

Web series
Nature's Wonderlands: Islands of Evolution
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.
- Status
- Ended
- Type
- Miniseries
- Last aired
- 2016-02-01
- Language
- English
BBC Four
Seasons
Top billed cast
Behind the camera
Produced in
United Kingdom
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Air dates
- First aired
- 2016-01-18
- Latest episode
- 2016-02-01
- Status
- Ended
- Next release
- Completed
- Season 118 Jan 2016
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