Southwestern Spain boasts some of the most exquisite sights in Europe, but it's also home to the most rare and endangered cat in the world: the Iberian Lynx.
The Gothic haunts of Transylvania once inspired Bram Stoker to write his tale of Dracula, but the Romanian woods are home to a very different, very real predator: the brown bear.
Today, about 30,000 people live perched on the limestone cliffs of Gibraltar, sharing this unusual natural habitat with the only wild population of primates in Europe: Barbary macaques.
The Cornish coastline has been used throughout history by hoards of smugglers who took advantage of its crags and cave. Today, hidden amongst the rocks, are the strongholds of Britain's otter population.
