The Wild About Us

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Natural History Conversations

  1. 20/03/2023

    Crocodiles galore - with Dr David Kirshner, at the Sydney Zoo - great croc overview

    On a recent trip to Australia Fergus talks with Croc expert, Dr David Kirshner, of Sydney Zoo, to get the latest overview on the crocodile family worldwide, but also of the 'salty'- the most awesome Australian species. Added bonus - Learn how to tell the difference between an alligator and a crocodile!   See also his great book on crocs: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Biology-Evolution-Crocodylians-Gordon-Grigg/dp/0801454107

    34 min
  2. Samara - A pioneering conservation journey regenerating South Africa’s Great Karoo

    11/03/2022

    Samara - A pioneering conservation journey regenerating South Africa’s Great Karoo

    Fergus Keeling has just got back from an astonishing project in South Africa where 11 farms have been rewilded to create one of Africa's most cherished new habitats. Can we get back to parts of Africa that can be as they were when all large animals roamed free?

    37 min

  3. 27/06/2021

    The Whale In The Living Room - how we came to love the sea through TV

    The Whale in the Living Room follows the thrilling adventures of award-winning wildlife documentary producer, John Ruthven, on a journey of discovery - by turns memorable, touching and often funny -that has helped the undersea world flow into countless living rooms to reveal many of our ocean's mysteries.   Wildlife presenter, Fergus Keeling, talks with John about some of his stories and what he feels about the future of the sea.

    26 min

  4. 15/01/2020

    Life on Earth revisited gives us the inspiration to live like Sir David Attenborough

    Fergus and John make their 2020 debut with a short piece about the new book by Sir David Attenborough that revises the first edition he wrote 40 years ago, and talk of how it inspires them in their new projects for 2020.

    16 min

  5. 16/03/2019

    Should we touch elephants?

    Fergus has a life affirming moment with elephants that could not be reproduced in our modern world of screens and virtual reality.

    21 min

  6. 06/02/2019

    Living Underwater and the adventures of Sea Station 'Obelia One'

    Back in the 1960s Jacques Cousteau founded an underwater village - but no one tried seriously again to live underwater for another hundred years..... with Fergus Keeling and John Ruthven

    45 min

  7. 17/11/2018

    Do Spiders Sleep? A guide to sleep in the animal kingdom in 40 winks.

    Do Spiders Sleep? That was one question to BBC Radio 4's Natural History Programme nearly 30 years ago. With apologies to the 8 year old boy who asked it, here is the answer, and much more besides about sleep in the animal kingdom, such as how to recognise a jellyfish with a hangover.

    34 min

  8. 10/11/2018

    Top 7 Creepy Deep Sea Creatures

    For creatures that live in the dark they don't half have some strange eyes! Fergus takes John through this cast of the top seven 'creepies' of the deep sea. All these animals are peculiar to us but can you get more spooky than the spook fish?

    25 min
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Natural History Conversations

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  • Creator
    indoona
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2023
  • Episodes
    16
  • Rating
    Clean
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