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Biology Articles
Articles about biology, genetics, ecology and evolution, insects, mammals, marine science, plants and zoology...
11 June 2015
Ever wondered how your body keeps you upright?
30 April 2015
How low frequency sound gives some animals a peek into the future...
17 April 2015
Death is a terrifying thought to many people: Is the best solution just to become immortal?
26 March 2015
Anus to mouth: why your behind sets you apart...
17 January 2015
Cuckoos: the con artists of the animal world, leave their eggs in other birds nests. These birds need to learn from...
09 December 2014
Re-wilding is taking the world by storm, but should we bring back the wolf to Scotland?
02 December 2014
Hear from the scientists who discovered and identified a worm inside a man's brain, and how they worked out how to...
19 November 2014
What would happen if a human was swallowed by a whale? Could Jonah have survived?
30 October 2014
Just in time for Halloween, a look at nature's spooky animal imitators which play their very own version of trick-...
22 October 2014
Like our classrooms, fish tend to have their own place in the school, but what factors decide which fish gets the best...
09 October 2014
This week the scientific Nobel prizes have been awarded, just as the Ebola death toll passes 7000.
09 September 2014
With thousands of species going extinct how do we choose which ones to try and save?
24 July 2014
In Dr Shahid's line of work they see plenty of people who get things stuck in their ears, ranging from bugs to...
19 March 2014
What does sleep do to your ability to make new memories? Alice Kay investigates...
22 February 2014
UK Science Minister David Willetts promotes science diplomacy in Chicago...
23 January 2014
In the hearts of forests and jungles around the world there exist members of a feral strain of scientist who grew up on...
20 January 2014
The Polar icecaps are melting, but is the news all bad?
05 January 2014
The tiny plants that inhabit the ocean (phytoplankton) have developed a remarkable mechanism to protect themselves from...
12 December 2013
Do you find it harder to learn and adapt to new things than you once did? Do you find you're more forgetful than...
16 September 2013
If a doctor offered you live eggs from a parasitic worm to treat your medical complaints, would you accept? Whipworms...
25 July 2013
Cutting-edge research in epigenetics - the ways in which the environment can affect the behavior of genes - is changing...
12 July 2013
Can I catch infectious diseases from my dog? And can they catch infections from me?
30 April 2013
A genetic screen tells your doctor knows you are at increased risk of getting cancer. You’d want to know, right? Or...
20 April 2013
Chicken eggs can be turned into incubators to produce disease-combating antibodies against human infections...