

Season 6 • Episode 7
LatestDon has lost his digging ability and decides to retire from digging holes forever.
Join Buddy, a Tyrannosaurus Rex, and his adoptive Pteranodon family on a whimsical voyage through prehistoric jungles, swamps, volcanoes and oceans, as they unearth basic concepts in life science, natural history and paleontology.
Writing
Sneaks in real paleontology like a veggie in mac and cheese.
Production
Jim Henson Company puppetry DNA in the character designs.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dr. Scott Sampson, a real paleontologist, appears in live-action segments—rare actual science in preschool TV.
Craig Bartlett also created Hey Arnold!, explaining the unexpectedly nuanced family dynamics in a show about singing dinosaurs.