Attack of the killer fungi

Sir David Attenborough and the Planet Earth team discover the weird world of the Cordyceps; killer fungi that invades the body of an insect to grow and diminish the insect population. Fascinating animal and wildlife video from the BBC epic natural world masterpiece 'Planet Earth'.

David Attenborough - Spiders Web

This is a clip from Sir David Attenboroughs documentary called Life in the Undergrowth. In this episode of The Silk Spinners (from which this clip is taken) he gives us a detailed view of the structure of a spiders web - more specifically the Orb Web Spider.