The science documentary Rise of the Mammals, a NOVA production by HHMI Tangled Bank Studios, is now available worldwide from PBS International.

The discovery of fossils in Colorado Springs is helping scientists around the world find answers to one of life’s greatest mysteries. Scientists with the Denver Museum of Nature and Science discovered a large collection of fossils that provide details about the evolution of life as we know it. 

Sixty-six million years ago, the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs also ushered in the age of the mammals – an age that continues to this day. Scientists have known little about the mammals that survived and flourished in the years after the asteroid impact. Until now.

HUNDREDS OF FOSSILS found in Colorado offer a snapshot of how life was rebounding in the aftermath of the mass extinction that ended the age of dinosaurs, paleontologists report today.

The Corral Bluffs fossils are phenomenal, and what they have to tell us about the Paleocene is just starting to drip out into the published record, but the ancient ecosystem is only one small part of a global story.

Oliver Sacks: His Own Life closely follows the autobiography that Sacks published shortly before his death in 2015. Burns conducted several interviews with Sacks in the months before his death, and he also included interviews with celebrated writers, physicians, friends and family members.

Director Ric Burns documented Sacks' final months for Oliver Sacks: His Own Life

A portrait of the poetic neurologist of 'Awakenings,' shot at the end of his life, takes a tender and thrilling look at the sacred demons that drove him.

Sacks has been featured in films before, but this is the first documentary about his entire life. It covers his writing and medical career, but also his traumatic early-life experiences, rejections from the scientific community, his struggles with his homosexuality, and his preternatural ability for compassion and empathy towards people with a wide range of neurological disorders.