Fifty Million Years Ago, the Arctic Was a Warm Swamp

Think you know what the Arctic looked like during the Eocene Epoch? Play NOVA’s Polar Lab to find out: You might be surprised by the plants and animals that used to call it home.

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Sea Change: Peril in the Gulf of Maine

Sea Change: Bounty in the Gulf of Maine

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Ancient Builders of the Amazon (Español)

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Picture a Scientist (with Audio Description)

Treasures Metals Eiffel Tower

A Labyrinth of Lava

From Mud to Rock

Finding Stromatolites

Stromatolites Were Kings

Ancient Life

Millions of Years Captured in Chalk

A Fourteen-Foot Fish From Kansas

Hell Creek Formation

No Dinosaurs Above the Line

Mammal Survivors

Dinosaur Fossils

King of Gore

Driving Dinosaur Diversity

Pangea

Making Granite From Volcanic Rock

A Massive Volcanic Eruption

Rock Time Capsules

The Sandstone Top of the Canyon

Fossil-Filled Limestone

The Grand Canyon's Oldest Rocks

From Lava to Land