Animals
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David Barnett
The man who once lived as a badger has made a show about pets
Tue 20 Jan 2026
Simon Barnes
My week as a bolas spider
Tue 20 Jan 2026
Tim Adams
‘If you spend a lot of time with another creature, you sense another world’
Sat 10 Jan 2026
Simon Barnes
My week as an adder
Tue 6 Jan 2026
John Simpson
Campaigners scent a chance to avert trail hunting ban
Sun 28 Dec 2025
Naomi Alderman
Beavers, books and brilliance: 25 things worth celebrating about 2025
Thu 25 Dec 2025
Jonathan Lewis
A private zoo run by Asia’s richest family has alarmed conservationists
Mon 8 Dec 2025
India’s Noah’s ark
11 mins • S1, E1250
Simon Barnes
My week as an atlas moth
Mon 1 Dec 2025
Simon Barnes
My week as a red-bellied piranha
Tue 25 Nov 2025
Martha Gill
The more zoos teach us, the harder it is to ignore the cages
Thu 13 Nov 2025
James Tapper
Smugglers cash in as dancing parrots go viral
Sun 9 Nov 2025
Simon Barnes
My week as a termite
Thu 6 Nov 2025
Simon Barnes
My week as an alpha male wolf
Wed 29 Oct 2025
Simon Barnes
My week as a Krøyer’s deep-sea anglerfish
Tue 21 Oct 2025
Simon Barnes
Worries about winter diminish by the day: my week as a jay
Wed 15 Oct 2025
Simon Barnes
My week as a honey badger
Wed 8 Oct 2025
Simon Barnes
My week as an antlion
Fri 3 Oct 2025
Martha Gill
Today James Herriot’s surgery would be part of a mega chain
Sun 28 Sept 2025
Call off the dogs – my week as a pheasant
Wed 24 Sept 2025
Simon Barnes
My week as a lion’s mane jellyfish
Wed 17 Sept 2025
Simon Barnes
My week as a lion
Fri 12 Sept 2025
Simon Barnes
My week as an Eleonora’s falcon
Thu 28 Aug 2025
Richard Benson
Can UK farming survive rising costs, climate crisis and a new tax?
Wed 13 Aug 2025
James Tapper
World divided as plastics push elephants closer to extinction
Sun 10 Aug 2025
Simon Barnes
My week as an American alligator
Fri 8 Aug 2025
Simon Barnes
My week as a crane
Tue 29 Jul 2025
Simon Barnes
My week as a false cleanerfish
Sat 26 Jul 2025
Simon Barnes
My week as a hyacinth macaw
Wed 16 Jul 2025
Purple frogs: an annual ritual
8 mins • S1, E36
Simon Barnes
My week as a paradise tree snake
Wed 2 Jul 2025
Simon Barnes
My week as a badger
Fri 27 Jun 2025
Great Green Macaw: picky eaters and favourite trees
9 mins • S1, E34
Simon Barnes
My week as a tarantula hawk
Sat 14 Jun 2025
The Observer leader
Bottom trawlers must be outlawed everywhere
Tue 10 Jun 2025
Sea otters: favourite rocks and tummy tables
10 mins • S1, E32
Simon Barnes
My week as a cetti warbler
Wed 4 Jun 2025
Martha Gill
There are 13.5 million dogs in the UK - many are spoilt rotten
Sun 1 Jun 2025
Simon Barnes
My week as a tsetse fly
Fri 30 May 2025
