S02 Episode 1
Virgin Births
Female komodo dragons can reproduce without contact with a male, while female aphids can clone themselves to produce copies.
22 mins · Tue, 18 Feb 2014
S02 Episode 2
Armoured Animals
Rhinos and hedgehogs protect themselves with body armour in the form of thick skin.
21 mins · Tue, 18 Feb 2014
S02 Episode 3
Life in the Dark
Animals adapt to life in the dark; owl eyes are too large to move within their sockets; the giant squid has the largest eyes in the animal kingdom.
22 mins · Tue, 25 Feb 2014
S02 Episode 4
Curious Imposters
Here we discover that some animals are able to trick others into believing they are something that they are not. The art of deception is a powerful attribute for some.
30 mins · Tue, 25 Feb 2014
S02 Episode 5
Bad Reputations
Sir David Attenborough shines the spotlight on one of nature's most amazing animals, when he takes a closer look at the vampire bat.
21 mins · Tue, 4 Mar 2014
S02 Episode 6
Shocking Senses
Sir David Attenborough investigates how naturalists discovered that some eels are electric.
22 mins · Tue, 4 Mar 2014
S02 Episode 7
Life on Ice
Sir David Attenborough shines the spotlight on the wood frog, which freezes solid. He also looks at how the emperor penguin breeds.
22 mins · Tue, 11 Mar 2014
S02 Episode 8
Spinners and Weavers
Nature has produced two unique mechanisms of natural construction that have fascinated scientists: spiders that spin silk for webs, and birds that weave nets.
21 mins · Tue, 11 Mar 2014
S02 Episode 9
Strange Parents
"Strange Parents" asks how we usually recognise animals as either male or female and how each sex normally plays a particular role in their own life cycle.
However both hyenas and seahorses completely break the gender rules.
30 mins · Tue, 18 Mar 2014
S02 Episode 10
Magical Appearances
"Magical Appearances" explores how swallows magically appear each spring and asks how did complex and beautiful insects like butterflies suddenly arrive in the summer.
The discovery of the swallow’s epic migration and the revelation that butterflies could metamorphose into totally different looking adults were scientific stories both cloaked in mystery and controversy.
30 mins · Tue, 18 Mar 2014
