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Archerfish : Bullseye
Season 1 Episode 9
You've probably heard of Archerfish (Toxotes spp.), the Robin Hoods of the natural world. I discovered them when I was a kid, burning through wildlif…
8 years, 2 months ago
Coelacanth : The King of the Sea
Episode 8
The coelacanth(s) (Latimeria chalumnae and Latimeria menadoensis) must be amongst the most famous fish in the entire world. And rightly so, since the…
8 years, 2 months ago
Large Blue Butterfly : The Wolf in Ant's Clothing
Season 1 Episode 7
The large blue butterfly (Maculinea arion - or Phengaris arion, depending on who you ask) is both beauty and the beast. Beauty because ... well, it's…
8 years, 3 months ago
Banteng : The Horns of a Dilemma
Season 1 Episode 6
Wild cattle don't come much more beautiful or impressive than the banteng (Bos javanicus), one of three (or is it two?) surviving cattle species that…
8 years, 3 months ago
Steller's Sea Cow : Steller's Menagerie Part Two
Season 1 Episode 5
Part two of two, and the amazing Steller's sea cow (Hydromalis gigas) - a sirenian bigger than an African elephant - finally makes its appearance, as…
8 years, 4 months ago
Steller's Sea Cow : Steller's Menagerie Part One
Season 1 Episode 4
Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas) was one of the most surprising, dramatic and generally amazing animals to have shared the world with modern hu…
8 years, 4 months ago
Corn Crake : The Undiscovered Song
Season 1 Episode 3
Vikings! Monks! Poetry! Plus, a bird that is next to impossible to see, but almost impossible not to hear. The corn crake (Crex crex) has one of the …
8 years, 5 months ago
Lord Howe Island Stick Insect : The Lazarus Stick
Season 1 Episode 2
This Wild Episode is all about what was once the rarest insect in the world - the Lord Howe Island Stick Insect (Dryococelus australis) - and the biz…
8 years, 5 months ago
Greenland Shark : The Shark in Darkness
Season 1 Episode 1
Where better to start The Wild Episode than with a shark? Specifically, the Greenland Shark. Somniosus microcephalus.
One of the least well known, an…
8 years, 6 months ago