Interviews about Biology

Why sharks are now fighting for their survival and how YOU can help...

Dive into the world of the planet's oldest vertebrate, the elusive and basically blind Greenland shark

Are sharks are solitary creatures, or do they prefer company - and is it the company of strangers?

It's a shark-eat-shark world and in some species, shark embryos cannibalise their siblings in the womb

A thick jelly-like carpet of ‘sea snot’ is spreading off the coastline of Turkey’s Sea of Marmara...

Canaries boost their immune system at the mere sight of infected birds.

Your brain on sunlight

A new study shows that trained dogs are highly accurate at smelling COVID

How elephants evolved large bodies without increasing cancer risk

Using sensitive force detectors to unpick the physical mechanism of a hummingbird's hum

Studying the social dynamics of gorillas who lose their mothers while at a young age

Even in the best case scenario, two Ethiopian birds species will suffer extreme habitat loss

Birds have been singing for millennia, but human influence is having stark effects on their songs and health

How did songbirds evolve to sing?

Songbirds have to learn their songs just like human have to learn how to speak

Zebra finches will make a special call to their eggs in high temperatures, changing how fast they grow

A new system pioneered in America helped a paralysed person to "write" again for the first time in a decade...

A subtype of the Indian coronavirus variant picked up in the UK could derail the roadmap for easing lockdown

Fermented foods are very much “en vogue” at the moment, so let's make some!

Another delicious and popular food made by fermentation - cheese!

Quorn is single cell protein that makes a good meat substitute; so where did it come from?

Fermentation produces lots of delicious foods, so how do they measure up when it comes to our health?

Scientists have rediscovered a coffee plant that's more resilient to pests, heat and drought...

Bacteria that can turn mine waste into copper metal might be the answer to a looming copper crisis...