The Future is Wild (Reboot)

The Future is Wild is a 2019 speculative documentary miniseries produced by Vanguard Animations and Weta Digital. It is a remake of the 2002 docufiction miniseries of the same name, as well as serving as a reboot of the franchise. The series is narrated by Geoffrey Rush, and will air on National Geographic in the United States and stream on Netflix in the rest of the world.

North Eurasian Ice

 * Shagrat, Scrupocapillomys borealis - a large herd-dwelling rodent descended from marmots.
 * Snowstalker, Paraursus odjur - a sabre-toothed descendant of the wolverine.
 * Ganguin, Ventrireptans maritimus - a type of flightless gannet descendant commonly found along the coasts.

Mediterranean Mountains

 * Cryptile, Dorsidromeus ora - an agamid lizard similar to the frilled lizards of Australia.
 * Gryken, Ciniculestes siciliensis - a slender mustelid descended from the least weasel.
 * Scrofa, Apexitherium caprimorpha - a mountain-dwelling suid descended from the wild boar.
 * Tatzelwurm, Vounmonstrum troglodytes - a large carnivorous salamander descended from the fire salamander.
 * Mummy Flamingo, Altiphoenicopterus cinereus - a species of flamingo which as a juvenile live in corpses.

North American Steppe

 * False Desert Scaleback, Pesudocascavelomys  borealis - a ground squirrel descendant highly convergent with the amazon scaleback.
 * Hodag, Dolabrasaurus . - a type of lizard which digs large tunnels, descended from the chuckwalla.
 * Spink, Metallorychornis terrestrialis - a species of underground-dwelling bird that lives in hodag burrows descended from quails.
 * Deathgleaner, Neropteryx sanguineus - a massive bald eagle descendant with a wingspan of 4 meters.
 * Bladderbray, Vesicops sonorus - An equid with nasal bladders allowing it to produce booming calls, descended from feral burros.

Amazon Grasslands

 * Carakiller, Similiraptor rufulophus - a medium-sized, pack hunting descendant of the red-legged seriema.
 * Amazon Scaleback, Cascavelomys pachystegus - an armoured paca descendant with scales covering its back and upper legs.
 * Fornidothere, Camputherium pascus - a large camelid descended from guanacos, who in help to maintain the grasslands by knocking over trees.
 * Babookari, Caudipithecus gramen - a ground-dwelling descendant of the capuchin monkey.
 * Strangletail, Chimeracauda  - an ateline monkey with a lengthened tail use to constrict and suffocate prey.

South Australian Seas

 * Borlung - a species of shark which fills the niche left behind by baleen whales, descended from megamouth sharks.
 * Sea Bunyip - a large carnivorous species of mustelid, descended from sea otters.

East African Woodlands

 * Bweer Eurtragus virgulta - a small species of antelope.
 * Mkulima, Boletiphaginae - a subfamily of termites which farm shoots and fungi in the woodlands' undergrowth.
 * Ammit, Robustagnathus atrox - a titanic descendant of the black-backed jackal.
 * Duman, Mwishomtu velox - a cursorial species of hominid which hunts in conjunction with the ammit, descended fronm humans.

South Indra Swamp

 * Toraton, Rexichelys miomenocafcalo - a massive tortoise descendant, growing to the size of sauropod dinosaurs.
 * Swampus, Palureptaconca terrrestrialis - an amphibious freshwater octopus.
 * Lurkfish, Amnicthys indrensis - a large species of catfish which can produce 1,000 volt electricity.
 * Smurg, Necrolesteterium - a species of carnivorous marsupial specialised to a scavnging lifestyle, descended from possums.

Shallow Seas

 * Ocean Phantom - a large cnidarian.
 * Spindletrooper - sea spiders which have developed a symbiotic relationship with the ocean phantom.
 * Reef Glider - an aquatic descendant of of slider turtles.

East Antarctic Rainforest

 * Flutterbirds, Neoprocellariites - a order of birds descended from pelagic descendants of sparrows.
 * Roachcutter - a highly agile flutterbird.
 * Spitfire Bird - a flutterbird which can shoot corrosive nectar.
 * False Spitfire Bird - a flutterbird which mimics the spitfire bird as defense.
 * Spitfire Beetle - a type of gregorial beetle which mimics the flowers the spitfire bird feeds on.
 * Falconfly - a large carnivorous descendant of the sand fly.

Great Plateau

 * Great Blue Windrunner - a massive descendant of the sarus crane.
 * Poggle - a species of hamster-descended rodent.
 * Silver Spider - a eusocial species of spider which farms the poggle for food.

Central Desert

 * Terabyte - a highly specialized colonial descendant of termites.
 * Garden Worm - an algae-filled worm that is capable of photosynthesis.
 * Gloomworm - a small troglodytic worm that lives in the subterranean reservoirs of the Central Desert.
 * Slickribbon - a meter-long, troglodytic predatory bristle worm of the subterranean reservoirs.

Rainshadow Desert

 * Bumblebeetle - a type of beetle with a peculiar lifecycle, starting out as a larva known as a grimworm.
 * Desert Hopper - a monopedal descendant of frogs.
 * Deathbottle - a carnivorous flowering plant.

Eastern Fern Prairies

 * Tritail - a new group of ampibian with a tail that functions as a third leg, descended from salamanders.

Global Ocean

 * Silver Swimmer - a neotenic descendant of crab larvae.
 * Ocean Flish, Vevaipterygia spp. - a type of fish which is capable of sustaining powered flight.
 * Sharkopath - a highly intelligent social shark.
 * Rainbow Squid - a massive type of squid.

Northern Forest

 * Lichen Tree, Xylolichenas - a treelike form of lichen.
 * Forest Flish,  Vevaipterygia prasinus - a relative of the Ocean Flish native to rivers of the Northern Forest.
 * Slithersucker,  Xylolichenassecula - a slime mould.
 * Terrapuses, Erectoctopidae  - a group of terrestrial octopi.


 * Pillarsquid, Titanotibia gigas - a medium-sized species of terrapus.
 * Squemer, Efcamptobrachius borealis - an arboreal terrapus.

Reception
The Future is Wild recieved mixed to positive reviews.