The Best Mass Extinctions Documentaries

Dinosaurs & Prehistory - 8 free documentaries about mass extinctions.

Start with Life After People: Will Humans Cease to Exist?! (89 min, HISTORY), then How Many Times Has The Earth Experienced An Extinction Event? (48 min, Spark). All 8 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on mass extinctions is The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert.

• Life After People: Will Humans Cease to Exist?! | Full Special (89 min, HISTORY)
• How Many Times Has The Earth Experienced An Extinction Event? | The Next Great Event (48 min, Spark)
• Dinosaurs' Extinction: A Warning for Humanity? | Full Special (87 min, HISTORY)
• The Mystery of Earth's Disappearing Giants | IN OUR NATURE (22 min, Be Smart)
• The Next Great Extinction Event (49 min, ENDEVR)
• Why We're Not Sure How (And If) the Tasmanian Tiger Went Extinct (36 min, Real Science)
• When 95% of Earth’s Species Went Extinct | How the Earth Was Made (S2, E11) (44 min, HISTORY)
• The Real Reason Why Dodo Birds Went Extinct (24 min, Real Wild)

Top-Rated Books About Mass Extinctions

1. The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
2. The Ends of the World by Peter Brannen - View on Amazon