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Project Noah is a tool that nature lovers can use to explore and document local wildlife and a common technology platform that research groups can use to harness the power of citizen scientists everywhere.

What had been suspected for half a century, that butterflies dont just flap their wings, but clap them together. theirflexible wings bending to form a cup, or a pocket, of air. when they collapse, this thrust is even stronger and more efficient. its only now thanks to modern technology and a swedish wind tunnel that we can see it. its a challenge to work with any living flying animal but with butterflies its maybe even more because they are smaller, they are fast in their behaviour, difficult to...

It was this moment that has left scientists all aflutter. i speed cameras confirming what had been suspected for half a century, that butterflies dont just flap their win —— wings but clap them together. there are taxable wings bending to form a cup pocket about. when they collapse, this trust is even stronger and more efficient. its only now thanks to modern technology and a swedish wind tunnel that we can see it. �* , . swedish wind tunnel that we can see it. v .. . swedish wind tunnel t...

Behind although there will still be a peppering of showers across northern and western areas. temperatures tomorrow while ranging from 10 in the north to 17 in the south. more rain on friday and will turn cooler, more settled and windy for the weekend with some showers in the east. now, there are creatures all around us that are so small you would probably not realise they are even there — some are just the size of a grain of sand. a new wildlife show sets out to document the amazing lives of ...

Smallest hummingbird, which is little bigger than a b, to creatures which are the size of a grain of sand. we filmed a crab that lives inside a snail shell that is the size of a grain of sand. we had to use a lot of technology to capture these things. technology and quite a bit of patience required, i would i . bit of patience required, i would imagine! exactly. the clip you saw, the dung beetles, i spoke to the producer yesterday and he said it took 5 weeks to film that. one of the biggest prob...

I think most people will like the really cute monkeys and rodents and that kind of thing but having been making wildlife film—making films for so long, i have a passion for the slightly strange things. for example, in the outback episode, there is a gecko that shoots out this weird goo out of its hair. i never knew it existed. in the jungles film that is a caterpillar that does this amazing impression of a poisonous snake to scare off its enemies. i have wanted to film that for 20 years and we...

What is enough is for china to stop behaviour the way it behaved in dealing with the outside world because this so—called cold war is of war of opposing value and that is why it creates such a confrontation now between china and the free world. jimmy lai. hundreds of traps are being set in the us state of washington, aiming to catch a potentially deadly intruder. a giant insect, known as the ‘murder hornet‘, has been seen in the area. usually native to asia, the hornet is a potential dange...

Interesting results. if youre interested in taking part, the survey involves spending 15 minutes in an outdoor space, counting the amount and type of butterflies spotted in that time. dr zoe randle is senior surveys officer at butterfly conservation. really good to have you with us and i think we can certainly say most of us i think we can certainly say most of us have been spending quite a lot more time outside this year. ive seen more time outside this year. ive seen lots of, i called them cab...

But one thing is for sure. that is people have had the chance and the opportunity to pause, get off their hamster wheel and take notice of butterflies and moths in their gardens, window boxes, out on their daily exercise. and this has been, many people have sought solace in nature, its been really beneficial, we know there are studies that have been done to engaging with nature is really beneficial to us and so we are asking people to give something back by taking part in the big butterfly count...

Year. the bee sting or is about a 16th of an inch long. to the stinger mortar hormone it -- murder requiremen hornet s itself to be stung on camera by the asian murder hornets, watch this. [screaming] >> searing pain. absolute searing pain. >> it hurts. murder hornets are also aggressive and will eat meat, meaning if they are hungry enough they will go after birds and small sparrows, they have been spotted a few times in washington state which coincidently is where the first coronavirus patient ...