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David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities

Sir David Attenborough shines the spotlight on some more of nature's most amazing animals, including the way female Komodo dragons and aphids reproduce.

Both the rhino and the hedgehog protect their bodies with formidable armour. Are these defences really what they seem? The rhino's thick folds of skin are in fact surprisingly sophisticated radiators. But what other purpose could a hedgehog's spines have apart from protection? Catching apples, pe...

Sir David Attenborough shines the spotlight on nature's most amazing animals including a look at the eyes of squid and owls.

Sir David Attenborough shines the spotlight on nature's most amazing animals including a look at cuckoos and the way the death's-head hawkmoth steals honey.

Sir David Attenborough shines the spotlight on nature's most amazing animals. Taking a closer look at the vampire bat.

Animals and plants with abilities so remarkable they seem almost supernatural.

Sir David Attenborough shines the spotlight on nature's most amazing animals, including a look at how the emperor penguin breeds and the wood frog, which freezes solid.

Nature has produced two unique mechanisms of natural construction that have fascinated scientists, weaving in birds and silk.

Sir David Attenborough shines the spotlight on nature's most amazing animals. Taking a look at female hyenas and why male seahorses give birth.

The mystery of where some animals disappear to each year puzzled early naturalists. Do swallows hibernate in mud or under water? Where do butterflies suddenly appear from each spring? The discovery of the swallow's epic migration and the butterfly's magical transformation were scientific stories ...