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Frankie Adkins

Frankie Adkins

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Bees and breadfruit: How Fijians predict cyclones

The unusual ways Fijians predict when a cyclone is approaching Creeping yams and bees behaving strangely – in Fiji, farmers read nature's...

24.04.2026 10

BBC

Frankie Adkins

How Covid changed the sound of the ocean

During the lockdowns of 2020, global shipping was severely restricted and ocean noise pollution all but ceased. Instead the songs of fish filled the...

12.12.2025 70

BBC

Frankie Adkins

The plastic-filled balls washing up on beaches

As tiny pieces of plastic clog our oceans, natural meadows of seagrass are bundling up microplastics and spitting them back out onto beaches in the...

03.09.2025 30

BBC

Frankie Adkins

Australia's mysterious, glowing 'big four'

In Australia's Illawarra region, a ghostbusting-style night tour reveals ghost fungi, sea sparkles and tiny creatures lighting up the dark. On a...

10.05.2025 7

BBC

Frankie Adkins