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Lucy Cooke
Filmmaker and Zoologist
Lucy Cooke is a National Geographic Explorer with a Masters in zoology from Oxford University (where she was taught by Richard Dawkins). She loves travel and adventure and has a soft spot for some of the planet's strangest and most misunderstood animals.
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9mins
Let the countdown begin! History and science (and danger) come together in our 10th most popular video of 2018.
10mins
Zoologist Lucy Cooke explains why humans are totally wrong about panda sex, and why captive breeding backfires.
6mins
Assigning human values and morals to wild animals will only end in heartbreak. And possible necrophilia.
Sloths are unfairly ridiculed and underappreciated animals, says zoologist and filmmaker Lucy Cooke.
Roaming horny hippos obtained illegally by Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar? It's a heck of a true story.
4mins
Zoologist Lucy Cooke explains evolution's answer to non-consensual sex among spotted hyenas: an eight-inch pseudo-penis for all the ladies.