A thrilling face-to-face encounter with the intimate lives, elaborate displays and extraordinary behaviour of animals in their own environment. 

The beauty and drama of the avian world brought to breathtaking life

From hummingbirds weighing less than a coin to monkey-eating eagles this is a unique celebration

How can it be that, 20 years after whaling was 'banned', whales continue to be harpooned? How does Japan get away with bribing small nations to vote to reintroduce commercial whaling? Come on a global journey to follow

They have been worshipped as fertility goddesses and revered as symbols of peace. Domesticated since the dawn of humankind, they have been crucial to wartime communications

Exploring the Underwater World

Close encounters of an underwater kind

From the mangrove swamps of South-East Asia to the kelp forests

Everybody in Australia is likely to remember where they were when they heard that Steve Irwin had died.

Irwin was the exuberant TV star and passionate conservationist who became

Gardens – places of earthly delight – can offer both owners and visitors the opportunity to make closer connections with nature. Birds, with their songs, their colours and their

Any day saving a whale is a good day to die.

In 2005 adventure–writer Peter Heller joined the crew of the vegan pirate ship the Farley