Durrell blogs on TV featured projects

The Durell Wildlife Conservation Trust have been writing on their blog about the amazement of seeing two of their collaborations featured on a BBC Two programme about the Natural History Museum.

The programme, called the Museum of Life goes out on Thursday's on BBC Two at 8pm and aims to go behind the scenes at the Natural History Museum to meet the people working there.

"Jimmy Doherty goes behind the scenes at the Natural History Museum to join the people who are uncovering secrets, solving mysteries and making discoveries among the historic collections."

In the Durrell blog post the author talks about "settling back on the sofa last Thursday to watch the first episode." and being "amazed not just one of our collaborations on the programme but two."

You can read more about the collaborations on their website.

One of the two collaborations was an interview with Durrell's Professor Carl Jones on Ile aux Aigrettes off the coast of Mauritius about the conservation work.

The other was a piece on the Floreana mockingbird, the original samples collected by Charles Darwin while on his Beagle Voyage are held by the Natural History Museum.

These are extinct in their native island but survive on two smaller islets - Durrell are working with the Charles Dawin Foundation and the University of Zurich to restore the species.

But it's not just watching TV, Durrell have also been treating their Meerkats to an early Easter treat.

You can watch the Meerkats on YouTube.