New ReviewDinosaurs had dandruff? Check out a short video that follows scientists at a lab as they research the flakey problem that affects more than half the human population and affected many dinosaurs as well. The researchers take scalp...

New ReviewScientists believe confuciusornis developed a beak and lost teeth as a key step in the evolutionary process. Learn more about confuciusornis and other birds, dinosaurs, and animals that evolved into the birds of today. PBS Eons walks...

New ReviewAfter a year of PBS Eons videos, viewers raised some excellent points and questions. The hosts highlight the most common including classification of animals, when a new eon starts, how to pronounce scientific terms, and many other...

New ReviewFans of Sherlock Holmes may be surprised to learn that in addition to stories of the famous deductionist, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is also the creator of Professor Challenger. An irascible, unpredictable scientist, Challenger was featured...

How do scientists determine the age of a dinosaur when it died? Viewers earn how scientists make slides of dinosaur fossils and how they use these images to determine age at death. Part of a larger Eons series from PBS, these beautiful...

Where do fossils that aren't on display in a museum go? Learn about the dinosaur collections at the Museum of the Rockies as part of the larger PBS Eons series of videos. The collections manager explains how they care for fossils and...

While scientists have know about dinosaurs that flew in the air, lived on land, and swam in the water, a episode from the PBS Eons series reveals recent discoveries of a dinosaur that was semi-aquatic—the first known semi-aquatic...

We live in the Cenozoic Era, and most of the animals we recognize first appeared in this era. However, the animals that existed at the start of the era bear little resemblance to present day. As one part of a larger series, individuals...

Normally when two species look similar, they are closely related. However, this doesn't seem to apply to the Triassic animals. Learn why these familiar looking animals are not actually related to today's animals. Viewers come to...

Did the T. Rex have feathers? A video from the Eons series playlist explains the exciting recent findings about dinosaurs and feathers. It details the evidence, the research, and our current understanding. It also considers why dinosaurs...

Did humans and dinosaurs coexist? How do we know? Scholars dig in to the tools and methods researchers used to study the process of human evolution by watching a slideshow with embedded video clips. Pupils learn the importance of asking...

Solve the ultimate who dunnit mystery: the death of the dinosaurs. Viewers watch an engaging video that describes how the asteroid impact hypothesis came to fruition and the evidence supporting it. The video also explains how life...

Beauty has no color, so why do scientists care about the color of dinosaurs? New evidence turned the world of dinosaurs colors upside down! From adorable red, fluffy dinosaurs to sharply contrasting black and white, these colors inform...

In 1982, a Far Side comic referenced the thagomizer, and now thagomizer remains the appropriate term used by the Smithsonian, BBC, and scientists. An engaging video explains why stegosaurs are unique, focusing on the tiny brains,...

Science and art influence each other, and a visual study of dinosaurs based on artwork throughout time introduces an interesting topic. The video from the PBS Eons channel features Hank Green. It highlights artwork from the earliest...

In museums, dinosaurs tower over all other animals. A larger-than-life installment of the "Eons" video series explains some of the theories about the size of dinosaurs. It presents the evidence for each theory and discusses the unknowns...

Prowl like a dinosaur! Choose several students to be the dinosaurs. The dinosaurs with dodge balls are the taggers, and the Triceratops on the scooters are the freers. As the other players are tagged with balls, the Triceratops scoot...

Deinonychus, which means terrible claw, was built for attacking. Its huge second toe had a sharp claw on the end that helped it kill its prey. Scientists believe this predator dinosaur was also very smart due to its brain size. Read more...

The Euoplocephalus, which means well-armoured head, was built to protect itself. Weighing up to two tons, this dinosaur was only recently discovered in 1902 in Canada. Read more about this strongly built dinosaur in an article adapted by...

When the Protoceratops, also known as the first horned lizard, was initially discovered scientists realized dinosaurs laid eggs. Read about this short but strong dinosaur that roamed Asia during the late Cretaceous period.

Can you imagine an eight-foot tall, twelve-foot long ostrich-looking dinosaur? That's exactly what the Ornithomimus was. Read about this toothless dinosaur's behaviors, diet, and where its fossils were first discovered.

Don't confuse this dinosaur with the Tyrannosaurus rex. Even though they roamed the earth during the late Jurassic period, the Ceratosaurus was much different than the T. rex. Read more about this ferocious meat-eating dinosaur and its...

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's actually a Pterodactyl! What was so special about this dinosaur, other than its ability to fly? Read about this bird-like dinosaur that ranged in sizes, and had different types of teeth for different diets.

The Iguanadon, which means iguana tooth, was a large herbivorous dinosaur that roamed Earth over 100 million years ago. Read about this creature's lifestyle, the structure of its body, what it ate, and when and where it lived.