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Our science is published in a variety of formats. Click here for more information. We also attend events and conferences in the UK, within Europe, and at venues around the world."Life in the Undergrowth” - Centre for Ecology and Hydrology science on the BBC 23rd November 2005
The work of butterfly scientist Professor Jeremy Thomas, carried out at the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology's former research site in Dorset, is featured in David Attenborough's new 5 part series "Life in the Undergrowth". The series begins on BBC1 at 9pm tonight (Wednesday 23rd November).
Programme 3 and 4, to be broadcast on the 7th and 14th December, feature interviews with Professor Thomas and footage of the Large Blue butterfly, their host ants and the parasitic wasps that lay their eggs in the bodies of Large Blue caterpillars.
The series uses advanced camera and sound techniques giving scientists remarkable new insights into insect behaviour.
“Life in the Undergrowth” is broadcast every Wednesday for the next five weeks at 9pm on BBC1.
You can read more about this fascinating story in the current issue (November) of BBC Wildlife magazine.
Links
- BBC Online - BBC listens in to insect chatter
- CEH Evolutionary and Population Ecology Research team
- Professor Jeremy Thomas
- Life in the Undergrowth
- Ant and Caterpillar Communication Nuffield Science Bursary Study
