Interviews about Biology

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

07 February 2023

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

03 February 2023

What can we spot from our office?

27 January 2023

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

27 January 2023

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

20 January 2023

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

13 January 2023

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

13 January 2023

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

10 January 2023

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

19 December 2022

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

16 December 2022

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

16 December 2022

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

15 December 2022

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

15 December 2022

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

15 December 2022

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

09 December 2022

The method behind their mimicry...

09 December 2022

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

06 December 2022

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

06 December 2022

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

06 December 2022

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

02 December 2022

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

02 December 2022

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

02 December 2022

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

02 December 2022

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

25 November 2022

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