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Nature's Wonderlands: Islands of Evolution

0.0(0)20161 season · 3 episodes—
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Three-part series in which Professor Richard Fortey investigates why islands are natural laboratories of evolution and meets some of the unique and remarkable species that live on them. Examining some of the crucial influences on natural selection that are normally overlooked - like geology, geography, isolation and time - the series reveals that there is much more to evolution than 'survival of the fittest'. Charting the lifecycle of islands - from their birth and colonisation to the flowering of evolutionary creativity that often accompanies their maturity, and what happens when an island grows old and nears its end - Fortey encounters wild lemurs in the rainforest of Madagascar, acid-resistant shrimps in the rock pools of Hawaii, and giant wolf spiders in Madeira as he searches for the hidden rules of island evolution.

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Status
Ended
Type
Miniseries
Last aired
2016-02-01
Language
English
  • BBC Four

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United Kingdom

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First aired
2016-01-18
Latest episode
2016-02-01
Status
Ended
Next release
Completed
  • Season 118 Jan 2016

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