scientist's messy study is a chore four kids decide to make short work of on a Saturday morning! The kids file animals into...

Following the journey of fossils from their discovery in remote corners of the earth to laboratories, museums, auction houses and collectors’...

Uncover the surprising ancient origins of mammals, a story that began long before the dinosaurs' reign. Surveying Earth's tumultuous past reveals how...

To develop a potent anti-cancer drug, a research team ventures to a secluded island in search of an ancient plant known as "Fire Prison Vine Lotus"....

A team of palaeontologists led by Nizar Ibrahim go in search of Spinosaurus, a giant meat eater believed to be even larger than Tyrannosaurus rex.

Valley of the T. rex is a Discovery Channel documentary, featuring paleontologist Jack Horner, that aired on September 10, 2001. The program shows...

The long running, often bitter scientific debate over the origin of birds and the evolution of flight.

Three researchers work on a paleontological project focusing on two dinosaurs: one fictional, the one created by special effects genius Ray...

In Morocco, new excavations on the site of Jebel Irhoud upset the generally accepted view of the dating of the appearance of man.

Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs in a fiery global catastrophe. But we know little about how their successors, the...

When a huge meteorite crashed into the earth 66 million years ago and caused the disappearance of the dinosaurs, some of the planet’s tiniest...

An entertaining documentary look at dinosaurs with Emmy Award-winning special effects, feature film clips and stills, commentary by leading...

Richard Dawkins in a 1980's television special based on his book The Blind Watchmaker.

A documentary about the 1999 discovery of a Mastodon skeleton in a Hyde Park backyard.

Four years after Jurassic Park's genetically bred dinosaurs ran amok, multimillionaire John Hammond shocks chaos theorist Ian Malcolm by revealing...