Age of the Dinosaur from Fun Kids Radio

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Around this time, there were more dinosaurs than ever before. It's also where you’d find one of the best known dinosaurs of them all – the Tyrannosaurus Rex!

Ep 10: Meet the scary Tyrannosaurus Rex in this final episode as we have come to the end of the Cretaceous period.

The world by this point was home to a wider variety of environments and species than ever before... and different species behaved in different ways – some preferring to live on their own, others liking the company of the herd.

Ep 9: We find out more about exciting species of dinosaurs which lived during the Creataceous Period in this episode.

More varieties of animals and plants lived at the time than ever before – from the dinosaurs on the land to the plants they ate. Things were getting pretty busy underwater too...

Ep 8: During this episode we take a turn deep underwater to see which species lived there during the Cretaceous Period.

In the Cretaceous Period, the world was experiencing some of the hottest climates ever known and was home to a wider range of environments and species than had been seen before...

Ep 7: This episode dives into the very hot Cretaceous Period and looks at the many varities of species living there.

About 145 million years ago, the Jurassic Period ended and the Cretaceous began. The world changed dramatically and more dinosaurs lived during the Cretaceous period than at any other...

Ep 6: The Cretaceous Period began after the Jurassic Period ended, find out how the world changed in this episode.

The Jurassic period was home to thousands of different dinosaurs - big and small. One easy way to learn about them is to split them into two groups – Carnivores and Herbivores.

Ep 5: Let’s explore the dinosaurs living in the Jurassic Period, as we explore the carnivores and the herbivores in this episode.

As the Jurassic period came to a close, and the Cretaceous period began, a new kind of creature was starting to take to the skies - birds.

Ep 4: We are at the end of the Jurassic Period, 145 million years ago, find out more in episode 4.

With the supercontinent Pangaea continuing to separate, more and more big watery lagoons were forming, and along with the new oceans, were teeming with life – from the tiny to the monstrous!

Ep 3: We learn about the life in Pangaea’s vast lagoons in the third episode of Age of the Dinosaur.

We're at the Jurassic period, which existed between 144 and 180 million years ago. It was a time when plant life began to flourish as the newly formed oceans brought rain to many parts of the world that had previously been nothing more than dry deserts.

Ep 2: Learn all about the Jurassic Period in this episode.