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World Snake Day: snakes in religion Creative Commons Image By LongitudeLatitude via Flickr under Creative Commons license

By Graham Harvey (The Open University)

14 July 2011

To celebrate World Snake Day (16th July), the OU's Graham Harvey explores how snakes have slithered sinuously through sacred ceremonies and stories for many millennia.  Read more : World Snake Day: snakes in religion

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The natural world's need for water DCSL under CC-BY-NC licence

By Emma Rothero (The Open University)

10 November 2010

Emma Rothero, a research fellow with the OU's Department of Life Sciences, writes about how our needs and uses of water are intricately bound to...  Read more : The natural world's need for water

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Biodiversity: What's in it for me?Creative Commons Image jmtimages under CC-BY-NC-ND licence

By Dr Yoseph Araya (The Open University)

04 June 2010

World Environment Day celebrates environmental issues, including biodiversity. But what's in it for you?  Read more : Biodiversity: What's in it for me?

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Life: Video extrasRupert Barrington

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

07 October 2009

More from David Attenborough's exploration of Life across the planet - with exclusive extra footage  Read more : Life: Video extras

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Mosquito love songs: How do they find their mates?Copyrighted Image The Open University / Karen Parker

By The Naked Scientists (Guest)

29 September 2009

How do mosquitoes use their wings to attract a mate?  Read more : Mosquito love songs: How do they find their mates?

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The making of Life: And you thought Planet Earth was big...BBC

By Mike Gunton (Guest)

22 June 2009

Mike Gunton, Executive Producer of the BBC/OU series Life, sketches out the scale of what the team are attempting  Read more : The making of Life: And you thought Planet Earth was big...

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Human use of animals Featuring: audio, BBC

By Professor Peter Singer (Guest)

13 February 2008

Peter Singer, possibly the most famous philosopher in the world, sparked the birth of the animal rights movement. Discover his take on the human use...  Read more : Human use of animals

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Rock poolsPatricia Ash

By The Coast web team (The Open University)

12 October 2006

Explore the three distinct types of environment provided by rock pools  Read more : Rock pools

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Beach lifeBBC

By The Coast web team (The Open University)

12 October 2006

Discover the easy way to explore the rich variety of beach life  Read more : Beach life

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Animal magicProduction team

By Dr Terry O'Sullivan (The Open University)

09 June 2006

Animals frequently appear in adverts but Terry O' Sullivan suggests a change may be taking place in the public response to animal magic.  Read more : Animal magic

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The truth behind the torch Copyrighted Image London 2012

As the Olympic flame wings its way around the UK, the OU's Aarón Alzola Romero asks: just how immemorial is the Olympic torch relay?

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