"The Future is Wild", a 2002 miniseries, features future animals evolving over the course of several million years. Early in its development, Dixon was brought in as a consultant. Dixon designed many of the creatures featured in the programme, some of which are similar to creatures in "After Man" (such as the "gannetwhale", a bird similar to the whale-like penguins of "After Man"), and co-authored the companion book with the producer of the series, John Adams. "The Future is Wild" also focused considerably on future environmental changes, something Dixon avoided in "After Man" so that readers would at the very least recognize the background inhabited by the various future animals.