Interviews about Biology

Trees follow the old adage too

What exactly is a tree?

A new potent form of an old mosquito toxin has been created

Play as a group of animals and pass on the best genes for survival in a hostile world...

From G614 to RDRP, here's the changes in the virus that are worth knowing about...

The main genetic risk factor for serious coronavirus infections comes from Neanderthals...

History's largest ever forced migration changed the world's genetic landscape. Here's how it was tracked...

David Attenborough calls it his "witness statement". We speak to the executive producer...

Meet the winning discoveries: Hepatitis C, the gene editing technique CRISPR, and a supermassive black hole...

Following my leader: how and why ants and termites do it differently...

A unique look into how human cultures may have evolved

Can people be gently persuaded to eat less meat?

After hundreds of elephants died suddenly in Botswana, poisoning by toxic algal blooms appears to be the cause...

Only 14% of UK waterways are considered "healthy"...

Lots of animals have evolved to deal with toxins, and many of them become toxic in turn...

Some COVID patients don't have detectable antibodies - but they do produce immune cells called T cells...

Toads, bugs, snakes, and more all resist similar toxins. And it turns out they use the same genetic trick...

These orange, black and white insects use special evolutionary tricks to transport the toxins they eat...

The muscles around our ears move in the direction we are listening

Tourist boats are bothering whales, despite keeping their distance

Hearing about the new coronavirus, many were struck with déjà vu - because parts have happened before...

The first cases were reported in people in the city of Wuhan. Where and how did bats get involved?

The virus binds perfectly to human proteins. What's the explanation?

Analysis of the very first SARS-CoV-2 samples shows they already looked evolved to infect us...