When a group of French archaeologists landed on the island of Cyprus in 2001, they quickly found that they were … outnumbered. Despite having a population of about 1.2 million people, Cyprus turned out to have an even bigger population […]
Thank you to ExpressVPN for supporting PBS They’re known for being stealthy, secretive, and hard to spot. And yet they deeply shape the places where they live, because they’re some of the largest apex predators on land: the big cats. […]
It was a typical autumn day in 2018, when two fishermen set off into the waters of Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland. As they pulled up their net, they noticed something different among all the freshly caught fish: something very […]
In 1964, a paleontologist named John Ostrom dug up some fascinating fossils from the mudstone of Montana. The fossils were of a slim, sleek dinosaur with sharp, curved claws on its feet, and a long tail supported by tendons that […]
It’s 1912, and an amateur archaeologist named Charles Dawson came forward with a discovery that almost changed our understanding of human evolution. Almost. Dawson’s find was some unusual human-like skull fragments, and he showed them to the Keeper of Geology […]
Thanks to WIX for supporting PBS Digital Studios In its day, it was quite literally top dog. By some estimates, it could grow as big as a brown bear. And with its powerful jaws and stout teeth, it was not […]
We’ve wanted to create a show like Eons long before this channel became a reality. We’re a team of people who are passionate about natural history, and we were eager to to share the fascinating story of life on Earth. […]
Greek and Roman mythology is full of stories about exotic islands that were home to weird and fearsome monsters — like one-eyed ogres, seductive sirens, and man-eating giants. And I’m here to tell you: Back in the late Miocene epoch, […]
In 1947, paleontologist Edwin Colbert made a grim discovery at a site in northern New Mexico known as Ghost Ranch. While exploring the high desert, he and his companions uncovered the remains of hundreds and hundreds of meat-eating dinosaurs that […]