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Deep Water: The Story of the Evolution of our Seas and Oceans
Riley Black University of Chicago Press, £25.00 This is a beautifully produced and informative book on the deep ocean for the novice, written by a highly respected American science communicator. Using text that is easy to read, together with large,...
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Survival of the smelliest
Pheromones play a key role in many areas of animal behaviour. But how did they evolve? Tristram Wyatt explains how smells became signals The Biologist 63(1) p16-19 The powerful smell produced by male goats is notorious. But while most of us don't find...
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"There is a lot of fire in bellies at the moment"
(Images courtesy of Toby Strong and Atlantic Productions) TV science presenter Liz Bonnin talks to Tom Ireland about her love of biochemistry and big cats, and how she hopes her new documentary will help tackle plastic pollution The Biologist 65(4)...
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Interview: Liz Bonnin
(Images courtesy of Toby Strong and Atlantic Productions) TV science presenter Liz Bonnin talks to Tom Ireland about her love of biochemistry and big cats, and how she hopes her new documentary will help tackle plastic pollution The Biologist 65(4)...
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A History of Plants in 50 Fossils
are given in the appendix. Arranged roughly in chronological order and starting with the origins of plant life in the sea and the evolution of photosynthesis around 2.6 billion years ago, the plant timeline is illustrated with fossils of algae, then the...
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Member profiles: biology journalism, One Health and social media
Our latest member profiles explore the working lives of The Biologist's editor Tom Ireland MRSB; Dr Simon Doherty FRSB, senior lecturer in animal health and welfare; and communications officer Danae Dodge MRSB These profiles appeared in the Spring 2022...
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Water Always Wins
Erica Gies Head of Zeus, £20.00 Water is essential for plant and animal life. Over the last 90 years the human population has quadrupled, and severe changes in climate are now leading to increased and decreased precipitation in different geographical...
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Bioscience in a box
23rd February 2024 State-of-the-art shipping container laboratories once used for rapid COVID-19 testing are now helping support the exploration and study of the planet’s biodiversity, writes Tom Ireland At Radazul Marina, on the eastern coast of...
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Winners of BioArtAttack (2D) Award 2024 announced
The BioArtAttack 2D award celebrates the combination of science and art in a 2D format to showcase careful observation of the natural world and the wonders of biology. The winning entries for 2024 have been announced. The BioArtAttack 2D award...
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The Well-Connected Animal
Lee Alan Dugatkin University of Chicago Press, £19.99 Lee Alan Dugatkin has produced a book about the social networks of non-human animals, which are far more complex than initially thought. For example, there’s an assumption that female animals choose...
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Photography Competition
'Restoring Biodiversity and Habitat' is the theme for our Photography Competition in 2025. Competition theme for 2025 The theme of the 2025 Royal Society of Biology Photography Competition is Restoring Biodiversity and Habitat. The competition is now...
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Playful wolves, the morning call of a chimpanzee and snuggling otters feature in this year’s RSB Photography Competition shortlist
Ten shortlisted entries have been released for this year’s Royal Society of Biology Photography Competition, from both amateur photographers and also aspiring photographers under the age of 18. Ten shortlisted entries have been released for this year’s...
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Travellers’ Tales
Each year the Society awards twenty £500 travel grants for students or early career researchers to fund trips abroad that will help their work. Read about about projects with lobsters and molluscs in Canada, rabies in Tanzania, caterpillars in America...
