Animal Record Breakers

James Fair is a journalist with a longstanding passion for wildlife and the environment. He spent 18 years as a writer and commissioning editor at BBC Wildlife Magazine and has reported on many controversial issues such as badger culling and the illegal wildlife trade.

"Big can be brilliant, but minuscule can be miraculous! Fast is fun, but old can be outrageous and whilst rarest is sad, common gives us hope. We all need that and we all love a compendium of fascinating facts. So dive in! (Deep!)" Chris Packham