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Adapted to climbing
Scansorial describes animals that spend much of their life climbing such as squirrels, monkeys, geckos, mountain goats and tree frogs. Whether it's a tree, a cliff or a wall, what an animal climbs has a great influence on how evolution has equipped it for the all important task of not falling off.
03 December 2009
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Dicotyledons
Dicotyledons (or magnoliopsida) are a class of flowering plants. They earn their name from the fact that the first leaves formed as their seedlings germinate - the cotyledons - come as a pair.
02 December 2009
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Chromista
Chromista include diatoms, ciliates and their relatives. As many of the species in this kingdom can photosynthesise, and have rigid cell walls, they were once thought to be plants.
01 December 2009
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Dragon's blood tree
Dragon's blood trees are a distinctive and slow-growing species of dragon tree native to the Socotra archipelago off the horn of Africa. The famous red resin that gives it it's name is exuded from the bark after wounding.
30 November 2009
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Surinam toad
Surinam toads are named after a country in northern South America. With their large flippered feet and greatly flattened bodies these amphibians are well suited to life in murky ponds and swamps.
30 November 2009
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Ring-tailed lemur
Ring-tailed lemurs are the most easily recognisable of all the lemur species, they're the only ones to have a long, bushy and black-and-white striped tail. Spending more time in open spaces than the other lemurs of Madagascar, ring-tailed lemurs are also very sociable and groups will soak up the early morning sun together, sitting cross-legged in a yoga position.
30 November 2009
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California mouse
California mice live in Mexico and, of course, California where they hole up in ready-made burrows. These are no ordinary mice, and once mated a pair will stay together for life, with the males spending a great deal of time in caring and protecting for the young.
30 November 2009
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Black lace-weaver
Black lace-weaver spiders can be found under stones and logs in the woodlands and gardens of Europe and North America. Look out in cellars and outbuildings, or other dark areas of your home, as these spiders have been known to deliver a painful bite.
30 November 2009
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Arthropods
Arthropods are invertebrate animals that have an external, jointed skeleton usually known as a carapace. The phylum includes insects, crustaceans, centipedes, millipedes, spiders, scorpions and horseshoe crabs.
30 November 2009
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Echinoderms
Echinoderms are a plylum of animals that includes starfish, sea urchins and sea cucumbers. They are radially symmetric marine creatures composed of identical segments rather than left/right mirroring.
30 November 2009
Collections
Collections offer a new perspective on the vast catalogue of clips showcasing presenter favourites, aspects of wildlife film-making, and gathering content together in illuminating ways.
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The wildlife of Life
In autumn 2009, a major new series brought us life as we've never seen it before. Filmed in HD, the series illustrated the extraordinary lengths to which animals and plants go in order to survive.
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David Attenborough's favourite moments
David Attenborough's favourite moments from the last 30 years represent not only memorable personal experiences, but also the diversity of life on our planet and the rapidly changing technological face of broadcasting.
Editor's choice
This week's highlights feature the wild stars of Life and Natural World.
Welcome to Wildlife Finder
Explore a wealth of video, sounds, stories and breaking news to find out more about your favourite animals, how they live and where they live.
Wildlife Finder gives you access to an ever growing catalogue of BBC natural history programmes, with video clips from series such as: Planet Earth, Blue Planet, Life on Earth, Natural World, the Nature of Britain and many more.
What's new?
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7 December 2009
Plants launch: explore the small (but growing!) selection of plants, fungi and kelp
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30 November 2009
Homepage redesign: subscribe to the RSS feed for new content alerts
Find out what programmes - past, present and future - feature your favourites: chimps
Watch all the collected video highlights and discover the Wildlife of Life
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