Interviews about Biology

Can the nitrogen fixing abilities of peas be transferred into other crops?

What can we spot from our office?

What limb regeneration in sea spiders can tell us about evolutionary history

The 'plastic paradox' may be in part down to bacteria breaking down certain polymers

It's potentially the oldest example of animals engaging in a show of strength to attract a mate...

In a gambling setting, apes deploy a similar economic strategy that humans do...

Pairs of dolphins have to increase the volume of their communication during cooperative foraging

Let's meet the fine minds featuring in this Q&A...

Whales are so massive, that they can act as a way of storing atmospheric carbon

What kind of data collection and research goes on inside a flagship research vessel?

Flowers can alter the chemistry of their cuticle to create UV light that attracts pollinators

The arrival of a brother or sister produces a profound long-lasting stress response in bonobo infants...

Seeds bred to grow in a monoculture may not be best suited to growing in an intercrop community...

Digital palaeontology posits that this fish-eating dinosaur was happier on shore than in the water...

The method behind their mimicry...

How the special biology of the bat's larynx helps them bellow low growls and high pitched squeals...

Would a reduction in our population help solve the climatic, social, and economic problems we face?

What are the issues that a population of 8 billion people have to face?

What are the underlying factors behind our exponential growth, and how high will it go?

A new discovery that ant pupae feed their parents a nutritious milky substance

What Nanomia can teach us about the best way to use propulsion in the water

A sugar derived molecule from the shells of shellfish has shown promise as a method of birth control

How a follow up to a 65 year old study on Thames' mussels revealed some troubling results

How sounds we can't even hear might make us move more on the dancefloor...