Interviews about Biology

What is biodiversity, and why is its maintenance so important?

All thanks to the endeavour of brave Victorian scientists...

New research into dinosaur teeth has concluded that they might have had lips to protect them

Putting numbers on how well looked after the animals that end up on our plate are...

Could machine learning be used to decode the language of marine mammals?

Is the high seas treaty really the win that is being touted?

How do we look after marine organisms that migrate outside of marine protected areas?

What does the recently passed high seas treaty hope to achieve?

Gorillas enjoy spinning, and it might tell us something about human evolution

A species of mussel has been found to squirt out its young so that they can attach to fish gills

Studying mammals that have lost hair over evolutionary time reveals the genes linked to how hair works...

Is mankind unique in so strongly favouring the right hand over the left, or are other close human relatives the same?

For sunflowers, timekeeping plays a huge role in how they develop and how they reproduce...

The bee microbiome can weaponise dietary toxins to defend against parasites…

A connection has emerged between human personality traits and mitochondrial DNA in the bloodstream...

Shrimp larvae use an organic crystal to hide their eye spots

Ancient bite marks shine light on the history of closing leaves

It might be the only example of such sophisticated behaviour other than by humans...

They've been engineered this way to boost germination rates...

A new penguin fossil that dates back 57 million years weighed as much as a tiger

What has to happen for bird flu to make it transmissible between humans?

What measures are in place to reduce the transmission of avian influenza?

What about this strain of avian flu has meant it can be so infectious and fatal to birds?

How does influenza normally affect us, and why is this strain different?