Name: Modern Dinosaurs | The Tuatara
Uploaded: 2023-04-13
Duration: 44 min 11 s
Description: New Zealand's Tuatara is older than the Dinosaurs. How did it survive so long?

This remarkable series celebrates the biological and geographic diversity of one of the world's most unique countries: New Zealand.

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

The Tuatara

Evolution may be the kiwi's greatest threat.

The Kiwi

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

Extreme Survivors

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

A Very Strange Parrot

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

Island Giants

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