Interviews with Scientists

Richard Hollingham goes to Edinburgh Zoo to investigate Bower birds. These are natives of Australia and Papua New...

We take a look behind the Marine Stewardship Council's eco-label for sustainable seafood

Manta Rays are fished in increasing numbers for their gills to make Chinese medicines. We chat to Andrea Marshall...

The folk at Coral Cay Conservation are working to help encourage communities set up fish sanctuaries and protect the...

This month's critter is something that lives above, on, and even in the sea.

Many of us have a certain piece of music that causes chills to run up our spines - music so good, it elicits a genuine...

Scientists at Bangor University in North Wales have found that different species of deadly viper snakes, tailor their...

For thousands of years, people have been studying and documenting human anatomy. In these days, we do it to turn out...

A new film by New Zealand-based physician, Paul Trotman about what happens to a person's body when they donate it...

Amputees can struggle with the inflexibility of artificial limbs. At Blatchford Prosthetics, they have engineered a new...

Peter Kristensen and his team took on the myth that you can get drunk through your feet and reveal their findings...

Dr David Ferguson explains the appeal of the Afar Depression...

Darcy O'Neil explores the chemistry behind being shaken, not stirred....

Helen Scales brings your three of her twelve Marine Critters of Christmas...

We explore the importance of understanding ancient and aboriginal astronomy...

We visit the Whipple Museum of the History of Science, and discover a collection of Mars Globes and the story they tell...

All you need to know about the Hubble Space Telescope...

Stop light loose jaws bright red glow lets them see more that the average deep sea fish.

Alzheimer's disease is a common cause of cognitive decline among elderly people. An estimated one in every five...

In this week’s episode of Planet Earth we’re looking at one of Britain's best loved mammals, the elusive red...

Dave and Meera visited the Centre for Advanced Photonics and Electronics at Cambridge University to find out how...

Physicists might use sticky tape to extract and test graphene, but that's not much use when it comes to making...

Graphene is a very versatile material which we should soon see turning up in a range of applications. Dave spoke to...

Siphonophores or string jellies are another group of little known but beautiful deep sea critters.