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One of the weirdest –looking creatures on earth has both mesmerised and terrified us.
One of our oldest companions, the pigeon inspires both love and loathing.
Once regarded as magical and mysterious; our obsession with ferns is longstanding
Natural Histories explores the poppy and its symbolism.
How did we get from the red junglefowl in Asia to the chicken now eaten in its millions?
About a bee: which has had a profound impact on human culture and society across history.
Sloths are wildly popular but that may tell us more about ourselves than about the animal.
Series celebrating the infinite variety of the natural world and its depiction in culture.
Penguins and us: from engaging funny figures to sentinels of change.
Orchids and a world filled with beauty, femme fatales, ghosts, sex and deception.
Dogs have changed us and we've changed them. Brett Westwood visits Battersea to meet some.
Brett Westwood on the Komodo dragon - myth, monster and reality!
Brett Westwood goes in search of our only venomous snake, the adder.
Brett Westwood explores our relationship with the 'unicorn of the sea', the narwhal.
The beguiling and mysterious otter leads Brett Westwood on a merry spraint hunt. From 2018
Brett Westwood looks at the history of a bird which has become a byword for male beauty.
Brett Westwood delves into the delightful sphere of the dung beetle.
Brett Westwood looks into the cultural influence of the willow, from 2018
A journey into dangerous waters to explore our relationship with the fearsome pike.
Brett Westwood learns that there is more to reindeer than Rudolph.
Brett Westwood stalks the leopard... and finds him on Exmoor.
Brett Westwood ires how the impossibility of the giraffe has captured hearts worldwide.
Beavers are back, but Brett Westwood asks if they can recover their place in our culture.
Brett Westwood meets a rhinoceros nose to nose and is blown away by the experience.
Brett Westwood explores how the venerable, ancient turtle has influenced human culture.
Brett Westwood follows gulls away from the sea to landfill sites where birdwatchers gather
Swift flies the skimming swallow: Brett Westwood on a much-loved seasonal-indicator bird.
Brett Westwood steps into the world of a creature charged with the lore of the night.
Brett Westwood explores our relationship with the baobab or upside-down tree.
Brett Westwood soaks in a sound bath of nightingale song. From 2017
