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Glasgow Science Festival
The Royal Society of Biology outreach and engagement team have produced activities as part of this year's virtual Glasgow Science Festival. This year's Glasgow Science Festival is bringing science to your sofa with a digital programme of hands on...
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Toasting ten
A year of activities and events marking a decade since the formation of the Society comes to an end this month 28th September 2020 From October 2019 to the end of September 2020 the RSB embarked on a special programme of activity marking 10 years since...
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The mysterious mesentery
Tom Ireland delves into a new paper on the mesentery, a connective membrane that was recently reclassified as an organ 28th September 2020 You might not be able to point it out on a diagram of the human body and you certainly can’t draw it: the...
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Sombre photo of elephants on giant rubbish dump wins RSB Photography Competition
A stark reminder of the damaging impact humans can have on local wildlife has won this year’s Photography competition. A stark reminder of the damaging impact humans can have on local wildlife has won this year’s Photography competition. The photo,...
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Science Minister discusses global challenges for Biology Week 2020
Tuesday’s Biology Week 2020 event saw UK science minister Amanda Solloway MP and Hilary Benn MP take questions on a range of science policy topics, from the future of research funding to climate change and COVID-19. Tuesday’s Biology Week 2020 event...
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COVID bioscientists recognised in latest honours list
A range of bioscientists involved in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic have been honoured in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2020, including members of the SAGE advisory group. A range of bioscientists involved in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic...
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Midlothian Science Festival
The Royal Society of Biology outreach and engagement team have produced activities as part of this year's virtual Midlothian Science Festival. This year's Midlothian Science Festival is bringing science to you with a digital programme of hands on...
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Swansea Science Festival
The Royal Society of Biology outreach and engagement team have produced activities as part of this year's virtual Swansea Science Festival. This year's Swansea Science Festival is bringing science to you with a digital programme of hands on activities,...
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Understanding Animal Research
Understanding Animal Research is a not-for-profit organisation that explains why animals are used in medical and scientific research. UAR aim to achieve a broad understanding of the humane use of animals in medical, veterinary, scientific and...
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Institute of Physics
The Institute of Physics is the professional body and learned society for physics in the UK and Ireland, inspiring people to develop their knowledge, understanding and enjoyment of physics. Send a balloon rocket across your living room, amaze your...
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Field Studies Council
The Field Studies Council (FSC) is an environmental education charity committed to creating a world where everyone feels connected to the environment so they can enjoy the benefits it gives and make choices that help protect it. FSC run courses for...
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The Linnean Society
The Linnean Society of London's mission is to inform, involve and inspire people of all ages about nature and its wider interactions through its collections, programmes and publications. Discover more about nature and natural history through The...
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Easter Bush Science Outreach Centre, University of Edinburgh
The Easter Bush Science Outreach Centre (EBSOC) is a purpose-built teaching laboratory where members of the public can get hands-on with real-life science, supported by researchers, students and clinicians from the University of Edinburgh's Roslin...
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Journeys in the Wild: The Secret Life of a Cameraman
Gavin Thurston Orion Spring, £8.99 I am sorry to be one of the few people who has seen very little of Gavin Thurston’s camerawork – there is no TV where I live in Mozambique – although I know it is world famous. An award-winning cameraman who has been...
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Our Work
October 2019 to September 2020 was a milestone year for the Royal Society of Biology as we marked our 10th anniversary and 40 years of being granted a Royal Charter. Over the course of our anniversary year, we showcases areas of our work and their...
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A symbol of hope
This year marks 50 years since the first efforts to protect Brazil’s golden lion tamarins began. It has become one of the region’s most innovative and inspiring conservation stories, writes Jeremy Mallinson OBE FRSB December 4th 2020 The Atlantic...
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The Royal Society of Biology
Welcome to the Royal Society of Biology's page, with three easy experiments you can do at home! If you are feeling crafty, be sure to enter our BioArtAttack competition - see details below. Sir David Attenborough: biology changing the world | Zone 3:...
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RSB's Science at Home
Join us for the RSB's first ever virtual science festival! Since we are all staying home a lot more, we launched our first ever online science festival, bringing a range of videos, activities, games and more straight to your computer screen to...
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Who was… Peter Kropotkin?
The Russian nobleman-turned-anarchist was also a biologist whose research in Siberia laid the groundwork for modern biological studies of co-operation and altruism, writes Tom Ireland The Biologist 66(3) p26-31 Peter Alexeyevich Kropotkin was born in...
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Tackling trauma, using AI to tailor cancer treatment and combating corneal blindness – research celebrated in this year’s STEM for BRITAIN competition
Three early career researchers have received medals as part of the largest scientific poster competition to take place in Parliament. STEM for BRITAIN is an annual poster competition that brings together scientists, engineers, technologists and...
