Interviews about Biology

Interviews about genetics, ecology and evolution, insects, mammals, marine science, plants and zoology...

08 April 2012

Can you walk out on the Pacific garbage patch? And what's the problem if fish eat plastic? Miriam Goldstein and...

03 April 2012

Sue Nelson explores the missing pieces of the dwarf elephant puzzle and what these extinct animals can tell us about...

30 March 2012

How drug-resistant bacteria could be combatted using chemical compounds, pesticides causing declines in bumblebee...

26 March 2012

Researchers in the Scripps Translational Science Institute in California have developed a blood test that may be...

20 March 2012

A new drug target for baldness, searching for early human settlements from space, a new way to fight altitude sickness...

20 March 2012

Ed Farnell discusses how the parasitic Schistosoma worm cleverly coats itself with your blood to hide from your immune...

20 March 2012

Geoff Smith explains how some viruses are able to spread faster than they should to cover more ground, and infect more...

20 March 2012

Native white-clawed British crayfish are in trouble. Weakened by a parasite, this endangered species is being driven...

20 March 2012

Full genome sequencing of bacteria could allow researchers and medics to better treat diseases like MRSA, and better...

19 March 2012

Interacting drugs, mopping up nuclear waste, treating manic depression by strengthening the body clock and depriving...

11 March 2012

Marine biologist Dr Joshua Drew works to help inspire teenagers in Fiji and Chicago about the oceans.

11 March 2012

Invasive plant species on the Western Antarctic Peninsula, virtual models of the human body, carbon clues to help ants...

04 March 2012

A new drug target to fight memory loss in Alzheimers, the genome of Otzi the iceman, gender selection in pygmy hippos...

26 February 2012

It’s well known that what you eat, drink or smoke during pregnancy can have long term consequences on the developing...

26 February 2012

Hear how meat is being made in the lab using stem cells, the flaws identified which could mean those neutrinos weren...

19 February 2012

In England there are 450,000 kilometres of managed hedgerows, often containing hawthorn and often dubbed “corridors for...

19 February 2012

Detecting viruses with sensors, how flies fight parasites with alcohol, delivering drugs on a chip and one of the World...

12 February 2012

Rivers in cities and towns have had a rough time over the years – often diverted, hidden or lined with concrete. Some...

11 February 2012

Exploring the mysterious lives of and a threatened marine mammal.

07 February 2012

Bioluminescence expert Edie Widder chooses a sneaky deep sea fish for Critter of the Month

05 February 2012

Introducing new species has proved disasterous for the Australian ecosystem. So it's no wonder that ecologist...

29 January 2012

How mapping a mushroom trip could provide treatments for depression, the gene behind a winning racehorse, the world...

22 January 2012

How is Vitamin D linked to autoimmunity and the central nervous system? With us to discuss the research is Prof....