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Greater Noctule Bat : Bat versus Bird
Season 1 Episode 49
The Greater Noctule bat is Europe's biggest bat, but also probably its most mysterious and least studied. In the last twenty years, though, remarkabl…
5 years, 7 months ago
Purple Frog : The Frog That Thinks It's A Fish And A Mole
Season 1 Episode 48
The purple frog (Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis) was only described by scientists in 2003. Naturalists actually knew about it - knew a little about it …
5 years, 8 months ago
Mormon Cricket : The Cannibal Swarm
Season 1 Episode 47
Cannibals on the march ... The Mormon Cricket (Anabrus simplex), which is found across western North America, is prone to outbreaks: the mass movemen…
5 years, 8 months ago
Labord's Chameleon : All Together Now
Season 1 Episode 46
Labord's Chameleon (Furcifer labordi) may look like just another chameleon, albeit a small one. But it isn't. In one crucial respect, it is one of th…
5 years, 9 months ago
Lowland Streaked Tenrec : Of Rafts and Spines
Season 1 Episode 45
The Lowland Streaked Tenrec (Hemicentetes semispinosus) is a small, worm-eating mammal from Madagascar. It has yellow stripes, a shared evolutionary …
5 years, 9 months ago
Halloween Moths : Sweat, Tears and Blood
Season 1 Episode 44
Moths for Halloween! If you can drink nectar, or fruit juice, as many moths do, you can drink other kinds of liquids too. Such as ... the bodily flui…
5 years, 10 months ago
Loricifera : Oxygen
Season 1 Episode 43
The loricifera are a group of microscopic animals that, despite being abundant and widespread in marine sediments, no-one knew existed until the late…
5 years, 10 months ago
Bat-Eared Fox : It's A Dog's Life
Season 1 Episode 42
The bat-eared fox (Otocyon megalotis) may not look out of the ordinary (apart from its big ears) but it is. Known as the only insectivorous dog in th…
5 years, 11 months ago
Wandering Glider : A World in Perfect Harmony
Season 1 Episode 41
The Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens) may look like just another dragonfly, but it is in fact one of the more remarkable insects on Earth, undert…
6 years, 1 month ago
Bearded Vulture : The Bonebreaker and the Acid Test
Season 1 Episode 40
The Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) is Nature's greatest bonebreaker and bone-eater, and it uses two very different tools to make that possible: …
6 years, 1 month ago