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Images depicting effects of climate change chosen for RSB’s Photography Competition
The Royal Society of Biology has announced the winners of this year’s Photography Competition, with two amateur photographers named as Photographer and Young Photographer of the Year. The Royal Society of Biology has announced the winners of this...
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What is science diplomacy?
Where traditional channels may fail, collaborative science can enhance the relations between nations, writes Dr Emma Hennessey The Biologist 66(1) p26-29 What do scientists and diplomats have in common? At first glance, not much, you might say. In...
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What is ethics dumping?
Above: San Children in Andriesvaal, Kalahari, South Africa (by Migail de Klerk). Exporting unethical practices to low- and middle-income countries has become the new face of exploitative research, writes Doris Schroeder The Biologist 66(3) p22-25...
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No, ‘robobees’ are not the answer to pollinator decline
consumable and damage-prone, but not biodegradable or recyclable. Robobees would be harmful if accidentallyconsumed by the countless birds, reptiles and amphibians that live on a steady diet of the flying insects they mimic. (If ingested by crop-duster...
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The problem with robobees
consumable and damage-prone, but not biodegradable or recyclable. Robobees would be harmful if accidentallyconsumed by the countless birds, reptiles and amphibians that live on a steady diet of the flying insects they mimic. (If ingested by crop-duster...
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Planktonia: diving at night for answers
Above: Paper nautilus and pyrosomes, photographed by Mike Bartick In an exclusive extract from Planktonia, a new book exploring the remarkable species that float in our oceans, we meet the scientists and photographers working to capture these life...
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"There'll be PhDs written on the psychology and politics of this topic"
A lack of research and old medical dogmas have caused deadly delays in public health bodies accepting that COVID-19 is being transmitted through the air, says aerosols expert Lidia Morawska 10th Nov 2020 Interview by Tom Ireland Professor Lidia...
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All recordings great and small
Understanding changes in the natural world relies on good biological data. As James McCulloch explains, all contributions to this cause are precious May 31st 2021 With potentially millions of extant species worldwide, a large proportion of them...
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You say tomato: Professor Sandy Knapp FSB
Botanist Dr Sandy Knapp tells Tom Ireland how her fascination with plants took her across the globe and into the Natural History Museum, London The Biologist Vol 62(3) p24-27 Sandy Knapp has travelled to countless countries in her search for new...
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Art, Nonsense and Science
Edward Lear, best known for his literary nonsense and limericks, was also one of the finest natural history illustrators of his era and helped classify several species. Natasha Little spoke to the author of a new biography on the famous eccentric to...
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Interview: Natasha de Vere
Ecologist and conservationist Dr Natasha de Vere talks to Tom Ireland about DNA barcoding every species of native flowering plant in the UK, and the crisis facing plant-pollinating insects around the world The Biologist 64(1) p22-25 In 2012, Wales...
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Interview: Natasha de Vere
Ecologist and conservationist Dr Natasha de Vere talks to Tom Ireland about DNA barcoding every species of native flowering plant in the UK, and the crisis facing plant-pollinating insects around the world The Biologist 64(1) p22-25 In 2012, Wales...
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From farm boy to vaccine king
Ray Cavanaugh explores the life of the hugely important but curiously unsung biomedical scientist Maurice Hilleman The Biologist 66(5) p34-35 Described as history’s “most successful vaccinologist”, Maurice Hilleman might have saved more lives than any...
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Bioscience must treat climate change for the global emergency that it is
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown what biology can do in a crisis. Can we focus efforts and resources in the same way for climate change? June 1st 2021 To date, 1,921 jurisdictions and local governments in 34 countries – covering 826 million citizens –...
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Standing up for science means standing for election
In the US, scientists are running for office in record numbers. Julia Biggins explains why she has her sights set on Congress in Virginia's 10th district The Biologist 65(2) p7 I have been interested in pursuing a career in science for as long as I can...
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Why I'm running for office
In the US, scientists are running for office in record numbers. Julia Biggins explains why she has her sights set on Congress in Virginia's 10th district The Biologist 65(2) p7 I have been interested in pursuing a career in science for as long as I can...
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Out of sight, out of mind?
Christopher Wills on ‘hidden’ disabilities and the life sciences The Biologist 66(6) p7 What’s it like having epilepsy? People are curious about seizures – what to do if I should have one, how common are they are. My usual answer is that mine are mild,...
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RSB School Biology Teacher of the Year 2019 announced
Gemma Singleton, science lead at The Beacon School, is the 2019 recipient of the Royal Society of Biology’s School Biology Teacher of the Year Award. Gemma Singleton, science lead at The Beacon School, is the 2019 recipient of the Royal Society of...
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The Optics of Life – A Biologist’s Guide to Light in Nature
Sönke Johnsen Princeton University Press, £30.95 Sönke Johnsen Princeton University Press, £30.95 It is rare for a book to begin with the author admitting to not being sure why he wrote it. But that is how Sönke Johnsen, associate professor of biology...
