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iSpot new life Featuring Audio The Open University

By Martin Harvey (The Open University)

09 December 2011

iSpot needs your help this winter by spotting a species you haven't seen before. The Open University's Martin Harvey sets the challenge to us all  Read more : iSpot new life

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Life on a 'New Earth'?Creative Commons Image By FbThienVanHoc via Flickr under Creative Commons license

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

08 December 2011

Is there anybody out there? The recent discovery of a 'New Earth' has expanded our obsession with extra-terrestrial life. But what do experts say?  Read more : Life on a 'New Earth'?

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Restoring historic landscapes Featuring Audio Creative Commons Image good_day under CC-BY-NC-ND

By Jon Stokes (Guest)

24 November 2011

Jon Stokes discusses the Tree Council's work to recreate wood pasture habitat which once covered much of the landscape  Read more : Restoring historic landscapes

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Saving the spoon-billed sandpiper Featuring Audio Creative Commons Image _IGP4163 / ken / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

By Martin McGill (Guest), Dr Christoph Zockler (Guest)

16 November 2011

Martin McGill and Christoph Zockler discuss their work bringing the spoon-bill sandpiper to the UK for captive breeding  Read more : Saving the spoon-billed sandpiper

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Seahorses in the United Kingdom Featuring Audio Creative Commons Image Hippocampus / Stavros Markopoulos / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

By Neil Garrick Maidment (Guest)

14 November 2011

Neil Garrick Maidment of The Seahorse Trust discusses the seahorse populations indigenous to the UK  Read more : Seahorses in the United Kingdom

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Life in the polar sea ice Featuring Audio Creative Commons Image polar bear / fruchtzwerg's world / http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/

By Dr Mark Brandon (The Open University)

26 October 2011

Mark Brandon discusses the tiny life trapped in the sea ice that is the foundation for the entire food chain at the poles  Read more : Life in the polar sea ice

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The wild boar comes bounding back Featuring Audio Creative Commons Image Wild boar / Marieke IJsendoorn-Kuijpers / CC BY 2.0

By Martin Goulding (Guest)

20 October 2011

The increasing wild boar population in the UK divides opinion. Listen to an interview with wild boar expert Martin Goulding, who discusses their effect on woodland...  Read more : The wild boar comes bounding back

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From Mongolia to India, then straight back again Featuring Audio Creative Commons Image Work found at Wikimedia / CC BY-SA 3.0

By Lucy Hawkes (Guest)

18 October 2011

Bar-headed geese have one of the most demanding migratory patterns of all birds. Lucy Hawkes describes how they have adapted to the challenge  Read more : From Mongolia to India, then straight back again

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Get your free Frozen Planet posterCopyrighted Image BBC

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

10 October 2011

Our free posters have run out—but you can stilll explore the Arctic and Antarctic on your computer  Read more : Get your free Frozen Planet poster

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Conservation of the fen raft spider Featuring Audio Copyrighted Image Chris Sperring/BBC

By Helen Smith (Guest)

07 October 2011

The Saving Species team talks to Helen Smith about the understanding and conservation of the fen raft spider  Read more : Conservation of the fen raft spider

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