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Honey bee

Small bee males are second best

Small honey bee males are officially in trouble: when it comes to competitive high-speed mating swarms, normal-sized males do have better chances to get to the queen and mate successfully.

18 March 2010

Ostracod

New fossil shows gills and legs

Scientists have found an ostracod fossil with soft parts intact.

16 March 2010

Canary nestlings

Begging leads chicks nowhere

Too much begging is no good for canary chicks because mums are not falling for it.

15 March 2010

Archaeologist in burial pit

Decapitated bodies in Dorset are Vikings

Chemical analysis of teeth reveals men with Norse origins.

12 March 2010

Gold

Finding Solomon's gold?

12 March 2010

Finding gold deposits isn't easy in heavily forested tropical volcanic regions. Dan Smith, Gawen Jenkin and Jon Naden describe how precipitates from hot springs could lead us to a gold mine beneath.

Satellite image of an algal bloom

Survival of the fattest

Placed end to end, the viruses in our oceans would stretch for 200m light years. But what do they do?

5 March 2010

Setting up

Gardening for greenhouse gases

Finding out how different plants affect the carbon in moorlands.

26 February 2010

Diver

Oil palm plantations and coral reefs

Hear about the new threats facing our coral reefs and rainforests.

15 March 2010

Female guppy harassed by two males

Harassed guppies and promiscuous fruit flies

Why guppies are harassed and how promiscuity may be a good thing.

1 March 2010

Harlequin ladybird

Aliens descend on Britain

Find out what a non-native species is and what scientists are doing to stem their invasion.

Updated: 26 February 2010

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Planet Earth - Winter 2009

Planet Earth
Winter 2009

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