
David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities
David Attenborough examines some species with remarkable healing properties.

David Attenborough examines some species with remarkable healing properties.

Species with unusual styles of consuming food, including blue whales and flamboyant flamingos.

David Attenborough looks at the expandable bodies of anacondas and camels.

David Attenborough examines orangutans and crows, two unusual animals that use tools.

David Attenborough examines how fleas jump; he tracks the true speed of a cheetah.

Swallows appear each spring; Insects, such as butterflies, suddenly arrive in the summer.

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.