As a child, Richard Hammond started his own wildlife club and armed with a nature kit set out to study the wildlife in his Solihull garden.

In Africa, Richard will be joining Kenyan elephant researcher David Daballen who knows more than 700 of the Samburu elephants by name.

Dolphins can point with their bodies and have been known to communicate an object's location to human divers.

Flamingos are only red because of the food they eat.