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Interviews about Biology
Interviews about genetics, ecology and evolution, insects, mammals, marine science, plants and zoology...
23 January 2011
Researchers at Imperial College in London have discovered an unusual process which is happening in a contagious form of...
23 January 2011
Coral reefs are regarded as the rainforest of the sea. They play a vital role in marine ecosystems and now, a new reef...
23 January 2011
Is evolution by natural selection is the best idea that anyone has ever had?
16 January 2011
Richard Hollingham goes to Edinburgh Zoo to investigate Bower birds. These are natives of Australia and Papua New...
11 January 2011
The folk at Coral Cay Conservation are working to help encourage communities set up fish sanctuaries and protect the...
11 January 2011
We take a look behind the Marine Stewardship Council's eco-label for sustainable seafood
11 January 2011
This month's critter is something that lives above, on, and even in the sea.
11 January 2011
Manta Rays are fished in increasing numbers for their gills to make Chinese medicines. We chat to Andrea Marshall...
09 January 2011
Scientists at Bangor University in North Wales have found that different species of deadly viper snakes, tailor their...
19 December 2010
Helen Scales brings your three of her twelve Marine Critters of Christmas...
12 December 2010
Alzheimer's disease is a common cause of cognitive decline among elderly people. An estimated one in every five...
12 December 2010
In this week’s episode of Planet Earth we’re looking at one of Britain's best loved mammals, the elusive red...
12 December 2010
Siphonophores or string jellies are another group of little known but beautiful deep sea critters.
12 December 2010
Should turkey fish - also known as lion fish - be on the Christmas menu?
11 December 2010
Giant tube worms cope with many extremes in their homes on deep ocean black smokers.
11 December 2010
Chimaeras are little known relatives of sharks that get up to some odd things in the deep sea.
11 December 2010
Mantis shrimp have a lightening fast punch and the most complex eyes in the animal kingdom.
11 December 2010
Meet the dugongs and manatees, the mysterious marine mammals that were once mistaken for mermaids.
11 December 2010
Sea snails that have lost their shells and flap their wings through open ocean get our seasonal critter fest started.
11 December 2010
Diatoms are the gems of the ocean that lock up carbon and are vital for all sorts of other creatures from krill to...
11 December 2010
Arctic terns are global champions flying from the South Pole to the North Pole and back every year.