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.@ProfBrianCox chasing zebras for #wonders twitter.com/BBC_Wonders/st… 11:47 AM May 24th via Twitter for iPhone
ProfBrianCox The 11m mirror at the SALT telescope - a thing of beauty post.ly/7RjRC 8:53 AM May 24th via Posterous Retweeted by BBC_Wonders and 86 others
eonshore The Karoo and a 'Wonders' crane shot. #bbcwonders twitter.com/eonshore/statu… 5:22 AM May 24th via Camera on iOS from Western Cape, South Africa Retweeted by BBC_Wonders and 17 others
Glow in the dark scorpions in the mojave. No one knows why they fluoresce under UV #wonders twitter.com/BBC_Wonders/st… 5:41 PM Apr 25th via Photos on iOS
ProfBrianCox We were looking for Mantis Shrimp by the way - very interesting eyes, but also the strongest known punch in nature 5:31 PM Apr 25th via TweetDeck Retweeted by BBC_Wonders and 17 others
ProfBrianCox Swam through a kelp forest today - I felt like I was in The Octonauts. If you don't know what that means, watch more CBeebies! 5:10 PM Apr 25th via TweetDeck Retweeted by BBC_Wonders and 214 others
Gearing up for episode 5 of #bbcwonders with this new piece of kit... twitter.com/BBC_Wonders/st… 11:37 AM Apr 25th via web
ProfBrianCox Just arrived back in the US to continue filming - it's scorpions in the Mojave Desert tomorrow #bbcwonders 8:16 PM Apr 21st via TweetDeck Retweeted by BBC_Wonders and 29 others
Packing nearly completed for episode 4's mammoth trip.. All is eerily calm in the #wonders office! twitter.com/BBC_Wonders/st… 6:10 AM Mar 30th via Twitter for iPhone
ProfBrianCox … and me keeping a careful eye on the Christmas Island Robber Crab ! #bbcwonders post.ly/60wrY 5:42 PM Mar 15th via Posterous Retweeted by BBC_Wonders and 29 others
ProfBrianCox A Christmas Island Robber Crab taking an interest in my camera bag #bbcwonders post.ly/60wWO 5:34 PM Mar 15th via Posterous Retweeted by BBC_Wonders and 48 others
ProfBrianCox Rule 1 in the rainforest. Always look behind you #bbcwonders post.ly/6CB2m 5:47 AM Mar 23rd via Posterous Retweeted by BBC_Wonders and 151 others
ProfBrianCox Got close to some of our closest genetic relatives today in Borneo #bbcwonders post.ly/69yrh 8:58 PM Mar 21st via Posterous Retweeted by BBC_Wonders and 56 others
@wynnabbott We hope so..Hang in there! 9:23 AM Mar 22nd via Twitter for iPhone in reply to wynnabbott
Our colleague Dr Yan of @bbcbang challenges you to listen to the most excruciating sound in the world, if you dare! bbc.in/GISZHh 6:20 AM Mar 22nd via web
@wynnabbott We're making it now! Should be hitting your screen later this year.. 6:17 AM Mar 22nd via web in reply to wynnabbott
drpaulolding and for my 800th tweet, here we are taking shelter from a cyclone, filming on a beach on xmas island for @BBC_Wonders twitter.com/drpaulolding/s… 3:51 AM Mar 15th via web Retweeted by BBC_Wonders and 6 others
RT @drpaulolding: Yowser. That is a big crustacean #Wonders twitter.com/drpaulolding/s…” 12:18 AM Mar 14th via Twitter for iPhone
@niceguyrob1 Later this year, hopefully! We'll keep everyone updated via twitter. #Wonders 7:47 AM Mar 8th via Twitter for iPhone in reply to niceguyrob1
@melwb79 We're hoping to hit your screens later this year, stay tuned for updates! 7:46 AM Mar 8th via Twitter for iPhone in reply to melwb79

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Bio Wonders of Life is the BBC science department's follow up to Wonders of the Universe and Wonders of the Solar System.