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Humpback whale

Secrets of Antarctica’s Giants

Don’t miss this dip into the icy waters of this precious wilderness, following a team

of scientists as they track and monitor the humpback whales that travel thousands of miles to feed here. Catch up on BBC iPlayer

Metriacanthosaurus was a large therapod from the late Jurassic

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Chimpanzee

Mammals

Another chance to enjoy this epic, six-part BBC One series narrated by Sir David

Attenborough, which reveals how mammals have conquered Earth and uncovers the secrets of their success. Catch up on BBC iPlayer

The Infinite Monkey Cage

In the episode released on 11 July, Brian Cox and Robin Ince discuss the wonder of

trees with guests Dame Judi Dench, who has created her own wood, Tony Kirkham, former head of Kew Arboretum, and navigator Tristan Gooley. Catch up on BBC Sounds C H

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I’ve been enjoying a journey

to a land that time forgot

PAUL McGUINNESS, EDITOR

My big brother was obsessed with dinosaurs when we were small, and he taught me all about them: Triceratops’ horny head; ‘steggers’, with those plates and spiked tail; and of course, old short-arms himself, T. rex .

So when my son began his dinosaur obsession I felt pretty sure this was my time to shine as a cool dad who knew his dinos. But it soon became apparent that I was as behind the times on this front as on most others. As we read books and watched TV shows, I found that, during the intervening decades, our understanding of life on prehistoric Earth had come a long way. So, in the interests of getting to grips with the latest science, we’ve lined up a bumper dino-themed Q&A (p40). After all, isn’t it true that we need to learn about the past in order to understand the present, and build a bright future?

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