Name: Modern Dinosaurs
Released: 2017-12-01T00:00:00.000Z

TV Show · Documentary · Special Interest

New Zealand was isolated from the world for 100 million years and became the ultimate storehouse for discontinued zoological species. Modern Dinosaurs explores New Zealand's unique wildlife, extraordinary fossil record and breath-taking landscapes.

2017 · 44m

Director Quinn Berentson, Mark Strickson

EPISODE 1

The Tuatara

New Zealand's Tuatara is older than the Dinosaurs. How did it survive so long?
EPISODE 2

The Kiwi

Evolution may be the kiwi's greatest threat.
EPISODE 3

Extreme Survivors

How has New Zealand's wildlife adapted to one of the most geologically unstable places on earth?
EPISODE 4

A Very Strange Parrot

New Zealand's Kakapo is the world's strangest parrot; but can it be saved from extinction?
EPISODE 5

Island Giants

Many of New Zealand's animals share an unusual trait; they're living giants.
EPISODE 6

Violent Seas

Beneath the oceans surrounding New Zealand are many strange marine predators.