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Show less. By format: Podcasts. Related Links. Roy and Silo, two Central Park Zoo male chinstrap penguins similar to those pictured, became internationally known when they successfully hatched and cared for an egg they were given. But why this behaviour is common in animals is an evolutionary mystery because it doesn't have.

Discover more fascinating science content with The Open University. Explore further with The Open University. Last on. Dr Adam Rutherford talks to Prof Mark Brown about his new work in the UK, looking at the evidence of diseases harboured by honeybees spilling over into wild bumblebees.

The study is to gain insight into the genetic components of pain perception. A weekly programme looking at the science that's changing our world. There are still people out there who think that being gay is “unnatural,” but they couldn’t be more wrong. Show more.

Adam Rutherford talks to Professor Mark Brown about new work he's done looking at the evidence of diseases harboured by honeybees, spilling over into wild bumblebees. Available now 30 minutes. One area which is fascinating researchers like Professor Tim Spector is the role of epigenetics in how we process pain.

Our epigenome is a system that changes the way our DNA is interpreted. Genes can be dialled up or down, like a dimmer switch, by adding little chemical tags to the DNA. These chemical tags, unlike DNA, are changeable, in response to the changing environment. [1] Couple of male mallard ducks in a nature reserve in Germany For these animals, there is documented evidence of homosexual behavior of one or more of the following kinds: sex, courtship, affection, pair.

They're mostly threatened by habitat and land-use change. Thu 20 Feb More episodes Previous. Same-sex behavior, from co-parenting to mat. Bees - Nearly all bees in the UK suffering serious declines. Listen now. Peter Fretwell from the British Antarctic Survey has the answer.

Main content. From birds and the bees and lions to giraffes, scientists say it's natural for animals to be 'gay'. Nature: Honeybee disease can infect bumblebees dx. Producer: Fiona Roberts. Whales from Space - More listeners' questions, this time, asking whether surveys using images from satellites to see whales underwater, could be hijacked by whale hunters?

Same-sex canoodling can even be beneficial to some birds, helping them defend territories and take care of the kids. So could the way we live affect the pain we feel? Genetics of sexual preference - The media is all of a twitter this week over unpublished work recently revealed on research looking for genes related to homosexuality.

Pain and epigenetics - Marnie Chesterton goes to Kings College, London to watch identical twins being tested for pain tolerance. But disease also plays a part. Featured in Bees Bees and honey on Radio 4.