Interviews about Biology

Breeding seahorses in captivity to supply aquariums aims to help reduce pressure on wild populations.

How do blood thirsty vampire bats home in on the best place to bite and therefore guarantee achieving a trouble-free...

Over the past year, we’ve met up with lots of marine experts to talk about their work. To delve a little bit deeper...

A major landmark in ocean science was reached in October 2010 with the completion of the world’s first Census of Marine...

An exclusive glimpse into the making-of Naked Oceans season one.

Simone Weyand discusses her new insight into the workings of antihistamines...

How do cuckoos fool their hosts...

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We're familiar with the idea of friendly bacteria, and foods, drinks and supplements that promote healthy gut...

Australian researchers - Rob Warren and Barry Marshall - won the Nobel Prize for their discovery in the 1980s of the...

Small particles released by tree leaves can cause brighter whiter clouds to form above forests, altering our climate...

How do marine microbes cope with extreme life in the deep sea? And how do scientists study these challenging...

Pioneering exploration of Indonesia's deep sea uses latest social networking tools to link up a virtual global...

Bone eating zombie worms feature as our Critter of the Month

It is a proven fact that if you elevate the amount of CO₂ in the atmosphere this will have the...

Aquaculture isn’t restricted to the oceans – many aquatic organisms can actually be farmed on land. This is...

Fish have developed an extremely efficient way of locomotion, so researchers are trying to emulate fish for novel ways...

If you’ve been shopping for a fish supper lately you’ve almost certainly been offered both farmed and wild fish. Fish...

We ask legendary marine biologist Genie Clark aka 'The Shark Lady' to pick her favourite species

How different is the vision of fishes living on kaleidoscopic coral reefs compared to their deep-sea-dwelling cousins?

Underwater robots listen out for whales even in the middle of a raging storm

What happens if someone loses a body part? Can an artificial replacement be wired back up to the brain so it can be...

Life needs accessible nitrogen - but for over 100 years we've known that the amount of nitrogen available may not...

Over 90% of Throat and Mouth cancers contain the genetic signature of the Human Papilloma Virus. Scientists think that...