Scientists need YOU to look for lugworm sperm

The people of Britain are being asked to look out the sperm of the lugworm, in a nationwide campaign to find out more about the sex lives of the secretive, burrowing marine worm.

Spermwatch is a citizen science campaign launched by scientists determined to solve a mystery that has eluded them for decades: exactly what environmental conditions trigger the lugworm to start spawning?

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As the campaign’s website explains: “We need people across the UK to look for sperm puddles and tell us when they appear. 

“Our aim is to find out the exact time when male lugworms release their sperm, and how that varies around the UK.”

Lugworms, better known among humans as a source -read more

live streaming on YouTube.

Introduction to live streaming

You can reach your audience live by taking advantage of live streaming on YouTube.

Before you get started with your live stream, you need to do a few things:

1. Confirm that your channel is verified and that you have no live stream restrictions in the last 90 days.
2. Enable live streaming from Creator Studio tools --> Live Streaming.

Start streaming

Once your channel is enabled, you have two options to start your live stream:

• Stream now is a quick and easy way to go live. Start sending content and we'll automatically start and stop the stream for you at the right time.
• Events gives you greater control of the live stream. You can preview before you go live, you have back-up redundancy streams and you can start and stop the stream when you want.

If you want to embed your live stream on a site, make sure you have an approved AdSense account linked to your YouTube account.

Mouse-Sized Spiders Released in U.K.

The majority of people taking an online poll describe this news as "terrifying," but scientists are cheering the comeback of a large, endangered spider in the U.K. It's a recovery that was made possible by the recent release of hundreds of captive-bred individuals.

The fen raft spider (Dolomedes plantarius), which can grow up to three inches (7.6 centimeters) long and sometimes eats fish, is the largest species of spider in the U.K. It is also endangered. That's why scientists from the London-area zoo Chessington World of Adventures have beenbreeding it in captivity.

You shouldn't be scared—it's not dangerous to people and actually plays an important role in its ecosystem. (Watch hundreds of babies emerge after a wolf spider is squashed.)-read more

Manchester City unveil ROBOTS which will entertain fans on matchdays

Dont’ worry, this isn’t Manchester City’s new three-man defence although they look like they would be less injury-prone than Vincent Kompany.

No, these are the ‘humanoid robots’ who will be entertaining Blues fans around the Etihad stadium, singing songs and performing tricks.

The club has unveiled the robots as it announced details of it’s latest plans to provide the best and most innovative match-day experience on the planet.

The robots will help to entertain fans at some home games and will also be featured on LED screens around the ground and on other content shared on the club’s website and through social media-read more

Did this tortoise single-handedly save his species by having lots of sex?

You may have heard of Diego the Galapagos tortoise by now -- the legendary Casanova that did God's work and single-handledly saved his species from extinction by fathering more than 800 offspring.

But as with most things on the internet, if it's too good to be true, it probably is.

Turns out Diego isn't the most prolific tortoise, and he most certainty didn't do it alone (amirite, ladies?).

"Diego is prolific, but not the most prolific," says James Gibbs, a professor of conservation biology at the State University of New York, "Although you can't argue with 800 offspring."

The guy with the most impressive performance is actually the nameless E5. According to genetic -read more

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Natural World-2016-2017: 8. Jasee programme guars: Brazil's Super Cats

Jaguars are South America's supreme predator, but they are also one of the most elusive animals on the planet. We follow a pioneering team in Brazil as they track and follow individual wild jaguars to gain amazing new insights into their lives. With jaguars increasingly under threat, every cat counts. So when two young jaguar cubs are tragically orphaned, the team needs to use all their new-found knowledge to help the cubs return to the wild.see programme

not a croc after all.

rspca officer was surprised when their got a called out on reports of a baby crocodile  on the loose by a roadside in winsford,cheshire .the creature found turned out too be just a plastic toy.