Planet Earth stories
Bug brother is watching you
Scientists have spent several years filming a field of crickets in Spain with more than 140 digital video cameras to find out more about what makes them tick.
11 Jul 2016
Invasive 'super ant' species taking hold in the UK
An invasion of Asian 'super ants' is taking hold faster than ever in the UK, new research has found.
8 Jul 2016
Tags: Biodiversity, Ecology, Insects, Invasive species
Autosubs are go!
Science and industry are working hand in hand at the new Marine Robotics Innovation Centre. The result, reports Sue Nelson, is an exciting new future for marine robotics in the UK.
4 Jul 2016
Tags: Mapping, Marine life, Oceans, Robotics, Technology
The art of science
DATA AS ART is a groundbreaking science/art project being developed at NERC's British Antarctic Survey (BAS). It uses visualisations of real scientific data from the poles to create stunning, thought-provoking articles that also relate to important and exciting science stories.
30 Jun 2016
Tags: Antarctic, Climate, Data visualisation
Inevitable surprises in the Atlantic Ocean
What have we learned from a decade of monitoring how water and heat circulate through the North Atlantic? As Meric Srokosz explains, a great deal - much of it unexpected.
29 Jun 2016
Spotlight on soils
2015 was the International Year of Soils. It's not the most glamorous area of science, but it's vital to just about every aspect of our lives - as Janet Moxley and Nicole Archer explain.
29 Jun 2016
Living highways
A new project aims to make Sheffield a better place to live by attracting more plants and animals to its roadside verges. Tom Marshall spoke to those involved.
12 May 2016
Tags: Biodiversity, Ecology, Health, Pollinators, UK
A century of UK coastal flooding
Ivan Haigh and Elizabeth Bradshaw describe SurgeWatch, a new database of coastal floods that's set to revolutionise our understanding of how and why these destructive events happen - and of how to limit the damage.
22 Apr 2016
Tags: Environmental change, Flooding, Hazards, UK
The rise of mammals
An asteroid strike put an end to the dinosaurs 66 million years ago, making way for mammals to thrive - that much we know. But how exactly did our ancestors go about their march to dominance? Stephen Brusatte and Sarah Shelley introduce an unassuming fossil that holds some of the answers.
8 Apr 2016
Tags: Animals, Dinosaurs, Evolution, Palaeontology