Interviews about Biology

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

03 April 2023

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

31 March 2023

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

31 March 2023

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

24 March 2023

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

21 March 2023

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

21 March 2023

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

21 March 2023

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

21 March 2023

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

17 March 2023

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

17 March 2023

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

01 March 2023

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

01 March 2023

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

01 March 2023

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

01 March 2023

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

01 March 2023

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

24 February 2023

Shrimp larvae use an organic crystal to hide their eye spots

24 February 2023

Ancient bite marks shine light on the history of closing leaves

17 February 2023

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

17 February 2023

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

17 February 2023

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

14 February 2023

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

14 February 2023

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

14 February 2023

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

14 February 2023

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