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In 2020 she presented Inside the Bat Cave, which was broadcast on the BBC.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Inside the Bat Cave|url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-press-and-journal-aberdeen-and-aberdeenshire/20201031/283704071980916|access-date=2021-11-05|via=PressReader |publisher=The Press and Journal}}</ref>
In 2020 she presented Inside the Bat Cave, which was broadcast on the BBC.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Inside the Bat Cave|url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-press-and-journal-aberdeen-and-aberdeenshire/20201031/283704071980916|access-date=2021-11-05|via=PressReader |publisher=The Press and Journal}}</ref>


She is the author of ''The Truth About Animals: Stoned Sloths, Lovelorn Hippos, and Other Tales from the Wild Side of Wildlife'',<ref name="npr">{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/04/22/604121405/who-cares-if-theyre-cute-this-zoologist-accepts-animals-on-their-own-terms|title=Who Cares If They're Cute? This Zoologist Accepts Animals On Their Own Terms|last1=Garcia-Navarro|first1=Lulu|website=National Public Radio|accessdate=6 October 2018}}</ref> which investigates popular misconceptions about animals, including [[Sloth|sloths]], [[Hyena|hyenas]], [[Penguin|penguins]], and [[Giant panda|pandas]]. She had previously written three books about sloths: ''A Little Book of Sloth'', ''The Power of Sloth'', and ''Life in the Sloth Lane: Slow Down and Smell the Hibiscus''.<ref name="amazon"/>
She is the author of ''The Truth About Animals: Stoned Sloths, Lovelorn Hippos, and Other Tales from the Wild Side of Wildlife'',<ref name="npr">{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/04/22/604121405/who-cares-if-theyre-cute-this-zoologist-accepts-animals-on-their-own-terms|title=Who Cares If They're Cute? This Zoologist Accepts Animals On Their Own Terms|last1=Garcia-Navarro|first1=Lulu|website=National Public Radio|accessdate=6 October 2018}}</ref> which investigates popular misconceptions about animals, including [[Sloth|sloths]], [[Hyena|hyenas]], [[Penguin|penguins]], and [[Giant panda|pandas]].<ref name="nyt-25may2018">{{cite news |last1=Lescaze |first1=Zoë |title=What We Get Wrong About Animals |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/25/books/review/the-truth-about-animals-lucy-cooke.html |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=25 May 2018}}</ref> She had previously written three books about sloths: ''A Little Book of Sloth'', ''The Power of Sloth'', and ''Life in the Sloth Lane: Slow Down and Smell the Hibiscus''.<ref name="amazon"/>


She is also the author of ''Bitch: A revolutionary guide to sex, evolution & the female animal'', published in 2022, which is also published as ''Bitch: On the female of the species''.<ref name="guard-11mar2022">{{cite news |last1=Glausiusz |first1=Josie |title=Bitch by Lucy Cooke review – a joyous debunking of gender stereotypes in nature |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/mar/11/bitch-by-lucy-cooke-review-joyous-debunking-gender-stereotypes-nature-wild-darwin-female |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=11 March 2022}}</ref>
She is also the author of ''Bitch: A revolutionary guide to sex, evolution & the female animal'', published in 2022, which is also published as ''Bitch: On the female of the species''.<ref name="guard-11mar2022">{{cite news |last1=Glausiusz |first1=Josie |title=Bitch by Lucy Cooke review – a joyous debunking of gender stereotypes in nature |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/mar/11/bitch-by-lucy-cooke-review-joyous-debunking-gender-stereotypes-nature-wild-darwin-female |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=11 March 2022}}</ref>

Revision as of 06:35, 15 January 2024

Lucy Cooke
Born1969/1970 (age 54–55)
Sussex, England
Alma materNew College, Oxford (MS)
Occupation(s)Zoologist, author, television producer and director
OrganizationSloth Appreciation Society

Lucy Cooke (born 1969/1970[1][2]) is a British zoologist, author, television producer, director, and presenter.

Early life and education

Cooke grew up in Sussex.[3] She has an undergraduate masters[4] in zoology from New College, Oxford, where she was tutored by Richard Dawkins.[5][6]

Career

Cooke began her career in television comedy production, and then moved into documentaries, later specialising in natural history.[7] Among others, she is credited as director and producer for Balderdash and Piffle, director for Medieval Lives and You Don't Know You're Born, and presenter of Springwatch.[5]

She has presented a range of natural history programmes for the BBC.[8] In 2015 she presented Nature's Boldest Thieves and Animals Unexpected.[9] In 2016 she was a co-presenter on the four part series Ingenious Animals. She was a team captain on the BBC Quiz show Curious Creatures, which ran for two series from 2017 to 2018.[10] In 2019, she presented the Animal Planet series Nature's Strangest Mysteries: Solved.

In 2020 she presented Inside the Bat Cave, which was broadcast on the BBC.[11]

She is the author of The Truth About Animals: Stoned Sloths, Lovelorn Hippos, and Other Tales from the Wild Side of Wildlife,[12] which investigates popular misconceptions about animals, including sloths, hyenas, penguins, and pandas.[13] She had previously written three books about sloths: A Little Book of Sloth, The Power of Sloth, and Life in the Sloth Lane: Slow Down and Smell the Hibiscus.[5]

She is also the author of Bitch: A revolutionary guide to sex, evolution & the female animal, published in 2022, which is also published as Bitch: On the female of the species.[14]

Bibliography

  • A Little Book of Sloth (2013)
  • The Power of Sloth (2014)
  • The Truth About Animals: Stoned Sloths, Lovelorn Hippos, and Other Tales from the Wild Side of Wildlife (2017)
  • Life in the Sloth Lane: Slow Down and Smell the Hibiscus (2018)
  • Bitch: A revolutionary guide to sex, evolution and the female animal (2022), also published as Bitch: On the Female of the Species

References

  1. ^ Piskorz, Juliana (22 April 2018). "Lucy Cooke: 'I loved to drink, smoke and have a good time. Getting cancer at 45 marked an end to that'". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  2. ^ Cooke, Lucy (4 November 2023). "The Biggest Myths About Motherhood in the Animal Kingdom". Time. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Lucy Cooke - Wild UK". BBC. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  4. ^ "The Oxford MA | New College".
  5. ^ a b c "Lucy Cooke". Amazon. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  6. ^ Boyd, Lou (9 May 2022). "Learn how Lucy Cooke is starting a gender revolution in the animal kingdom". The Red Bulletin. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  7. ^ Renninger, Bryce J. (30 October 2012). "How Lucy Cooke Became The 'Steven Spielberg of [Cute] Sloth Filmmaking' and Helped Save Ugly Animals". IndieWire. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  8. ^ Alfonsi, Sharyn (24 December 2023). "Sloths, the world's slowest mammal, turn survival of the fittest upside down". 60 Minutes. CBS. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  9. ^ "BBC One - Nature's Boldest Thieves". BBC. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  10. ^ "BBC Two - Curious Creatures". BBC. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  11. ^ "Inside the Bat Cave". The Press and Journal. Retrieved 2021-11-05 – via PressReader.
  12. ^ Garcia-Navarro, Lulu. "Who Cares If They're Cute? This Zoologist Accepts Animals On Their Own Terms". National Public Radio. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  13. ^ Lescaze, Zoë (25 May 2018). "What We Get Wrong About Animals". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  14. ^ Glausiusz, Josie (11 March 2022). "Bitch by Lucy Cooke review – a joyous debunking of gender stereotypes in nature". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
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