"Internationally bestselling author and renowned scientist Tim Flannery and his daughter, scientist Emma Flannery, deliver an informative-yet-intimate portrait of the megalodon, an extinct shark and the largest predator of all time. When Tim Flannery was a boy he found a fossilized tooth of the giant shark megalodon at a beach near his home in Australia. This remarkable find--the tooth was large enough to cover his palm--sparked an interest in paleontology...

Puts flesh back on the bones of some of the most lethal, terrifying, and bizarre creatures that ever roamed the planet. From humongous armored sharks to fierce fighting birds and mammals built like tanks, get a rare insight into what these animals looked like, how they lived, and how they met their ultimate demise. Find out how they became precisely adapted to survive in their environment and learn why creatures of their massive size do not exist...

How did life storm the beaches and dominate planet Earth? Ancient Australian fossils offer clues in Life Explodes. Half a billion years ago, Australia was still part of the super-continent Gondwana. The ocean were teeming with weird and wonderful animals, but the world above the waves remained an almost lifeless wasteland. All that was about to change, though. Host Richard Smith introduces Earth's forgotten pioneers: the scuttling arthropod armies...

In the wake of the catastrophic asteroid impact believed to have wiped out the dinosaurs, Australia was set adrift on a lonely voyage across southern seas. With host Richard Smith, NOVA travels the walkabout continent to uncover how it became the strange land it is today. In this final episode, Strange Creatures, NOVA traces the last 65 million years, revealing the events that shaped the Australia we know today. Prehistoric jungles retreated, replaced...

"Blue-blooded crabs? Platypus that sting? One-hundred-year old reptiles? Meet some of nature's longest-surviving species! Discover the stories of these incredible animals and find out how they help scientists piece together evolutionary history."--

Revised, updated, and expanded with the latest interpretations and fossil discoveries, the second edition of Oceans of Kansas adds new twists to the fascinating story of the vast inland sea that engulfed central North America during the Age of Dinosaurs. Giant sharks, marine reptiles called mosasaurs, pteranodons, and birds with teeth all flourished in and around these shallow waters. Their abundant and well-preserved remains were sources of great...

Manny, Sid, and Diego must fight to return home when the continents drift.

Geronimo Stilton's ancestor, Geronimo Stiltonoot, searches for Tiger Khan's missing flag to prevent chaos during the annual cavemouse sports competition.

"In the prehistoric Permian Period, a small reptile tries to convince a larger and hungry dimetrodon to not eat it, but to play with its food instead"--

Viaja atrás en el tiempo y descubre las criaturas más grandes, rápidas y extrañas qu han existido jamás. Date u chapuzón con un plesiosaurio del tamaño de un autobús, corre junto a un dinosaurio más rápido qu un caballo al galope y vigila al gran felino de dientes largos como dagas. Prepárate para descubrir más de 40 increíbles animales prehistóricos que cobran vida gracias a la recreación de las imágenes generadas por ordenador."-- Take...