Weird Wonders of the World

Chris Packham investigates strange stories from the natural world. He finds out why Spain is under attack from spaceballs, how a penguin became a man's best friend and how prehistoric lions could be brought back from the dead.

Chris Packham examines the case of a mystery stinger in Australia and finds out what poisoned a scientist on a jungle expedition, why goats are flying in Utah and why albatross chicks are being planted in flowerpots.

Chris Packham explores why a much-loved dolphin has started breaking people's bones, why a caterpillar wears a hat made out of its own spare heads and how a tiny crustacean has mastered the art of invisibility.

Chris Packham solves the puzzle of strange balls of worms on a road and fish stuck in fences in Texas. He explains how an Australian town became plagued by bats, and why so many whales became stranded around the North Sea in 2015.

Chris Packham uncovers nature's super survivors -- a frog whose dinner is fighting back, a shark with the secret to long life and a prehistoric fish with a thirst for blood that almost destroyed an entire fishing industry.

Chris looks at a deep-sea blob spotted in the Gulf of Mexico that mystified oil-rig workers, the washed-up remains of a gargantuan creature that baffled scientists for decades and a stow-away spider with unfathomable feet.

Chris Packham investigates the sudden death of hundreds of reindeer in Norway, discovers a mythical boiling river in Peru and finds out why blood-red rain appeared in Spain. Chris also reveals a bird that sings with its wings.

Chris Packham examines a die-off of saiga antelope in Kazakhstan and strange holes ripped out of the clouds. He charts the advance of a crab army in Norwegian waters and finds out what's killing seabirds on remote islands.