Animal Armageddon
Against a backdrop of global catastrophe, Animal Armageddon brings to life an unprecedented vision of ancient Earth. From the very beginning, the course of evolution has been dramatically altered by catastrophe. Numerous mass extinction events have devastated the Animal Kingdom. Each time disaster has struck, nature has shown remarkable resiliency. Animals have rebounded with with amazing biological innovation and vast increases in diversity. Humans have always had a stake in this. From tiny flatworms to the first amphibians, our own DNA had to survive for us to evolve into what we are now: the first species that can trigger its own extinction.
- 2009-2009
- 1 season
- Discovery Communications
- Documentary
Against a backdrop of global catastrophe, Animal Armageddon brings to life an unprecedented vision of ancient Earth. From the very beginning, the course of evolution has been dramatically altered by catastrophe. Numerous mass extinction events have devastated the Animal Kingdom. Each time disaster has struck, nature has shown remarkable resiliency. Animals have rebounded with with amazing biological innovation and vast increases in diversity. Humans have always had a stake in this. From tiny flatworms to the first amphibians, our own DNA had to survive for us to evolve into what we are now: the first species that can trigger its own extinction.
Season 1 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 2009
Episode 1
Death Rays
Thu, Feb 12, 2009
What caused the Ordovician extinction event 450 million years ago, the second-largest of the five major extinction events in Earth's history.
Episode 2
Hell on Earth
Thu, Feb 19, 2009
What caused the Devonian extinction event 370 million years ago, one of five major extinction events in the history of Earth.
Episode 3
Doomsday
Thu, Feb 26, 2009
K/T extinction event. What was it like on the fateful apocalyptic day 65 million years ago when the asteroid that led to the extinction of dinosaurs arrived and hit Earth?
Episode 4
Panic in the Sky
Thu, Mar 5, 2009
K/T extinction event. What was the last year of dinosaurs' existence on Earth like?
Episode 5
The Great Dying
Thu, Sep 3, 2009
What caused the Permian extinction event, better known as the Great Dying, 250 million years ago, the Earth's most severe known extinction event.
Episode 6
Strangled
Thu, Sep 10, 2009
What caused the Triassic extinction event 200 million years ago.
Episode 7
Fire & Ice
Thu, Sep 17, 2009
What caused the Quaternary extinction event during the late Pleistocene some 75.000 years ago that killed off the giant mammals and almost even made the early human race extinct.
Episode 8
The Next Extinction
Thu, Sep 24, 2009
Could humans survive the next extinction event and what could this event be.