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Energy the Great Driver: Seven Revolutions and the Challenges of Climate Change
Gareth Wyn Jones, R. University of Wales Press, £16.99 There have been many books on climate change, which outline the nature of the issues which humankind faces in the next few decades. Most of them do not offer comprehensive solutions to the way...
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Dodo detectives
Above: A depiction of a dodo eating invertebrates, by Julian P. Hume. 21 February 2025 Scientists working on a cutting-edge research project to understand the evolution and ecology of the dodo explain how they must first make sense of confusing...
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The imitation game
Jennifer Mather looks at how cephalopods can perfectly camouflage themselves and create stunning visual displays with their skin – all without colour vision The Biologist 65(6) p10-13 Pictures courtesy of Craig Foster, Seachangeproject, South Africa...
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Focus on...Crowdfunding science
We explore how scientists can bypass traditional funding routes and raise money for research online The Biologist 63(4) p32-33 Crowdfunding is raising money for a project or venture by attracting relatively small contributions from a large number of...
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All change: Metamorphosis
Nature photographer and writer Rupert Soskin introduces an exclusive extract from Metamorphosis, his forthcoming book on how insects transform themselves The Biologist 62(5) p12-15 We all grow up knowing that very hungry caterpillars miraculously...
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Pregnant pygmies
Dr Richard Smith introduces an exclusive extract from his new collection of marine biology research, photography and tales of discovery, The World Beneath, which includes the first images ever taken of a male pygmy seahorse giving birth December 4th...
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Master your metaphors
Metaphors, like staining techniques in microscopy, create potentially useful artefacts for us to see – but like dyes they must be handled with care, writes Andrew Reynolds 12th December 2022 Aristotle claimed that “the greatest thing by far is to be a...
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Lessons from larvae
Biologist and author Professor Matthew Cobb explains why studying the much-maligned maggot can help us better understand ourselves – from our genes and development to our sense of smell The Biologist 63(4) p12-15 Maggots have a bad reputation....
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From Organoids to Gastruloids
Last year was hailed as 'the year of the organoid' as news of mini-brains, livers and intestines grown in the laboratory hit the headlines. Here, Dr David Turner explains the latest in vitro systems for modelling human development and disease,...
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Replace, reduce, refine
Dr Kasia Makowska reveals highlights from the NC3Rs’ latest review of innovations to help replace, reduce and refine the use of animals in biomedical research The Biologist 66(4) p8-11 What do building artificial bones, catching ferrets’ breath and...
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Ants feasting on honeydew and cells destroying tuberculosis: the shortlist and winners of the RSB's Photography competition
The Royal Society of Biology’s annual photography competition attracts entries from amateur photographers around the world, with more than 1600 submissions received this year for the theme “interconnected”. The Royal Society of Biology’s annual...
