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Thousands of flies keep landing on North Sea oil rigs then taking off a few hours later – here’s why
On a North Sea oil rig several years ago, an engineer noticed a strange phenomenon. A cloud of insects would descend from the sky and land on the upper reaches of the platform.
They have been growing on subsea structures for decades but are now under threat as old platforms are decommissioned.
A lost owl had to be rescued by helicopter after landing on an oil platform 180 miles out to sea. The short-eared owl was ...
A short-haired owl, which found itself stuck on an oil rig after being blown off course during Storm Amy, is being looked ...
On a North Sea oil rig several years ago, an engineer noticed a strange phenomenon. A cloud of insects would descend from the sky and land on the upper reaches of the platform. There were thousands of ...
A study led by University of Exeter into migratory hoverflies on a North Sea oil rig, has revealed their role as long-distance pollen transporters. Researchers studied 121 marmalade hoverflies that ...
In the North Sea — between the United Kingdom, Norway and Denmark — thousands of flies swarmed an oil rig. Engineer Craig ...
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