Natures wonders: Why witches use eye of Newt (Introduction)
Natures wonders: Bacteria on the attack
Breaching an enemy's walls. How did this evolve?
Natures wonders: Bees house hunt
Dancing bees conduct a house hunt. They signal and by majority choose a new spot for a new swarm.
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-12-house-hunting-honey-bees-complex-brains.html
Natures wonders: Magnetic bacteria!
How do these guys reproduce? They can't become monopoles. Fascinating research:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=how-bacteria-break-a-magnet&WT.mc_...
Natures wonders:Crows learning
Crows learn easily:
http://inkfish.fieldofscience.com/2011/12/aesops-crows-understand-physics.html
Natures wonders:Now about parrots
Seem to be as smart as crows in counting numbers after one year of training:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/23/science/pigeons-can-learn-higher-math-as-well-as-monk...
Natures wonders:Bees making plastic!
The researcher complains they can't figure out how to break it down!
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=from-pollen-to-polyester&print=true