Liz Laidler, like Benjamin Bynoe, was born and brought up Barbados. Her mother was a Bynoe, a family that laid its roots on the island in 1667. She came to England as a student in 1970 and her Ph.D. on the behavioural ecology of giant otters in Guyana was underpinned by Darwinian theory. She went on to produce wildlife documentaries with her husband, Keith Laidler. Their first film, the award-winning 'Pandas Aren't Always Cuddly', was narrated by Sir David Attenborough and broadcast on BBC's 'Wildlife On One'.Liz is the author of 'Otters in Britain' (David and Charles), and co-author of 'The River Wolf' (Allen and Unwin), 'Pandas' (BBC), and 'China's Threatened Wildlife' (Blanford). She is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.