In Photos: Wonders of Life

A single unbroken chain connects us not just to every other form of life, but to the laws of nature that created and nurtured it.

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Cliff-side Coffins

Coffins mounted on the cliff-side in Sagada, Philippines, from the first episode "What Is Life?"
Jellyfish

Golden jellyfish in a Palau lake from the first episode "What Is Life?"
Orang-utan

A Bornean orang-utan from the first episode "What Is Life?"
Dragonfly Nymph

A dragonfly nymph just under the water's surface from the first episode "What Is Life?"
Scorpion

A scorpion as shown under ultra-violet light from the second episode "Expanding Universe".
Alligator

An alligator, native to the USA, from the second episode "Expanding Universe".
Frog

A frog and before one of its favourite foods, a grub. How will sense it is there? Taken from the second episode "Expanding Universe".
Brian Cox

Professor Brian Cox with a microscope from the second episode "Expanding Universe".
Chameleon

Parson’s chameleon (Calumma Parsonii ) from Madagascan rainforest from the third episode "Endless Forms Most Beautiful".
Brian at Kruger

Professor Brian Cox on safari at Kruger National Park in South Africa. Did you spot the leopard? Taken from the third episode "Endless Forms Most Beautiful".
Brian and a Lion

Professor Brian Cox with lion cub in South Africa from the third episode "Endless Forms Most Beautiful".
Great White Shark

Divers in a shark cage with a great white shark off the Neptune Islands in Australia from the fourth episode "Size Matters".
Rhino Beetle

A front on image of a rhino beetle from the fourth episode "Size Matters".
Brian Cox with Diprotodon Bone

Professor Brian Cox with a Diprotodon femur bone near Halls Gap, Victoria in Australia from the fourth episode "Size Matters".
Brian Cox and Robbercrab

Professor Brian Cox with a robbercrab (a giant 1 metre terrestrial crab) of Christmas Island from the fourth episode "Size Matters".
Brian in a Shark Cage

Professor Brian Cox in a shark cage off Neptune Island, South Australia. I wonder where the great white has gone? Taken from the fourth episode "Size Matters".
Monarch Butterflies

Migrating monarch butterflies on a tree in Michoacán, Mexico from the fifth episode "Home".
Brian on a Mexico Street

Professor Brian Cox, street scene, Mexico from the fifth episode "Home".
Brian in the Mexican Mountains

Professor Brian Cox in Mexico from the fifth episode "Home".