Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History

In early 2022, our photo-reconstruction of an ancient, flightless, elephant bird Aepyornis appeared in a documentary film «Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History» produced by BBC Studios. This is a collaboration of the BBC Natural History Unit, the Natural History Museum (who hosted the exhibition, Fantastic Beasts: The Wonder of Nature), world bestselling author J.K. Rowling and Warner Bros.

Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History is a documentary film presented by Stephen Fry and broadcasted on BBC One on 27 February 2022. Mr. Fry delves into magical stories about mythical creatures and beasts from J.K. Rowling's narratives, drawing parallels with animals roaming the planet today.

"This spellbinding BBC One special will take viewers on an incredible journey from the hidden corridors of London's Natural History Museum to the frozen steppes of Siberia and secret caves of Madagascar. From centaurs to Nifflers, birds of paradise to the Phoenix, 11,000 year-old woolly rhinos to the Erumpent and giant squid to the Zouwu, the gripping stories and surprising science behind specimens in the Natural History Museum is a global journey of discovery drawing parallels between the real world and the fabulous worlds of mythology and literature - including elements which will be immediately recognisable to fans of Warner Bros. Fantastic Beasts film series." - BBC One.

In this documentary, our reconstruction of the flightless, elephant bird Aepyornis appears at minute 37.

Photo-credits: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001503x

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