My new job as a presenter for National Geographic Wild affords me some rare privileges but the opportunity to take part in relocating an entire troop of baboons for my 'Freaks and Creeps' series ranks as one of the most memorable. If you want to compile a list of the world’s most unpopular animals, baboons are way up there, vying for the top spot with sharks. With canines longer and sharper than a leopard and the strength to rip a man’s arm off they’re not exactly cuddly. In fact many cultures believe they are evil. In a contest between a... Continue reading

Sid the baby pangolin is saved by a warm teddy bear and a termite milkshake. Continue reading

A female proboscis monkey, looking a bit like the child catcher from 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' They say that TV is a glamorous game. But my experience filming in Borneo for my new National Geographic TV show 'Freaks and Creeps' (their title not mine by the way) was muddy, itchy and almost very deadly. Borneo is a bit like Alice in Wonderland: a topsy-turvy land where animals have been drinking magic potions that make them grow into giants or shrink into midgets. The kind of place where the world's smallest frog, about the size of a pea, is dwarfed by... Continue reading

They say you should never meet your heroes and in my case they'd be absolutely right. Continue reading

Space may be the final frontier for a sexy salamander with the world's fastest tongue Continue reading

My most exotic adventure yet - a mission to the very end of the Piccadilly line to help a toad get laid. Continue reading

My expedition into the soggy jungle of Colombia turns into a total adventure; I fulfill a lifetime's fantasy and find a new species of frog and discover that the twisted truth that greatest treat to this amphibian El Dorado is peace. Continue reading

Why slow animals should rule this summer Continue reading

Celebrity sloths lend a helping claw to the frogs Continue reading

The sci-fi story of the future of frog-kind featuring alien amphibians, a space age frog pod, a killer fungus and German smugglers with frogs up their bums. Continue reading

I've handed over my destiny to the frogs who take me to Colombia to visit fungus fighting scientists and an ancient city, deep in the jungle, where people worshipped frogs. Continue reading

A curious tale of people licking frogs and frogs licking TV's in Colombia Continue reading

Who knew there was so much to poo? Continue reading

The terrifying tale of the amazing aquatic scrotum frog versus the blender Continue reading

A close encounter with psychedelic frogs in the jungles of peru Continue reading

A tale of lesbian toads and spooky frog magic in Brazil Continue reading

A jolly Sunday afternoon trip to a frog concentration camp in Uruguay Continue reading

A search for the Naomi Campbell of amphibians - a dark, venomous beauty that likes to hang out with Argentine billionaires on the sand dunes of the St Tropez of South America Continue reading

A gothic tale of terrifying toads and taxidermy Continue reading

We’re driving to our penultimate Darwin’s frog monitoring session when something completely amazing happens. We are stopped in our tracks by a magnificent rainbow, literally blocking the road ahead. As we drive towards it, it just gets bigger and brighter until it’s hovering beside us, a magical multicoloured arc hanging in the valley. It’s simply too spectacular to be ignored. And although we're late, we all bundle out of the car to try and capture it. Now maybe I’ve been in the field for too long and am starting to lose it, but I take it as a sign and... Continue reading