Voices from the Underground - Giving Nature a Voice

Introducing a marvellous micro-animal, also known as the moss piglet or water bear. These little chaps have a toothy mouth ring, and can live just about any place on Earth where there's water.Expert: Dr George McGavin -  Zoologist, Entomologist & TV PresenterProduced by Annabel Ross for The Lost Gardens of HeliganIllustrations y Anna Gonen

King of the tiny microhabitats, these microscopic species are so closely linked to soil particles we can't even count their population...Expert: Professor Karl Ritz - Emeritus Professor of Soil Ecology, University of NottinghamProduced by Annabel Ross for The Lost Gardens of HeliganIllustrations by Anna Gonen

Anti-inflammatory, anti-carcinogenic, protected, illusive and with an uncanny resemblance to a mop-head, meet the most magnificent of fungus, voiced by the inimitable Merlin Sheldrake. Expert: Merlin Sheldrake, Biologist & AuthorProduced by Annabel Ross for The Lost Gardens of HeliganIllustrations by Anna Gonen

From the Artic to Antarctica, with a unique jumping organ, Springtails are one of the most abundant animal groups on the planet. Expert: Dr Felicity Crotty, Senior Lecturer in Soil Ecology, Royal Agricultural University Produced by Annabel Ross for The Lost Gardens of HeliganIllustrations by Anna Gonen

Meet the honey-dew loving, tree-climbing Wood Ant, the largest UK ant species.Expert: Professor Adam Hart, Entomologist and Professor of Science Communication, University of Gloucestershire Produced by Annabel Ross for The Lost Gardens of HeliganIllustrations by Anna GonenA huge thank you to Gregory Ovenden for his ant recordings in this episode: http://www.thesoundfarmer.com 

Accounting for 1 in 5 animals on earth, nematodes live in the vast underground network of soil - meet the free-living, film-wriggling nematode who spends his days dodging fungi lassos. Expert: Professor Karl Ritz, Emeritus Professor of Soil Ecology at University of NottinghamProduced by Annabel Ross for The Lost Gardens of HeliganIllustrations by Anna Gonen

Living in the network of the soil, meet Heligan's brightest mushroom and discover plant partners and chemical conversations. Expert: Merlin Sheldrake, Biologist and Writer of Entangled LifeProduced by Annabel Ross for The Lost Gardens of HeliganIllustrations by Anna Gonen

From stripy face markings to team excavations, meet Heligan's 'champion excavator' who's cleaner than a kingfisher, banquets on grubs and kisses with his bottom...Expert: Steve Backshall, Adventurer, natural history TV presenter, public speaker and authorProduced by Annabel Ross for The Lost Gardens of HeliganIllustrations by Anna Gonen