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

Available on CuriosityStream, Prime Video, Tubi, MagellanTV Documentaries, Sling TV, Plex

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.

Documentary · 2017 · 44 min

Director Quinn Berentson , Mark Strickson

EPISODE 1

The Tuatara

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

43 min · Jul 31, 2017
EPISODE 2

The Kiwi

Evolution may be the kiwi's greatest threat.

43 min · Jul 30, 2017
EPISODE 3

Extreme Survivors

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

43 min · Jul 31, 2017
EPISODE 4

A Very Strange Parrot

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

43 min · Jul 31, 2017
EPISODE 5

Island Giants

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

42 min · Jul 31, 2017
EPISODE 6

Violent Seas

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

43 min · Jul 31, 2017