Interviews about Biology

Genes sequenced from a sliver of skeleton have revealed the oldest dog found in the Americas...

A change in this gene means you're missing a crucial protein - which makes you better adapted to the cold...

Groups of people living in cold parts of the world have, over thousands of years, used this gene to adapt...

Games company Slug Disco are releasing a new game that models evolution underwater

Scientists are able to narrow down the location of Punt by analysing ancient baboon remains

Turns out lyrebirds can mimic numerous other birds at the same time...

Millions of years after we crawled out of the oceans, biologists have helped a fish restart the process...

DNA can tangle itself into strange shapes - including this four-stranded molecular knot...

The Los Angeles Times have revealed multiple genealogy platforms used - secretly - to catch a killer...

How does learning work in the brain? And what does learning virtually do to this process?

Mysterious structures, discovered a century ago near Abydos, have turned out to be a huge brewing operation...

Researchers have made a surprising, accidental discovery: life, in a place it shouldn't exist...

As oxygen minimum zones enlarge in the ocean, sharks are more at risk of getting caught up in fishing lines

How the diversity of microbes in sourdough starters can affect the flavour and rise of the bread

Magnesium supplements boost the long-term memory of flies

Are dogs as smart as we like to think, and dolphins wearing lipstick...

Inheriting a vulnerability to depression from father to offspring in mice via RNA in sperm

Self-experimentation still happens today - and biohackers like Josiah Zayner are pushing its limits...

Wombats make the most unusually-shaped poo. How do they do it? Their intestines have revealed the secret...

When they squeak to each other, they squeak with an accent...

Some male butterflies leave a strong smell behind after sex with females to ward off other males...

What happens to the body at altitude?

Scientists have discovered an entirely new and unique method for snakes to climb smooth trees

When we last spoke to Zenobia Lewis, she had taken home about 800 moths. You can guess what happened next...