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Honey bee

Small bee males come second

Normal-sized male bees have better chances to get to the queen and mate than small ones.

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

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Features & special reports - since last visit

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Gold

Finding Solomon's gold?

Finding gold deposits isn't easy in heavily forested tropical volcanic regions.

12 March 2010

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

The Boscombe bowmen

Finding the wisdom in teeth

Scientific techniques are transforming the study of the past.

19 February 2010

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Podcasts & video - since last visit

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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

Harvesting biomass

Energy crops, CryoSat-2 and bird bling

How will miscanthus and willow crops affect the environment?

15 February 2010

Clouds

Geoengineering, wind and sea squirts

Find out if technology can save us from climate change.

8 February 2010

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Blogs & opinion - since last visit

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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

Whale bones

Whale fall!

Scientists try to find out more about the unique creatures that live around dead whales.

Updated: 21 January 2010

Snow cover on January 7, 2010

The Planet Earth blog

Satellite image shows snow blanketing UK.

Updated: 8 January 2010

COP 15 logo

Views from Copenhagen

Read updates from the United Nations Climate Change Conference.

Updated: 18 December 2009

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