
In 2001 Douglas and Mark were discussing the possibility of new adventures, but before plans were made Douglas suffered a heart attack and died.

Though Last Chance to See has enjoyed lives as a hardback book, a paperback book, a radio series, an audio book and a CD ROM, attempts to make a television series have so far foundered. In 1990 the book Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine was published as a companion to the BBC radio series of the same name. The journeys took Mark and Douglas to Zaire in search of the Northern White Rhino, to New Zealand in search of the Kakapo, to China in search of the Yangtze River Dolphin, Rodriguez in search of the Megabat, the Amazon in search of the Manatee, Uganda in search of the Gorilla and the Indonesian island of Komodo in search of the Komodo Dragon.

According to Mark, "We put a big map of the world on a wall, Douglas stuck a pin in everywhere he fancied going, I stuck a pin in where all the endangered animals were, and we made a journey out of every place that had two pins. Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams 24,053 ratings, 4. Hilarious and poignantas only Douglas Adams can beLast Chance to See is an entertaining and arresting odyssey through the Earth’s magnificent wildlife galaxy.
