
David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities
David Attenborough shines the spotlight on female hyenas; he examines why male seahorses give birth.

David Attenborough shines the spotlight on female hyenas; he examines why male seahorses give birth.

Nature's unique mechanisms of natural construction fascinate scientists.

David looks at the wood frog, which freezes solid; he examines how the emperor penguin breeds.

How naturalists find out that some eels are electric is revealed.

Sir David Attenborough takes a closer look at the vampire bat.

Sir David Attenborough looks at cuckoos and the way the death's-head hawkmoth steals honey.

Animals adapt to life in the dark; owl eyes are too large to move within their sockets.

Rhinos and hedgehogs protect themselves with body armor in the form of thick skin.

Female Komodo dragons can reproduce without contact with a male; female aphids can clone themselves.

Beautifully patterned or brightly colored animals attract the attention of collectors.

David looks at the tusk of the narwhal and the spiral shells found on snails and ammonites.

Sir David Attenborough finds examples of nature tinkering with the aging process.

Curiosities lead to accusations of forgery.

Animals appear to have stretched their natural gifts to the limits.

Both the black and polar bear families have trouble with marauding males.

Brown bear mother Blondie and her three cubs make the most of carrion washed up by the sea.

The polar bear team find that the sea-ice has melted early in Hudson Bay. Will they be able to find any bears?

The Okavango Delta is a lush wetland of islands and lagoons in the middle of the Kalahari Desert.

Svalbard in the Arctic spends many months of the year in darkness, an unrelenting frozen winter.

New England is the stage for the most incredible color change on earth.