The tropical islands that lie between Asia and Australia are among the biologically richest on earth, and home to a vast number of plants and animals. From tree kangaroos to tarsiers, manta rays to mudskippers, the region abounds with life. But why? The answer lies deep in time, due to the many millions of years these islands have existed - and the power of the earth, the sun and the moon.

Professor Robert Winston meets Lucy, the first upright ape, and follows her ancestors on the three-m...

A cinematic experience bringing you the most amazing human stories in the world. Humans and wildlife...

Filmed over the course of a year, this three-part documentary follows those who live in one of the m...

Filmed over the course of more than six years at some of nature's most spectacular locales – from Ac...

A 12-part nature film series that shows the wildlife of the forests from January to December.

The Mekong basin is one of the richest areas of biodiversity in the world, yet one of the most undis...

Australian host Steve Irwin and his wife Terri run a wildlife refuge. Their shared passion is educat...

Africa is a land sculpted by time where animals have evolved complex weapons to arm them in the batt...

Chris Packham travels the world to uncover the secrets of the animal mind.

An international team of scientists, cavers and wildlife filmmakers venture deep into the heart of t...

The people, places and stories making news in the British countryside.

Chris Packham uses groundbreaking science and brand-new behaviour to delve deep beneath the skin and...

A four-part documentary series on ocean life around the world.

The four-part series takes an awe-inspiring look at the world around us, shot with ultra-high-defini...

David Attenborough reveals the surprising truth about the cold-blooded lives of reptiles and amphibi...

Two-part natural history series following the fortunes of one very special pack of wolves as they re...

The stories of iconic Australian animals and the biological and evolutionary factors that link them.

A follow-up to the 1990 Radio 4 series in which the late Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine travelled...