Earth has never experienced anything like us: a species dominating and transforming the planet. Biologist Shane Campbell-Staton travels the globe exploring our human footprint and discovering how the things we do reveal who we truly are.
EPISODE 1
Strangers in Paradise
With invasive species reshaping the world's ecosystems, Shane wrestles a python, hunts Hawaiian pigs and gets sucker-punched by a carp as he considers how the human species is able to decide what belongs.
EPISODE 2
Top Predator
Exploring the global impact of humans, from Yellowstone to Mozambique.
EPISODE 3
Man's Best Friend
How dogs have been reshaped by evolution to become the perfect partner to humans.
EPISODE 4
The Replacements
Exploring the science and unexpected histories of "The Replacements," five animal and plant species that made allies of humans.
EPISODE 5
The Urban Jungle
Exploring the modern city, including three species that thrive in that ecosystem.
EPISODE 6
The Ground Below
Exploring the history and science of cotton.
Shane Campbell-Staton