Swallow

Swift flies the skimming swallow: Brett Westwood on a much-loved seasonal-indicator bird.

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Gull

Brett Westwood follows gulls away from the sea to landfill sites where birdwatchers gather

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Turtle

Brett Westwood explores how the venerable, ancient turtle has influenced human culture.

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Rhino

Brett Westwood meets a rhinoceros nose to nose and is blown away by the experience.

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Beaver

Beavers are back, but Brett Westwood asks if they can recover their place in our culture.

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Giraffe

Brett Westwood admires how the impossibility of the giraffe has captured hearts worldwide.

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Leopard

Brett Westwood stalks the leopard... and finds him on Exmoor.

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Reindeer

Brett Westwood learns that there is more to reindeer than Rudolph.

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Pike

A journey into dangerous waters to explore our relationship with the fearsome pike.

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Willow

Brett Westwood looks into the cultural influence of the willow, from 2018

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Dung Beetle

Brett Westwood delves into the delightful sphere of the dung beetle.

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Peacock

Brett Westwood looks at the history of a bird which has become a byword for male beauty.

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Otter

The beguiling and mysterious otter leads Brett Westwood on a merry spraint hunt. From 2018

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Narwhal

Brett Westwood explores our relationship with the 'unicorn of the sea', the narwhal.

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Adder

Brett Westwood goes in search of our only venomous snake, the adder.

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Komodo Dragon

Brett Westwood on the Komodo dragon - myth, monster and reality!

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Dog

Dogs have changed us and we've changed them. Brett Westwood visits Battersea to meet some.

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Orchid

Orchids and a world filled with beauty, femme fatales, ghosts, sex and deception.

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Penguin

Penguins and us: from engaging funny figures to sentinels of change.

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Swan

Series celebrating the infinite variety of the natural world and its depiction in culture.

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Sloth

Sloths are wildly popular but that may tell us more about ourselves than about the animal.

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Bee

About a bee: which has had a profound impact on human culture and society across history.

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Chicken

How did we get from the red junglefowl in Asia to the chicken now eaten in its millions?

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Poppy

Natural Histories explores the poppy and its symbolism.

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Fern

Once regarded as magical and mysterious; our obsession with ferns is longstanding

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Pigeon

One of our oldest companions, the pigeon inspires both love and loathing.

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Aye-Aye

One of the weirdest –looking creatures on earth has both mesmerised and terrified us.

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