Nick Stringer

They hide in the darkest, most inaccessible corners, are armed with venomous quills and hooked legs, and possess cunning and effective hunting strategies, worthy of the most fearsome predators. Herpetologist Phil De Vries takes us on a journey to discover some of the most dangerous invertebrates on the planet, from the giant centipede of the Amazon to the deadly Japanese mandarin wasp. But beware: what might seem like a nightmare to us is actually something this eccentric scholar can't get enough of.

The story of a little loggerhead turtle, as she follows in the path of her ancestors on one of the most extraordinary journeys in the natural world. Born on a beach in Florida, she rides the Gulf Stream up towards the Arctic and ultimately swims around the entire North Atlantic across to Africa and back to the beach where she was born. But the odds are stacked against her; just one in ten thousand turtles survive the journey.

The program focuses on the hypothetical and scientifically feasible evolution of alien life on extrasolar planets, providing model examples of two different fictional worlds.

They hide in the darkest, most inaccessible corners, are armed with venomous quills and hooked legs, and possess cunning and effective hunting strategies, worthy of the most fearsome predators. Herpetologist Phil De Vries takes us on a journey to discover some of the most dangerous invertebrates on the planet, from the giant centipede of the Amazon to the deadly Japanese mandarin wasp. But beware: what might seem like a nightmare to us is actually something this eccentric scholar can't get enough of.

The story of a little loggerhead turtle, as she follows in the path of her ancestors on one of the most extraordinary journeys in the natural world. Born on a beach in Florida, she rides the Gulf Stream up towards the Arctic and ultimately swims around the entire North Atlantic across to Africa and back to the beach where she was born. But the odds are stacked against her; just one in ten thousand turtles survive the journey.

The program focuses on the hypothetical and scientifically feasible evolution of alien life on extrasolar planets, providing model examples of two different fictional worlds.