Secret Nature Episode Guide

Episode Guide

• Animal Engineers

  Examining animals that build structures and alter their environment

• Beetle Mania

  Examining the specialised lifestyles of beetles, insects that comprise the majority of species on Earth. The programme discovers how they are able to take advantage of the food opportunities available to them

• Busy as a Bee

  The effect of flowering plants on insect evolution, with solitary hunting wasps developing into bees. Last in series

• Caterpillar to Catwalk

  A look at the extraordinary life cycle of the butterfly, from the birth of the caterpillar to emerging from the chrysalis

• Flower Power

  The ways in which plants have evolved to exploit animals. Creatures assist them in matters such as reproduction and defence - though some species of flora have turned the tables on predators by developing their own methods of killing

• Giant Otters

  Cattle rancher Diane McTurk gives an insight into her work as the foster mother of orphaned giant otters - an endangered species threatened by the human encroachment

• Incredible Flies

  The important role of flies in the natural world

• Nature's Airforce

  The wildlife series observes the secret world of birds of prey

• Ocean Drifters

  The billions of creatures that live in the open ocean

• Planet of the Ants

  Insight into the world of ants, the most numerous insects on the planet

• Spawn to Be Wild

  Exploring the versatility of amphibians - creatures which can live both in water and on land. This ability has enabled animals such as frogs and toads to flourish in an astonishing variety of environments