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  • Artwork depicting some of the birds mentioned in 'The Twelve Days of Christmas' - four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree. Generated using AI (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image model).

    What happened to the birds in ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’?

    We all know it. We’ve all sung it. Perhaps we’ve even answered a quiz question about it*. The Twelve…

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    Andy Gosler

    Ethno-ornithologist

    Professor of Ethno-ornithology studying the relationships between birds and people for better conservation. I’ve been fascinated by birds since…

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  • Alexandra Morton-Hayward wearing a mask and gloves, holding up a fossil brain in the lab.

    Suspicious Minds: The Secrets of Fossil Brains

    Dinosaur bones and the ‘hard parts’ of other prehistoric creatures can famously be preserved as fossils, providing us with…

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    Alexandra Morton-Hayward

    Forensic anthropologist

    After six years as an undertaker and embalmer—during which I cared for over 5,000 individuals—I became captivated by the…

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    Why are birth rates falling in the UK?

    Evolutionarily speaking, it makes sense to have a lot of children. At the very least, we might expect a…

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