16 episodes

Natural History Conversations

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Natural History Conversations

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

    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

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

    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?  

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

    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. 

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

    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. 

    • 15 min
    Should we touch elephants?

    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.

    • 20 min
    Living Underwater and the adventures of Sea Station 'Obelia One'

    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

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