Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

Taxa named by Georges Cuvier

2 episodes

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  1. Cephalopods

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the remarkable biology of octopus, squid, cuttlefish and nautilus, from jet propulsion to changing colour, and what makes them so adaptable.

    1 February 2018

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    Featuring: Louise Allcock, Paul Rodhouse, Jonathan Ablett

     
  2. The Evolution of Crocodiles

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the extraordinary variety of the animals that dominated life on land before the dinosaurs and why crocodiles should never be called 'living fossils'.

    16 September 2021

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    Featuring: Anjali Goswami, Philip Mannion, Stephen L. Brusatte