A selection of snippets from Radio 4's Natural Histories series.
Ape expert Ian Redmond reveals the calls he and Dian Fossey used to befriend gorillas
Paul Barrett from the Natural History Museum on the link between dinosaurs and birds.
Dr Ken Johnson explains what Charles Darwin discovered about coral atolls.
Dr Blanca Huertas explains why this Queen Alexandra's birdwing butterfly was shot.
Professor John Γ Maoilearca on the 'very effective' movie formula used in Jaws and Alien.
Joyce Frome from the Museum of Witchcraft on the myths surrounding the mandrake root.
Wildlife filmmaker Adam Chapman describes the feeling of hearing a nearby lion roaring.
Matthias Classen, Edith Widder and Emily Alder on the 'alien' creature of the deep.
Prof Mike Benton explains how we know all small to medium-sized dinosaurs had feathers.
Dr Erica Hendy describes the βwarfareβ that takes place on the coral reef βbattlefieldβ.
Rosie Broadly tells Brett Westwood about the pose and casting of the 'sphynx-like' lions.
Brett Westwood hears some of the less flattering names given to this fish.
Jon Ablett introduces the Natural History Museum's 8.62m giant squid.
Peter Marren explains how the red admiral butterfly was once seen as sinister.
Oliver Crimmen from the Natural History Museum describes the jaws of a great white shark.
Charlotte Uhlenbroek recalls her attempts to understand chimpanzee communication.
