Biology Articles

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

10 July 2024

The May 2024 E. coli outbreak across the UK turned out to be associated with lettuce. So what is STEC, and how does it...

06 February 2023

Will the hundreds of millions of SARS-CoV-2 cases in one of Asia's most populated countries forge a new variant...

11 March 2022

Microplastics can attract drug-resistant bacteria that can cause illness.

31 December 2021

Why life in the post-covid-19 era needs common sense, not common law...

16 December 2021

The omicron variant is claimed to be clinically milder than delta. Is this the first step down the endemic path?

19 November 2021

Does this question leaf you stumped?

13 November 2021

The term 'flu' is often misused to describe a range of mild respiratory bugs, but true influenza is a...

27 September 2021

A new supercomputer built in Cambridge is the fastest yet in the UK. It will be dedicated to advanced research in the...

03 September 2021

Words like “test tube” or “designer” summon visions of sci-fi dystopias. But what's the reality?

25 August 2021

If the pandemic has taught us anything it's that most of us are terrible at judging risks...

06 August 2021

I was excited to refine my science communication skills with The Naked Scientists and I was not disappointed

19 July 2021

Is the COVID-19 chapter ever going to be over?

28 May 2021

Commonly used drugs passed through human bodies could be harming wildlife

19 April 2021

Getting enough sleep is vital for health and wellbeing. Unfortunately, it’s not always easy to do...

15 April 2021

Face masks have their place, but what's really needed right now is a breath of fresh air and a dose of common...

08 April 2021

Are the genes that helped us triumph historically now sowing the seeds of our metabolic undoing in the time of Covid-19?

01 April 2021

The TurtleHyb project uses DNA analysis to understand the curious case of interspecies mating in sea turtles

18 February 2021

The quest to understand animal sentience

28 December 2020

Just when I thought I was getting on top of the rules, with a Covid-compatible Christmas gift-wrapped and ready to go,...

05 September 2020

Llamas, new research has revealed, may be harbouring an immune trick that is a potent therapy for Covid-19...

03 August 2020

When you're sedated, there are radical changes to the architecture of your brain...

06 June 2020

How rapidly is Covid-19 mutating, and what do these mutations mean for the future of the pandemic?

26 May 2020

Can our feline friends contract and transmit the Covid-19 coronavirus?

21 May 2020

A Brisbane-based research team are discovering species in the gut microbiome of IBD sufferers.