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COI synopsis: It isn’t always a case of the bigger the better; sometimes it’s an advantage to be small. In this issue we look at the benefits of being smaller rather than larger, of using less instead of...
Study of insect adaptation, with reference to the voyage of the ‘Beagle’ in 1831, which took Darwin to Brazil. Produced for the Darwin-Wallace centenary of 1958.
Tongue-in-cheek study of cane toads, originally imported into Queensland in 1935 from Hawaii to save the sugar crop from destruction by the greyback beetle. The toads bred rapidly and became an agricultural...
COI synopsis: For thousands of years one of the most valuable insects has been the honeybee, farmed throughout the world for its yields of honey and wax. Today, it has an increasingly important role to play...
Scientists and researchers are borrowing ideas from the natural world and adapting them to robotics, aerodynamics and future technology. For example, an insect’s feet, a spider’s web and a fish’s tail...
The normal and alerted colony; the procedure at the hive entrance when strangers enter the hive. I
COI synopsis: In spite of the complex controls of technology there are still areas where our control is lost - thousands of people die every year from disease, fire, accidents on the road. This issue...
COI synopsis: To satisfy the increasing demand for timber in a world where timber resources are decreasing, scientists in Britain are making a concerted effort to understand more about a little known subject...
Discusses the impact of the tsetse fly on large areas of Africa, inhibiting agricultural development by preventing beef or diary farming Considers efforts which are being made to combat the pest in Tanzania,...
Shows how various species of insects have evolved ways of escaping from predators.
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