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Tracking a group of bonobos

Featuring: Audio
Tracking a group of bonobos Creative commons imageCredit: Work found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonobo / CC BY-SA 3.0
Introductory Level Duration 15 mins Updated 18 Feb 2013
By Theo Webb, Gottfried Hohmann
Theo Webb and Gottfried Hohmann track a group of bonobos in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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OU on the BBC: Saving Species: Series 3, Episode 24

OU on the BBC: Saving Species: Series 3, Episode 24 Copyrighted imageCredit: BBC
Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 08 Feb 2013
By The OpenLearn team
Series 3 of Saving Species comes to an end with a look at the OU's iSpot project.
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OU on the BBC: Saving Species: Series 3, Episode 23

OU on the BBC: Saving Species: Series 3, Episode 23 Creative commons imageCredit: Billyboy under CC-BY licence
Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 04 Feb 2013
By The OpenLearn team
As we come towards the end of this series of Saving Species, we take a look at the OU's iSpot project and Arctic mammals.
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OU on the BBC: Saving Species: Series 3, Episode 22

OU on the BBC: Saving Species: Series 3, Episode 22 Creative commons imageCredit: Work found at http://en.wikipedia.org / CC BY-SA 3.0
Introductory Level Updated 28 Jan 2013
By The OpenLearn team
This week Saving Species looks at freshwater eels and Chinese mitten crabs.
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OU on the BBC: Saving Species: Series 3, Episode 20

OU on the BBC: Saving Species: Series 3, Episode 20 Creative commons imageCredit: The Welsh Coast In May / bestfor / richard / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Introductory Level Updated 14 Jan 2013
By The OpenLearn team
This week on Saving Species: The latest news on the designation of conservation areas around the English and Welsh coast.
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Polar bears and sea ice

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Polar bears and sea ice Creative commons imageCredit: polar bear / fruchtzwerg's world / http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/
Introductory Level Duration 15 mins Updated 08 Jan 2013
By Jon Aars
In this extended interview, find out about the relationship polar bears have with sea ice.
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String of sausages lichen

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String of sausages lichen Copyrighted imageCredit: BBC
Introductory Level Duration 10 mins Updated 07 Jan 2013
By Sam Bosanquet
Could this unusually named lichen be making a comeback?
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OU on the BBC: Saving Species: Series 3, Episode 19

OU on the BBC: Saving Species: Series 3, Episode 19 Creative commons imageCredit: polar bear / fruchtzwerg's world / http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/
Introductory Level Updated 07 Jan 2013
By The OpenLearn team
This week the Saving Species team look at polar bears, sea ice and salmon populations.
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OU on the BBC: Saving Species: Series 3, Episode 18

OU on the BBC: Saving Species: Series 3, Episode 18 Creative commons imageCredit: Baylands bird watcher / Don DeBold / CC BY 2.0
Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 31 Dec 2012
By The OpenLearn team
On New Year's Day, Saving Species explores the role of wetland habitats in the lives of waterfowl.
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OU on the BBC: Saving Species: Series 3, Episode 17

OU on the BBC: Saving Species: Series 3, Episode 17 Creative commons imageCredit: Creativity+ Timothy K Hamilton under CC-BY-NC-ND licence
Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 21 Dec 2012
By The OpenLearn team
On Christmas Day, Howard Stableford looks at conservation issues in some of the British Overseas Territories.
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