As the snow retreats, Boston's film scene awakens with more fests and series happening this spring than will fit on WBUR film writer Erin Trahan's calendar.

Documentaries have only gotten better as time has gone on, and not simply because of hindsight. As such, we think these are the best history documentaries ever.

Did dinosaurs live in Alabama? Fossils, museum finds and the famous Selma dinosaur egg reveal the state’s prehistoric past.

How a collection of London pigeons and Galápagos mockingbirds provided the receipts for Darwin’s biggest ideas.