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OU on the BBC: Saving SpeciesThinkstock

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

05 January 2012

Promoting biodiversity and conservation; explore the ways people are saving species   Read more : OU on the BBC: Saving Species

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Museum of the Dead Featuring: activity, The Open University

By The Museum of the Dead team (The Open University)

28 September 2010

The votes have now been counted and it is with deepest sympathies that we launch the latest exhibit in the Museum of the Dead   Read more : Museum of the Dead

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Heather Jones' storyMediagfx | Dreamstime.com

By Creative Climate community (Guest)

28 July 2010

Explore the personal side of climate change with Heather Jones' diary entry.  Read more : Heather Jones' story

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World wild webThinkstock

By Dr Patricia Ash (The Open University)

01 April 2010

Human beings have a responsibility to care for the millions of species on our planet, so why are human activities still destroying biodiversity?  Read more : World wild web

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Darwin Now pod 1: Why do we care about Darwin now? Featuring: audio, Jupiter Images

By Rissa De La Paz (The Open University), Dr Fern Elsdon-Baker (Guest), Professor Steve Jones (Guest)

05 October 2009

Professor Steve Jones reflects on how well Darwin’s ground-breaking theory of evolution has stood the test of time. Fern Elsdon Baker outlines the global scope...  Read more : Darwin Now pod 1: Why do we care about Darwin now?

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Darwin Now: Life through poetry... Featuring: video, The Open University/The British Council

By Ruth Padel (Guest)

05 October 2009

Poet Ruth Padel is a great-great granddaughter of Charles Darwin. She recalls the impact of family ties that were enlivened by a curiosity about nature....  Read more : Darwin Now: Life through poetry...

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Darwin Now: Musing on evolution  Featuring: video, The British Council

By Jack Ashby (Guest), Dr Joe Cain (Guest)

05 October 2009

The Grant Museum nestles on the site of Darwin’s London home. Its treasures offer windows on our evolutionary past but also present stark messages for...  Read more : Darwin Now: Musing on evolution

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Languages falling silent: Diversity in biological and cultural contextMarek Uliasz | Dreamstime.com

By Dr Yoseph Araya (The Open University)

19 August 2009

Yoseph Araya takes a look at what we mean by biocultural diversity, and what we can do to preserve it  Read more : Languages falling silent: Diversity in biological and cultural context

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Amphibians in declineProduction team

By Professor Tim Halliday (The Open University)

05 January 2008

Tim Halliday asks whether the sixth great extinction is being foreshadowed by amphibians in decline?  Read more : Amphibians in decline

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The end of lifeBBC

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

03 August 2006

An article exploring the subject of extinction and dinosaurs  Read more : The end of life

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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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