evolution

Relates the story of life on Earth focusing on animals alive today. Based on the television series "Life on Earth.".

Describes the migration of animal life to the North American continent and its subsequent evolution.

Marine behavioral biologist Nate Quinn is researching humpbacked whales off the coast of Maui--in particular, why they sing. The question has Nate and his crew poking, charting, recording, and photographing any large marine mammal that crosses their path. Then, one extraordinary day, a whale lifts its tail into the air to display a cryptic message spelled out in foot-high letters: Bite me. Then, when a roll of film returns from the lab missing the crucial tail shot--and their research facility is summarily trashed--Nate realizes that something very fishy indeed is going on. The weirdness only gets weirder when a call comes in from Nate's big-bucks benefactor saying that a whale has made contact--by phone. And it's asking for a hot pastrami and Swiss on rye.

Examines the apparent connection between birds and dinosaurs by comparing fossils, dinosaur bones, and modern birds.

Lawyers face off in 1925 Dayton, Tennessee in the Scopes Monkey Trial, which determined the legality of teaching evolution versus creation in the classroom.

Explores the evolutionary advantages and risks of sexual vs. asexual reproduction, and offers scientific theories and evidence that attempt to explain why we reproduce sexually. Also, covers the effects on genetic diversity and the definition of sexual selection.

Bill explores Darwin, genes and DNA. Learn the similarities shared by all living things and ponder the possibility that birds evolved from dinosaurs. Features comedy, interviews with scientists and hands-on experiments.

Introduces major concepts of evolutionary theory and explores why Darwin's idea might matter more today than it did in its own time. Interweaves the drama in key moments of Darwin's life with documentary sequences of current research.

Looks at how complex life forms, including humans, evolved. Focuses on the development of a standard four-limbed man plan, the journey from water to land, the return of marine mammals to the sea, and the emergence of humans. Suggests that every species that ever existed is a variation on a genetic theme.

Explores causes of the past five mass extinctions and looks at the sources of extinctions happening today. Also explores what evolutionary theory predicts for the future.